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Growing food

Why grow your own food?​

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Fresh picked food has more flavour and higher nutritional value.

Your own food supply makes you more resilient in the face of ​fluctuating food prices.
 

​Access to food that can be harvested, prepared and fed to your family daily during the growing season.
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Preserve your harvest to feed your family even when the growing season is over.


Lack land?


 Join a community garden. Here's a list of community gardens on PEI.


Lack knowledge?



There are all kinds of resources available - on line and in the public libraries. Check out our Edible Gardening For Beginners toolkit in the Resources section of this web site. 

There are a number of gardening workshops you can take. If you follow the Food Exchange PEI facebook you will see notice of workshops.


Check out the Food Exchange Garden Party a facebook event where people discuss what has worked for them on PEI.

The following facebook groups on PEI may be of interest:
  PEI Animal and Bug Friendly Gardeners Group 
  PEI Gardening
  PEI Foraging Friends
  
East Coast Garden Lifestyles


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What's new in 2023:
Cook days - Join  us the 3rd Wednesday in June - Sept from 6- 8 pm to cook meals to be delivered to the PEI Community Fridge.  From October we will meet the 3rd Sunday of each month to make meals.  Email us to join the mailing list.
 
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  • Home
  • About
    • Guiding Principles
    • Food Security on PEI
    • Contact
  • Gleaning
  • Growing Food
    • Community Gardens on PEI
  • Gaining Knowledge
  • Resources
    • Island Food Map
    • List of CSA's on PEI