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It may seem easy to find information about food, supplements, diets, and health on social media, but should we trust everything we see online? During the Digital Nutrition Literacy Workshops I conducted at The North Grove this Summer, we talked about simple ways to identify which online nutrition information is trustworthy. Who is sharing the information? Start by looking at who made the post, video, or website. Trustworthy sources may include registered dietitians, doctors,

This year The North Grove’s Community Food Centre celebrated 10 years of expanded service to this community. That translates into more than 240,000 meals served in our community dining room, so its no surprise that our equipment needed some upgrades. That’s why The North Grove is so grateful to the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage and its Community Facilities Improvement grant, which recently funded upgrades of our refrigeration, dishwashing and cook

T hat’s a wrap on our tenth growing season at The North Grove’s Community Farm! Here are a few highlights from an incredible season. Weather ups and downs In April we had to dig our bok choy out from under the snow (though we still got a great harvest)! June was a month of frequent rainfall, and then we faced an intense drought through July and August. From left to right: early April snow on the farm; youth volunteers harvesting peas; volunteers harvesting flax; annual fl