Aiden Pluta – CCNB https://www.conservationcouncil.ca Conservation Council of New Brunswick Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:08:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Send us a picture of your local pumpkin masterpiece! https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/send-us-a-picture-of-your-local-pumpkin-masterpiece/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:05:23 +0000 http://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=150688 Every year hundreds of NBers try to carve the spookiest Jack-O’-Lanterns possible. This Halloween, why not use your family’s pumpkin-carving tradition as an opportunity to give local farmers a much-appreciated show of support? If 10 per cent of New Brunswickers buy a $5 pumpkin, that equals more than $370,000 in sales. That’s just a drop in the bucket for a large grocery chain, but it’s a huge…

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]]> Send us a picture of your local pumpkin masterpiece! https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/buying-local-one-pumpkin-at-a-time/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:43:25 +0000 http://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=136365 Every year hundreds of NBers try to carve the spookiest Jack-O’-Lanterns possible. This Halloween, why not use your family’s pumpkin-carving tradition as an opportunity to give local farmers a much-appreciated show of support? If 10 per cent of New Brunswickers buy a $5 pumpkin, that equals more than $370,000 in sales. That’s just a drop in the bucket for a large grocery chain, but it’s a huge…

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]]> Food Security takes center stage at the 14th annual National Student Food Summit https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/food-security-takes-center-stage-at-the-14th-annual-national-student-food-summit/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=21287/ Nick Saul, Co-founder and President and CEO of Community Food Centres Canada speaking to students Meal Exchange recently held its National Student Food Summit for the 14th year in a row. I was fortunate enough to attend the summit for the first time as a representative from the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton Campus Food Strategy Group. From June 22-25, student leaders from across…

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