Local And Just

The following community proposals have received MAFRA  funding for 2013-2014: Cross Regional: Change the Normal                                             $4,000 Share the Fruit                             [...]

Northern Sun is a video that explores living close to the land, living in community and being more connected to the biological systems that support us. Northern Sun is one community’s exploration of food justice and what living a just life means. Filmmaker Vanessa Lozecznik and co-director Ryan Klatt worked with Northern Sun on producing [...]

This year we supported our first round of community projects. Sixteen projects in all were funded across Northern, rural, and urban Manitoba.  As the harvest of food has come in this fall, we have also been fortunate to receive a harvest of lessons learned and good news stories about food projects across Manitoba. Let us [...]

Statistics Canada released the latest inflation data this week, and the results aren’t good for anyone filling up a grocery cart.  Over the last year, grocery prices have jumped nearly 5% – much higher than the price increases for other goods.  While 5% doesn’t sound like a lot, that’s an extra $7.50 a week for [...]

Whether it is food security programs in BC, farmers’ market infrastructure in Ontario, or northern community gardens in Manitoba, Canada’s provincial governments have developed a wide range of innovative programs and policies to address food security.  These are documented in the 2011 edition of Provincial Approaches to Food Security.    This annotated collection provides information about [...]

After coming home from being out of town for four weeks my garden looked like a jungle and I was having a hard time getting down to the business of weeding: the site of all those weeds was daunting and I didn’t know how or where to get started. Fortunately for me, I have a [...]