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Supply and Demand
> Coming and going: Thoughts on what’s growing
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | May 1, 2012
“Say, where do you figure the farms are?” I asked aloud as the car I was sitting in moved across the Trans-Canada highway, somewhere on the West Coast of Ne... Read More
> Celebrating spring: A season dressed in winter’s clothes
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | April 3, 2012
There’s stew in the crock-pot and a number of teacups in the sink. While some are looking for robins and photographing crocuses in other parts of the country... Read More
> Dirt don’t hurt
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | February 21, 2012
They smelled awfully dirty when I lifted them out of the bag. This far into winter, the scent came as a bit of a surprise to the olfactory region of my brain. ... Read More
> Reflections from around the table
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | February 7, 2012
In the world of community organizing, there are kitchen tables, board room tables, picnic tables, cafeteria tables, tables in bars and tables in cafés. There a... Read More
> Two Whales Coffee Shop
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | January 24, 2012
The Two Whales Coffee Shop in Port Rexton is not your ordinary roadside restaurant. Standing in front of Robin Hood Bay, it could be any old home with a view, s... Read More
> Gardens in winter
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | January 10, 2012
Something wonderful is happening on my windowsill as I write this: a clove of garlic that was planted in late November is sprouting. At this point, the shoot r... Read More
> Food banks in Canada: A great debate
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | December 20, 2011
As I devour the season’s ‘Best’ lists (for albums, books, one-liners, etc), I’m left to consider the best things I’ve stumbled upon this year that are... Read More
> Traditional foods?
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | December 6, 2011
How would you describe a typical Newfoundland meal? What are the ingredients? What are the flavours? What are the sensations that you experience while consuming... Read More
> Got land?
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | November 22, 2011
A group of university students at Memorial University of Newfoundland are currently looking at ways to increase local food options on campus. At the first meeti... Read More
> Ending Hunger Globally and Sourcing Food Locally
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | November 8, 2011
When I was in grade twelve, I traveled to the Dominican Republic with a group of twenty students from my high school in order to learn about sugar production. T... Read More
> Plenty enough?
By: Laura Nelson-Hamilton | October 25, 2011
On a recent trip to a large grocery store in St. John’s, I was met with an ironic scene of plenty within a region that is often considered to be food insecure... Read More
