Year: 2018
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: I grew up running around the gardens in Old Perlican.Dodging the hens and roosters, watching the fishermen trench the rows and toss in capelin and cod guts for fertilizer.Playing hide-and-seek in root cellars, amongst the pickles, preserves, and corned fish.It was a way of life.If you wanted to eat in Newfoundland, you had to grow and gather your food.We have survived for generations this way.Everything was organic before it became the loose term used to describe almost anything nowadays.Then came the modern supermarkets and the big-box stores.We lost our way for a bit, at least my generation had.Everything was more convenient, accessible, and "fresh."After living with food that comes from all corners of the globe, food that is modified, treated, and altered, we now find ourselves going back to our roots, to our gardens.Over the last few years Newfoundland has seen its agricultural heritage start to re-emerge.I get great pleasure in opening my kitchen door at Raymonds and greeting one of the many purveyors.It could be beautiful lamb from the southern shore, raised by the Morrys or the Mooneys.Vegetables from Mike Rabinovitz or Mary Lester, here on the Avalon, or maybe fresh seafood from Gerry Hussey in Bonavista.Every day it seems someone else has started a new venture in agriculture, inspired by previous generations, or maybe they just took a walk through the Pattersons' garden in Upper Amherst Cove and fell in love like I do every time I visit.This book shows us how great and unique our history of agriculture is in Newfoundland.It's inspiring our cooks, our farmers, and the next generation.Sustainable eating and living is possible in this province, and we have the history to prove it.
Author: Jeremy Charles
Language: English
Topic: Organic Food and Agriculture
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4390627567
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