Youth Food Programs

Youth Food Programs

A safe space for youth to learn food skills, and healthy eating ›› Kathryn Juricic Student Dinner Student Dinner is a place for youth to hang out – Fernwood Community ­Centre’s weekly youth program, which offers a warm meal and safe space to chill. Every week there is...
Classes for plant lovers

Classes for plant lovers

›› Kirsty Sewell We’ve got it goin’ on! From weekly ­Community Dinners, the Good Food Box program, Best Babies, Mother Goose, ­Family Resource Programs, Kindergym, gardening in our Spring Ridge Common, and our upcoming workshops Food + Growing Workshop Series, there’s...
Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut

How to make ­sauerkraut the easiest way possible ›› Ruben Anderson Fermented foods are an effective and ­delicious traditional way to preserve the harvest, and they contain probiotics that aid digestion and may even have larger ­benefits for people with various gut...
Revenue growth is not evenly distributed

Revenue growth is not evenly distributed

Over the past 23 years, Fernwood NRG’s revenue has grown dramatically, but the proportion coming from grants and contracts has shrunk from 69% in 2003 to 28% in 2017. Donations and fundraising efforts have grown slowly to 9% of revenues in the same period. ›› Lee...