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February 11, 2014

REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE LOCAL FOOD

February 11, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: ACORN
Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) in collaboration with regional partners from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are hosting a Crop Storage Regional Workshop Series with Chris Callahan from the University of Vermont Cooperative Extension February 24 to 28, 2014. Monday, Fredericton, N.B.; Tuesday, Dieppe, N.B. ; Wednesday, Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Thursday, Truro, N.S.; Friday, Wolfville, N.S. Demand is increasing for customer access to year-round, fresh, local and organic vegetables and farmers are responding to this market opportunity by growing and storing crops for year-round markets, wholesale food box programs and winter Community Supported Agriculture boxes. (read more)