Food Security Network of Newfoundland and Labrador

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1 Food Security Network of Newfoundland and Labrador

2 Agenda 12:00 12:05 12:05 12:40 Introduction to FSN & Food Security Rick Kelly, Communications Coordinator, FSN Keynote Speaker: Danilo González, Garden Mind 12:40 1:00 Discussion & Questions

3 What is Food Security? Food Security exists when all people, at all times, have access to adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate foods. Food Security means that the people who produce foods are able to earn a living wage.

4 Food Security Network NL Our Resources: Monthly E-News Food Security Initiative Inventory Best Practices Toolkits (Learn how to start a Community Kitchen, Community Garden, Farmers Market, or Bulk Buying Club) Free Teleconferences on Food Security Topics Actively promoting comprehensive, community-based solutions to ensure physical and economic access to adequate and healthy food for all.

5 Food Security Network NL Highlighting our food traditions and heritage Food Skills Workshops o o o o Container Gardening Composting Seed Saving Edible Wild Plants Root Cellars Rock The RCR blog: local food resources, forum, articles: o o o o Preparing Local Vegetables Using Culinary Herbs Canning/Bottling Root Cellars

6 Urban Agriculture in St. John`s G A R D E N M I N D Sustainable development of your city, in the palm of every hand... Teleconference for FSN -NL Introduction of GardenMind initiative and indoor gardening techniques By Danilo Gonzalez Diaz Agronomist engineer

7 Introduction to Garden Mind: Garden Mind is an organization of international and local professionals specializing in agronomy, biology, nutrition and other related fields. We are located in the St. John s area and have one simple goal: creating sustainable development to connect the people. We employ safe and clean food production in their homes, indoors or outdoors, all year round. Food is a means to move away from the individualist culture and towards a social society, a real community sharing common interests. These could include exchange of knowledge on any topics of healthy lifestyles. Our workshops focus on: - Growing your own food year round - Healthy cooking - General nutrition - Save energy using natural sources Lets grow our food together! One neighborhood is much more powerful than one simple family. When talking about food, we are all the same... For more information about our mission and who we are, visit our website Note: was our old website in South America-Chile, it has now been replaced by

8 Now lets talk about indoor gardening Yes, it is possible to grow food in your home or greenhouse, all year long! Lets see how it works...

9 You can grow ANYTHING. Here are a few examples of super easy techniques: HORIZONTAL CROPS

10 VERTICAL CROPS

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15 Small structures (microtunnels) might work better than a medium or large sized greenhouse. Less volume of air to heat!

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31 There is never enough time to explain food production! Please visit our website or contact us to get more informed about the huge universe of urban agriculture. We assist people in topics such as planning, fertilization, organic/inorganic production, composting, seeds and cuttings propagation, storage, etc. Also we offer assistance to organizations working in urban agriculture projects on a community level. Everybody can be an urban farmer in their own place.

32 You will have thousands of questions, so please contact us! If you are living in the St. John`s area, we can visit your home and provide personal assistance, FOR FREE. Organizations that are interested in social urban agriculture programs: CONTACT US Note: Some pictures used as examples in this presentation are from external sources.