New Home for Salisbury Farmers Market
A nearly $500,000 facelift for the downtown barn that houses the Salisbury Farmers and Artisans Market is nearly complete, and vendors hope to have a fully-renovated home sometime this month.
A nearly $500,000 facelift for the downtown barn that houses the Salisbury Farmers and Artisans Market is nearly complete, and vendors hope to have a fully-renovated home sometime this month.
Farmers are concerned about this growing season due to the rising cost of nearly everything.
It’s too late to stop a bill that could allow mining companies access to farmland without asking permission from owners. But an advocacy group representing New Brunswick farmers is ringing the alarm over what it considers an egregious lack of consultation from the province.
The federal money represents what one farmer calls “some of the biggest direct-to-farmer money that I’ve seen in my lifetime” and could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to two million tonnes by 2024.
A proposed amendment to the law surrounding mineral rights in New Brunswick could see mining companies allowed to enter privately owned land – including agricultural land – for prospecting without seeking landowner permission.
Fredericton’s ChefTorial and North American e-commerce business Local Line have launched a virtual platform where customers can buy products from farmers and take part in cooking classes on how to prepare dishes from the ingredients.
There is a variety of techniques that work with nature and raw materials from the local environment in which we need to invest, says board member Pierre-Olivier Brassard.