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Canada's National Newspaper wants your northern locavore stories
Mar 3 2009, 4:19 PM EST | Post edited: Mar 3 2009, 4:19 PM EST
Hi there,
My name is Hayley Mick and I write for the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. I came across this neat website in my Internet travels, and thought its subject matter would make a good story. Is it really possible to eat locally, year round, if you're living in the frosty north with a short growing season?

I'm hoping to speak to people who are attempting this (or have in the past). I'm interested to hear what works, what doesn't, and what the biggest challenges have been.

My work email address is hmick@globeandmail.com. I'd need to hear from you this week (before March 6). Send me an email and we'll take it from there!

Thanks,

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1. RE: Canada's National Newspaper wants your northern locavore stories
Mar 6 2009, 3:40 PM EST | Post edited: Mar 6 2009, 3:40 PM EST
You might look at Iqaluit, Nunavut, which got a lot of publicity in 2007 for its community greenhouse.

http://www.greenhousecanada.com/content/view/1298/59/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070620.wxlgreenhouse14/BNStory/lifeFoodWine/home

Here's info about Meyers' Farm in Bethel, Alaska (a remote village of about 5,000 people, mostly Yup'ik Eskimo, on the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska)

http://www.thebristolbaytimes.com/news/show/3281

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesoflife/sets/72157606969976590/



A business in Fairbanks, Alaska, that uses a hydroponics garden to grow food for its restaurant and hotel.

http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/31/growiin-h2o/




The Alaska Grown site, which has info about Alaska agricultural activities.

http://www.alaskagrown.org/


The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service site, which provides technical expertise for local gardening and similar ventures

http://www.uaf.edu/ces/



The Alaska Division of Agriculture site

http://dnr.alaska.gov/ag/



An article about Charles Georgeson, who developed much of Alaska's agriculture program back in the early 20th Century

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF19/1940.html





They even have hydroponic gardens in Antarctica

http://www.schundler.com/mcmurdo.htm


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