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Fill it up! (Again)

Oil Tank

Is it a garage? Is it a hill for sliding? Is it a passageway to The Secret World of Og? No, silly! What you see here is a root cellar, complete with a front entryway! Tucked underneath the cover of ground, Leonard Vassallo has converted an old oil tank into a cellar that’s providing him with space to store produce from his garden, year round. We think it’s pretty amazing. Maybe you will too! [...]

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Farmers’ Markets: Increasing Local Food Production & Consumption

This past weekend was an exciting one – Saturday, June 6th, 2009 marked the first Farmers’ Market of the second season for the St. John’s Farmers’ Market, and the first Farmers’ Market of the first season for the West Coast Farmers’ Market in Corner Brook .


90% of the fresh vegetables available in Newfoundland & Labrador are imported, leaving only 10% produced locally. Major Wholesalers have indicated that due to this reliance on imported foods, the province would only have a 2-3 day supply of perishable vegetables in the [...]

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