The percentage of food-insecure households in Nova Scotia jumped to 28.9 per cent in 2023 and food prices have Urban agriculture ranges from apartment balcony gardens and increased by 21 per cent over the last four years. [...] She loves swimming, sewing more difficult and expensive to bring food into Nova Scotia and to clothing and her fluffy rescue cat, Penny. [...] Communities are coming together to plant and harvest gardens using traditional companion planting methods, train butchers to process traditional meats, and return to the waters to harvest fish. [...] Resilient communities CRUF’s community plots waitlist has surpassed 100 people, and Nemy hears from volunteers, plotters and farm staff that being From an urban farm with plots cared for by newcomers to the on the farm has huge impacts on mental and community health. [...] resurgence of traditional Mi’kmaw harvesting practices, local food Teaching people how to grow food increases knowledge about production strengthens the social and economic well-being of our and access to seasonal, preferred foods, while also promoting communities, protects the environment and builds resilience to community wellness.
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