Project Lead: Dr. Adrian Unc, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University

Funding Stream: Expansion Grant

The goal of the project was to establish a baseline for a Labrador-specific fertilizer recommendations model for nutrient use efficiency and crop productivity.

Project Lead: Joshua Smee, CEO, Food First NL

Funding Stream: Start-up Grant

The goal of the project was to facilitate a series of consultations and engagement activities to help envision how the health care system in Labrador can strengthen access to traditional foods in line with community-level priorities and integrated with approaches to food systems being taken by Indigenous communities.

Project Lead: Darren Dinsmore, Owner/Operator, Aldercroft Farm (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)

Funding Stream: Start-up Grant

The goal of the project was to test different types of soil amendments simultaneously to assess which is the ideal to enhance central Labrador sandy soils in order to enhance local food production, to produce forage locally at lower costs to local farmers, and indirectly lower greenhouse emissions through local rather than shipped materials from away.

Project Lead: Darren Dinsmore, Owner/Operator, Aldercroft Farm (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)

Funding Stream: Communication Grant

The goal of this project was to produce informational videos about farming in central Labrador to inform the public and inspire local farmers to work on soil health and regenerative agriculture.

Project Lead: Thomas Angiers, Owner/Operator, Spruce Meadow Farms Ltd. (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)

Funding Stream: Start-up Grant

The goal of this project was to test the effectiveness of combining grow lights with hydroponic fertigation in an enclosed greenhouse to develop and evaluate year-round strawberry production in Labrador as part of a larger project that has been conducted in the Netherlands.

Project Leads: Murray Perrett and Tanya Schlossek, Owners/Operators, Sweet Valley Meadows Farm (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)

Funding Stream: Start-up Grant

The goal of this project was to investigate the growth of white dutch clover in response to varying combinations of fertilizer and water in order to determine the optimal conditions for honey production.