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Alberta farmers donate potato seeds to Northwest Territories in effort to promote food security
Title (Dublin Core)
Alberta farmers donate potato seeds to Northwest Territories in effort to promote food security
Description (Dublin Core)
Article discussing the donation of 50,000 pounds of potato seeds from Sunnycrest Farms near Red Deer., Alta., to the Northern Farm Training Institute to attempt to increase food security among northern residents, a long term issue exacerbated by the food shortages and supply chain problems brought on by the pandemic
"Ms. Milne said the pandemic has underscored the need for everyone to take food shortages seriously.
"'We need to make sure that the place where we live has the ability to meet our core needs so that we’re not completely dependent on imports,' she said. 'Imports should be a supplement, not a dependency.'
"Ms. Milne adds that potatoes in particular are great for first-time gardeners and are easy to protect, as well as being one of the highest food-producing vegetables a square foot."
"Ms. Milne said the pandemic has underscored the need for everyone to take food shortages seriously.
"'We need to make sure that the place where we live has the ability to meet our core needs so that we’re not completely dependent on imports,' she said. 'Imports should be a supplement, not a dependency.'
"Ms. Milne adds that potatoes in particular are great for first-time gardeners and are easy to protect, as well as being one of the highest food-producing vegetables a square foot."
food security, gardening, donation, north
Date (Dublin Core)
June 22, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Vanessa Quon
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
news article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
The Globe and Mail
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Agriculture
English
Food & Drink
English
Health & Wellness
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
food security
Northern Farm Training Institute
gardening
donation
Alberta
Northwest Territories
potatoes
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/22/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/04/2020
7/14/2020
This item was submitted on June 22, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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