by Kris Buck
March 6th, brought to you by Foods of the Fundy Valley by Kris Buck This free event will include seed sellers, garden groups, local environmental businesses and organizations, a seed swap table, free catalogues and brochures, activities and workshops throughout the day. Lunch will be available from the famous Foods of the Fundy Valley Soup Bar. Further details on this event will be available through our Facebook page in the weeks to come. Participants will be asked to pre-register in order to allow for adequate crowd control. Please note this event is subject to the restrictions of the yellow phase of the Covid recovery plan and will be cancelled if the area is in the orange or red phase.
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By Angela MacDougall
Are you getting excited for Market season? It’s just around the corner! This year Foods of the Fundy Valley (FFV) is stepping it up with their new Green Initiatives. Not only have they been hosting a series of Climate Change workshops on a variety of topics, but for the 2019 market season they are putting it into action. Saturday, March 9th, 11am-4pm Hillsborough Farmers Market (2807 Main St. Hillsborough) This will be a fun and educational day, with lots to see and learn with workshops, exhibitors, activities and prizes. Don’t forget to bring seeds for the Seed Swap! We have tons of catalogues and hand-outs to give away. It’s a perfect chance to pick up seeds and start planning your garden for this coming season. Here is a sneak peek at the growing line-up of the exhibitors and workshops. For updates, see the event on Facebook. By Angela MacDougall Picture of frosted cabbage by Janet Wallace - note that cabbage can tolerate frost! Are you wondering how the changes in climate are currently affecting your local food sources? Here are some things that local growers revealed at last month’s Climate Change Workshop hosted by Foods of the Fundy Valley and Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) at Farmer Brown’s Greenhouse. Our community’s 1st Annual Seedy Saturday has been rescheduled to April 14th. Hosted by Foods of the Fundy Valley, the event at Caledonia Regional High School in Hillsborough will include seed sellers, garden-related local businesses and organizations, and a community seed swap. There will also be talks throughout the day and Foods of the Fundy Valley will offer their delicious soup bar at the event! Our community’s 1st annual Seedy Saturday hosted by Foods of the Fundy Valley! The event at Caledonia Regional High School, Hillsborough will include seed sellers, garden-related local businesses and organizations, and we will be hosting a community seed swap. There will also be talks throughout the day. Foods of the Fundy Valley will be offering their delicious soup bar at the event! Foods of the Fundy Valley has launched its bee keeping enthusiasts group. Bee Wise Beekeepers started in September 2017 and currently has 19 members and dozens of followers on the Bee Wise Facebook page
It was an amazing first season at the Hillsborough Farmers Market. A great success! We thank everyone who took part, vendors, community groups and patrons alike! Everyone really came together as a team to make it work. In order to better accommodate the community we have compiled an online survey that can be filled out at https://s.surveyplanet.com/Bk0WjlVnW . Your opinions matter to us and we would greatly appreciate your feedback as we plan to make our next market season bigger and better! You can choose to be anonymous, there are multiple choice questions and spots for any suggestions and comments. We’re not done yet! At this time we would also like to announce that we will be hosting ‘An Old Fashion Christmas’ market December 2-3 for the ‘Christmas in the Country’ Tour. Come back and see all your favorite vendors for the last time this year, along with some special holiday friends. A great chance to stock up on goodies for winter and shop for some locally made Christmas gifts. We will have food, hot drinks, music, sweet treats, and lots and lots of great gifts for all the people on your list. See you there! Community Partnership is evident at Forest Dale Home in the community of Riverside-Albert with the non-profit organizations Foods of the Fundy Valley and Shepody Food Bank!
The many hard-working volunteers of Foods of the Fundy Valley have made great strides in 2015.
Learn more about work to create "a stronger, more vibrant Albert County, where our residents can enjoy the economic, healthful, and cultural benefits of consuming locally produced foods, and our farmers and food producers are able to sustainably, responsibly and profitably grow the local food economy. " Check out the highlights of the last year by clicking here, visiting their website, foodsofthefundyvalley.ca, or check out past newsletters here. Shepody Food Bank, located at the Albert County Health and Wellness Centre in Riverside-Albert, serves the catchment area from the Village of Alma up to and including the Upper Albert Mines Road, as established by the New Brunswick Association of Food Banks. With the month of December yet to be figured in, to date we have served 94 households comprising 224 individuals, for a total of over 28,000 meals in 2015. We also send weekly food contributions to the Riverside Consolidated School for their breakfast and other meal programs. Foods of the Fundy Valley, in conjunction with the Taste of Fundy, is inviting you to become part or our most recent local food campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to provide business owners with the means to advertise to consumers that their products are locally produced, and/or made from locally sourced ingredients. As local food movements are steadily growing across Canada, we in the Fundy region are fortunate to have an abundance of fresh seafood, beef, poultry, dairy, seasonal berries, fruit, vegetables, maple products, wild edibles and other food products. We also have an impressive pool of talented local chefs, butchers and bakers. As a region that benefits greatly from tourism dollars, it is important to promote not only our beautiful scenery and natural wonders, but also our culinary excellence. Tourists are known to follow the local food scenes everywhere. |
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