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Cooking with CropBox Greens -

Meet Your Maker: Connecting Yukon Farmers and Food Businesses -

When Planning Planting it All Starts With the Seeds -

Leftover Love — A Food Waste Reduction Strategy -

Suzanne’s Blog: Winter Pepper -

Transplanted Tomato Jam -

Agroecology: A Local, Ethical Approach to Farming -

Barley Bliss -

Sourdough Hands -

Haute Cuisine Finds Foraging -

Bring on the Rhubarb! -

Iqaluit Grocery Store Fire Highlights Northern Food Security Issue -

Tomatoes, in Season and Out -

Suzanne Speaks at National Food Conference -

Suzanne’s Blog: “Terroir” Extends Beyond Wine! -

Foraging Connects Boreal Chef to the Land -

Suzanne’s Blog: It’s Not Out Till It’s Cold and Out -

Canada’s Indigenous Cuisine Takes Its Place at the Table -

Suzanne’s Blog: My First Moose Hunt -

Farming, Fishing, and Foraging Keys to Iceland’s Food Security -

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Eating Local at Legendary Bullocks Bistro in Yellowknife -

North of 60 Fruit! -

The Most Northern Apple Tree in Canada! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Odd Bits or Special Bits? -

Suzanne Featured in Up Here Cover Story -

All the Bits Celebrates Yukon Food -

Suzanne’s Blog: Oh Wondrous Fall! -

Canadian Organization Seeks to Foster More Organic Farming -

Suzanne’s Blog: Store-Bought Blues -

Seal Meat an Integral Part of Traditional Inuit Lifestyle -

Suzanne’s Blog: Exotic Shiso Grows in the Far North! -

FEAST an Edible Roadtrip Interview -

Sourdough Starter Dates to Gold Rush Days -

Gerard’s Blog: See-Food Diet -

Suzanne’s Blog: The Shopping List -

Yu-Kon Grow It: We Made It! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Celebrating Together! -

Suzanne’s Blog: We Did It! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Last Day -

Gerard’s Blog: Opining the Fridge -

Suzanne’s Blog: Camping Local Style -

Gerard’s Blog: Dish Soap Opera -

Not Your Typical English Country Garden -

A Sub-Arctic Artichoke -

Gerard’s Blog: Contemplating Culinary Control -

Berry Season Has Begun! -

Suzanne’s Blog: A Taste Explosion of Fresh Veggies! -

Gerard’s Blog: Appreciation Depreciation -

Amazing Race Canada’s See It All Segment Features Suzanne -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Summer Gardens -

Suzanne’s Blog: “Knee High by the 4th of July” -

Suzanne’s Blog: The Home Stretch -

Gerard’s Blog: On Weighty Matters -

Yarrow: An Herbal Hero -

Gerard’s Blog: Blender Splendour -

The Delicate Flavour of the Wild Rose -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Spring Foraging -

Gerard’s Blog: Nuclear Fishin’ -

Eating Local 1912-Style -

Asparagus Does Grow in the North! -

Stinging Nettle Latté! -

Wild Harvesting: Responsibility and Reciprocity -

Suzanne’s Blog: What’s Missing? -

Gerard’s Blog: A Question of Compromise -

Nothing Stinky About Stinkweed —
Wild Sage in its Many Forms -

Kate Goes Local Gourmet with Choux Pastry Cream Puffs! -

To Market, To Market -

Suzanne’s Blog: Add Lungwort to Your Menu -

The Many Uses of Spruce Tips -

The Arugula of the North – Dandelion Leaves -

Eating Prehistorically – Horsetail for Supper -

Suzanne’s Blog: Vadzaih Choo Drin, Caribou Days, in Old Crow -

Caribou near the Firth River in Northern Yukon. Photo by Cathie Archbould.

Gifts from Alaska: Fresh Eulachon and Devil’s Club Sprouts -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Mulling Mercury and Signs of Spring -

Gardening Nightmares, Gathering Dreams -

Giant Cabbages in Old Crow, Yukon -

Fireweed Shoots, Asparagus of the North! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Tree Water -

Suzanne’s Blog: Break Up! -

Suzanne’s Blog: The Family Dog Desperate to Eat Local -

Suzanne’s Blog: First Wildflower of Spring -

Suzanne’s Blog: The Last Onion -

Local Dairy Products for Sale in Dawson -

Food for Thought: Careful Foraging -

All the Time in the World Screening at Hot Docs 2018 -

Combining the Tastes of Spring and Fall -

Gerard’s Blog: Fishing for Complements -

Gerard’s Blog: Watching Winter Wane -

The New Lambs of Spring -

Suzanne’s Blog: Mercury Levels in Yukon Fish – Do I Need to Worry? -

There’s a Lot of Eggs in that Basket! -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Suzanne Talks Burbot -

Gerard’s Blog: Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow -

Suzanne’s Blog: Burbot in Exchange for Sunshine -

Chef Joseph Shawana: Inspired Indigenous Cuisine -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Local-Only Easter Treats -

Spring is in the Air! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Local Easter Treats -

Suzanne’s Blog: Happy Easter! -

Gardeners, Start Your Seedlings -

Backyard Grain-Growing in the Yukon: The Logical Next Step -

Gerard’s Blog: Thought for Food -

The Forest Garden of Agnes Seitz -

Suzanne’s Blog: Welcome Waffles -

First We Eat Trailer Sneak Peek -

Suzanne’s Blog: Berry Bounty Boosts Vitamin C -

Suzanne Profiles First We Eat in Spring Issue of Harrowsmith -

Gerard’s Blog: Social Deprivation and Isolation -

Suzanne Presents at Northern Food Network Webinar -

Suzanne Presents in Northern Food Network Webinar

Art Napoleon on Food, Cultural Revitalization and the Need for Balance -

Suzanne’s Blog: Yukon Poutine -

Gerald’s Blog: Ode to a True Survivalist -

Suzanne’s Blog: How Do You Like Them Apples? -

The Guts of the Matter -

Gerard’s Blog: The Reason for Freezin’ -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Eating Local Even When Not at Home -

Yummy Yukon Crêpes -

Myth and Medium 2018: Food, Culture, Identity -

Suzanne with fellow speaker Art Napoleon (a.k.a. Travelling Sun)

Suzanne’s Blog: The Search for Salt – Takhini Salt Flats -

Cooking with Kate! -

Kate shows off her dinner make completely with local ingredients. Photo by Suzanne Crocker.

Suzanne’s Blog: Happy Valentine’s Day! -

Gerard’s Blog: Gone F-f-f-fishin’ -

New Life at Klondike Valley Creamery! -

Klondike Valley Creamery welcomes the newest member of the team. Photo by Suzanne Crocker.

Gerard’s Blog: Resistance is Facile -

Suzanne’s Blog: Northern Popcorn? -

Suzanne’s Blog: Travelling Light? -

Nunavut’s The Laughing Chef Promotes Local Food in the North -

Gerard’s Blog: Getting the Dirt on My Daughter -

Suzanne’s Blog: It’s Seed Catalogue Time! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Saskatoon Berry Beet Cake -

New York Chef Champions the Farm-to-Table Food Movement -

New York Chef Dan Barber Champions the Farm-to-Table Food Movement

Gerard’s Blog: Tolerating Tolerance -

Suzanne’s Blog: Local Sourdough Starter -

Gerard’s Blog: Handing It to the Stick, Sticking it to the Hands -

The New Kids In Town -

Sean Sherman: The Sioux Chef -

Suzanne’s Blog: Winter Comfort Foods -

Gerard’s Blog: Seeing Double Benefits -

2017: My Banner Year With Local Triticale -

In Far Northern Norway a Chef Strives for Polar Permaculture -

Norwegian Chef Strives for Polar Permaculture

10 Billion: What’s on Your Plate? -

Suzanne’s Blog: A Local Christmas Feast! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Nothing Says Merry Christmas Like a Moose Nose -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Kitchen Helpers -

Suzanne’s Blog: I Cooked a Steak! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Cut Off! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Christmas Experimentation -

Suzanne’s Blog: Sugar Beets Sweeten the Deal -

Gerard’s Blog: Patchy Pumpkins Pose Problems -

Suzanne’s Blog: Chef Miche Gets Me Into Hock -

Gerard’s Blog: Weighing In On Temptation -

Suzanne’s Blog: Flour Power and the Ol’ Grind -

Suzanne’s Blog: Moderation Goes Down the Grain -

Bee Whyld Produces “the Champagne of Honey” -

Gerard’s Blog: Rinse and Repeat -

Sugar Beet Syrup and Homemade Potato Starch -

Suzanne’s Blog: Guest Chef Dishes Out Warmth and Memories -

Gerard’s Blog: Liquid, Solid, and Gas -

Suzanne’s Blog: Cooking Up a Storm With Miche -

Let the Experiments Begin! -

Suzanne’s Blog: Miche to the Rescue -

Gerard’s Blog: Showing Some Humidity -

Gerard’s Blog: Contained Culinary Creativity -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Cold Shoulder -

Rooting Around in The Root Cellar -

Gerard’s Blog: If the Juniper Berry Could Talk -

Look Under the Snow for Versatile Juniper Berries -

Suzanne’s Blog: First Hunt Culture Camp -

Seal Hunt is Foundation of Traditional Lifestyle -

Short Fall Ends With Snowfall -

Gerard’s Blog: Digesting Individualism -

Cold Storage Solutions: Tuktoyaktuk Ice House -

Suzanne’s Blog: Trick or (100% local) Treat? -

Suzanne's Blog: Eating Local Doesn't Mean No Halloween Candy

Suzanne’s Blog: A New Appreciation of Freeze-Up -

Gerard’s Blog: Be It Resolved … -

Gerard’s Blog: Just Off the Bloat -

Suzanne’s Blog: The Good News, Bad News Grain Story Conclusion -

Suzanne's Blog: The Good News, Bad News Grain Story Continues

Singing the Storage Blues -

Suzanne’s Blog: Good News, Bad News – Grain Drain -

Suzanne’s Blog: Fermentation Success Without Salt! -

Gerard’s Blog: Give Us This Day Our Daily Onion -

Gerard’s Blog: A Sense of Loss -

Suzanne’s Blog: No Whey! Yes, Whey.
Fermentation Experimentation — Fermenting Without Salt -

Suzanne’s Blog: Preservation Reservations – Pickling Without Vinegar -

Gerard’s Blog: Gone Yesterday, Hear Today -

Dawson Sees First Snow of the Season -

Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving After All -

Suzanne’s Blog: A Thanksgiving Message to Farmers -

Gerard’s Blog: Cat-and-Moose Game Ends -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Suzanne’s 60-Day Update -

Gerard’s Blog: The Lull of the Wild -

Gerard’s Blog: An Equal and Opposite Inaction -

Gerard’s Blog: Big Game Games -

Suzanne Blogs: As Quiet as a Moose -

Tom Thumb Grows Up … But Not Yet Ready for Prime Time -

A Pile of Pumpkins for Thanksgiving -

Buckwheat Provides A Grain of Hope for Suzanne -

Hey, Who Doesn’t Love Fresh Vegetables? -

Gerard’s Blog: Old Man River Can Be a Real Son of a Gun -

Chum Succeeds King as Ruler of the River -

Gerard’s Blog: Of Moose and Man -

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Fall Harvest Culture Camp Celebrates a Timeless Tradition -

Gerard’s Blog: The Cauliflower Hour is Upon Us -

Moose a Yukon Food Staple -

Gerard’s Blog: Breakfast is the Most Impertinent Meal of the Day -

Eggplants in the North -

Gerard’s Blog: Getting Back to Our Roots -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Lucy’s Plants and Veggies -

Yu-Kon Grow It features Lucy's Plants and Veggies

Gerard’s Blog: Riding on the Shoulders of Produce -

Top of the World Cloud Bread a Family Crowd Pleaser -

Celery Salt and Nasturtium Pepper -

Think You Could Eat Only Locally?
Take the First We Eat Local Dish Challenge -

Mayonnaise: No Oil? No Lemon? No Problem! -

Gerard’s Blog: Where Once a House Stood -

The Bounty of the Harvest -

From the Land of the Giants -

Where Have All the Mushrooms Gone? -

“52 Buckets of Kale in the Hall” -

Gerard’s Blog: Savour Flavour -

Dogberry (Bunchberry) — A Natural Pectin -

Gerard’s Blog: Unnatural Born Killer -

Crackers? No Crackers. -

Gerard’s Blog: Animal Kin-dom -

The Challenge of School Lunches -

Yu-Kon Grow It: One Month In -

Suzanne appeared on the latest Yu-Kon Grow It episode on CBC Yukon's A New Day and reported on how things are going after her first month of eating only food local to Dawson City.

Homemade Birch Creamsicles a Favourite for Suzanne’s Family -

A Good Year for Corn in Dawson -

Gerard’s Blog: Road Rave -

Louise Piché Planted a Patch of Purple Peppers (and a White Pumpkin) -

Gerard’s Blog: Momentary Meltdown -

Mineral Salt May Yet Shake Out -

Gerard’s Blog: Moo-vers and Shakers -

Alchemy Café Concocts 100%-Local Smoothies -

Gerard’s Blog: Can’t Take It Out on the Diet -

How Sweet It Is! A New Addition to the Menu -

Gerard’s Blog: Confessions of a Serial Diluter -

So Long, Short Season! -

Gerard’s Blog: The Body’s Hunger Games -

Elfie’s Tea is a Refreshing (and Local) Caffeine Alternative -

The Breakfast Problem -

Gerard’s Blog: Innovation Appreciation -

The Search for Salt: Coltsfoot Galloping to the Rescue? -

Gerard’s Blog: Finding Out What’s In Store -

Berries Abound … But Will There Be Enough? -

Sister Island Growing Tradition Continues … With Some Twists -

Mama, Don’t Let Your Quinoa Grow Up to Be Turnips -

Gerard’s Blog: I’se the B’y That Catches the Fish -

The Inside Scoop on “Indian Ice Cream” and Other Soapberry Facts -

Rhubarb Juice to the Rescue -

Gerard’s Blog: Berries Bite Back -

Has Salt Got Suzanne Licked? -

Gerard’s Blog: Symptomatic Addict -

Gerard’s Blog: Everything in the Kitchen Sink -

Make Hay While the Sun Shines -

Gerard’s Blog: What’s Up, Doc? -

Worth Its Weight In Salt? -

Gerard’s Blog: I Found No Thrill On Blueberry Hill -

Listen to Suzanne Tomorrow on Yu-Kon Grow It -

Gerard’s Blog: On Day One -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Suzanne Officially Begins -

Suzanne Crocker appeared on Yu-Kon Grow It

The Moose is Loose … and Looking for Popcorn! -

How to Grow Food for 200 People -

The Question of Salt -

Internship Program Helps Arctic Communities Run Greenhouses -

Arctic Community Greenhouse Coordinator Internship Program

Farmers’ Markets Bring Local Produce to Dawsonites -

Cooking Lessons With Driss -

A Very Special Gift to Start Suzanne’s Journey -

Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in elder Angie Joseph-Rear (right) presents Suzanne with fish eggs from the first King Salmon harvested by that First Nation in several years. Photo by Tess Crocker

Wild Strawberries Are Worth the Work -

Lambsquarter: Taste It Before You Toss It -

Yukon News Profiles Suzanne and First We Eat Project -

Haskaps Are First Domestic Berries of the Season -

Growing Northern Ginger and Tumeric -

Northern Farm Training Institute’s Founder Receives National Honour -

Northern Farm Training Institute's Founder Jackie Milne Receives National Honour

Troublesome Chickweed Is a Tasty Treasure -

Yum! Fresh Northern Asparagus -

Trying Specklebelly Goose from Old Crow -

Wild Rhubarb – Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Elder gives Suzanne new eyes -

Foraging for Wild Rhubarb Alongside Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Elder

Farming Tradition Lives On at Pelly River Ranch -

Suzanne’s Greenhouse Looking Good -

Northern Popcorn? -

Popping corn for Suzanne and her family growing on Grant's Island.

Nature’s Candy -

Listen in to Local Food Initiatives in Inuvik and Hay River, NWT – June 19th -

in the Northern Food Network for its third FREE webinar. This installment is on Growing Food and Community in the Northwest Territories.

Surprise Dawson Cold Snap Takes Its Toll -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Eating Local with Suzanne Crocker -

Spritz or Candy Up Your Spruce Tips -

Give tips, get lunch! -

Vertical Agriculture Coming to Carcross -

Plant. Water. Worry. -

Suzanne's garden is in danger from frost in mid-June

Versatile, Edible Nettle -

Versatile, edible, and nutritious nettle

Nettle Juice -

The ‘Lion in Summer -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Foraging in the Wild -

Suzanne’s Keen for Some Quinoa -

Yu-Kon Grow It: A Better Way for Tomatoes -

Planting Suzanne’s Garden … With Fingers Crossed
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Suzanne’s Sad, Sad Sunflowers -

Homemade Rhubarb Vinegar Update -

Recipe for Homemade Rhubarb Vinegar -

Here’s a Tip to Spruce Up Your Meals -

Photo by Cathie Archbould

Make Stinging Nettle a Perennial Favourite -

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a nutritious spring green that has many uses.

Edible Lungwort -

Yu-Kon Grow It: A Look at the TH Working Farm -

Wilted Dandelion Salad with Crispy Onions and Garlic -

Fireweed Shoots – The First Vegetable of Spring! -

Easy Tip for Re-Growing Celery -

To Market, To Market: Let the Season Begin! -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Sweet and Sour -

In this episode of Yu-Kon Grow It on CBC North's A New Day with Host Sandi Coleman, Suzanne discussed her search for natural sweeteners, as well as the challenges around finding a locally-sourced vinegar.

Refreshing and Versatile Birch Sap -

See the Bees, Eh? Dawson Hive Successfully Overwinters -

Sweeeeeeet! A Bucket of Birch Syrup -

Home-Grown Dawson Onions Still Looking Good in May -

Our Baby Spinach is Growing Up -

Inuvik Turns Old Arena Into North America’s Most Northerly Greenhouse -

A Spring Treat: Atlin Lake Whitefish -

Pemmican – Wild Kitchen Style -

Pemmi-can-do with Ch’itsuh -

“Le Refuge” – France Benoit’s charming farm in Yellowknife -

Vadzaih: Cooking Caribou from Antler to Hoof -

Celebrating the Porcupine Caribou Herd -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Caribou Cookbook -

Author/Environmentalist J.B.MacKinnon Does Yukon Tour -

Yu-kon Grow It – Brian Lendrum: Goat farming pioneer -

Celery Flavor All Year Round -

Traditional Plants Community Info Session in Dawson City -

Tickled Pink – How April’s Full Moon is special for growing - Tonight, April 11th, is the date of this year’s Pink Moon, and everyone is talking about it on social media. But what makes the Moon pink on this particular date? Sorry to disappoint you, but turns out the Pink Moon isn’t actually of a rosy hue. The title “Pink Moon” is credited to Native American tribes, …

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Low Bush Cranberry Vinegar Becomes Low Bush Cranberry Refresher - Miche here. About five days into this second round of vinegar experiments, a thought occurred to me—low bush cranberries keep forever in the fridge. That’s because–oh yeah—I remember this–they are high in benzoic acid, a naturally occurring preservative. Are low bush cranberries, then, a good choice for making vinegar? Well, maybe not. I called …

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Don’t Judge a Vegetable By Its Cover! -

Another tasty, although not so pretty vegetable that grows well in the Yukon is the root called salsify.

Kohlrabi Crackers! - by Suzanne Crocker Kohlrabi is not a vegetable you will often find in the grocery store. However, it is a root vegetable that grows well in the Yukon. It doesn’t look so inviting from the outside, but slice into it and it is tender and delicious – raw or cooked. Suzanne’s husband, Gerard, discovered that …

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Expand the Growing Space in Your Greenhouse: Turn it Upside Down! -

Ginger in the North? -

Growing ginger by planting a piece of ginger root from the grocery store.

Early Leafy Greens in a Cold April Greenhouse? -

Successful Overwintering and Breeding at 68 Degrees North in Inuvik, NWT! -

Seedy Saturdays and Birch Syrup workshops in Dawson - Next weekend, Dawsonites will have a chance to participate in two amazing workshops! Seedy Saturdays will be held on Saturday March 25th at the Recreation Centre, and it will include presentations by Karen Digby and Grant Dowdell about northern gardening and by Scott Henderson about mushroom cultivation. The following day on Sunday the 26th, there will …

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Peanuts and Ground Cherries Growing in the North! -

Check out the 1st Webinar of the Northern Food Network - Northern Food Network hosted their first bi-monthly webinar on Monday, February 27th, and it featured Dawsonite Dexter MacRae from Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm, as well as Kukik Baker and her team, from Arviat Wellness in Arviat, Nunavut.

Recipes for Suzanne! Sunflower Seed Soup, New Potatoes with Pumpkin Seed Pesto - Suzanne Crocker loves nuts. She really loves them. So how is she going to get by without nuts for a whole year? Easy–She’ll eat seeds instead! Sunflower seeds, Styrian pumpkin seeds. She’s recruited a couple of farmers to grow the pumpkins, and she’s ordered up some Russian sunflower seeds to plant in her own garden. …

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Gathering to Grow a Food Secure Yukon - There is still time to attend the 4th Annual Yukon Community Gardeners Gathering March 14-15, in Whitehorse!

Hear it on the radio: CBC Yukon’s “A New Day” catches up with Suzanne - Great news! The CBC morning radio show “A New Day” hosted by Sandi Coleman on CBC Yukon, has started a new regular column called “Yu-kon Grow It”, which will air every other Wednesday morning between 7 and 7:30 am. On this segment, Sandi will check in with Suzanne about her “First we Eat: Food Security North …

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Marinated Maktaaq Salad from Arviat, Nunavut -

Sourdough Adventures -

Barley and Rye Flour, Grown and Milled in Dawson -

Northern Food Network’s 1st Webinar – Dawson’s TH Working Farm School and Shirley Tagalik from Arviat, Nunavut - If you are interested in issues of Northern Food Security, consider signing up for webinars with the Northern Food Network. Their First Webinar is taking place Monday, Feb 27 from 10-11 am. It will feature Dexter MacRae & Darren Bullen, from Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm and Shirley Tagalik and team, from Arviat Wellness and Arviat Greenhouse. …

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Local Fertilizer in Arviat, Nunavut -

Arviat Goes Green -

More Baby Animals! -

Yu-Kon Grow It: Trial and Error with The Boreal Gourmet -

Sweet and Crunchy Local Carrots in January in Dawson? -

New Life on the Sadlier’s Farm! -

Fresh Local Apples in December in Dawson? -

Grant Dowdell Shares His Best Seed Varieties -

Solving the Trouble With Spinach in Dawson -

Start Your Tomatoes By Valentines Day! - This is the word on the street in Dawson City, Yukon …

Anyone in the North able to grow any of these more unusual plants? - If so, which seed variety, seed company, tips for planting?

Natural Sugar North of 60? - Hey Northerners, Suzanne needs to replace sugar.

Yukon Pumpkin Oil Industry? - First We Eaters! Homemade flax seed crackers, homemade pumpkin butter and homemade cranberry chutney. Food for thought: can we grow enough Styrian pumpkins to support a home-grown pumpkin butter and pumpkin oil industry? Why not? – Miche Genest

Introducing the First We Eat Team! - First We Eat would like to introduce you to the amazing folks who are part of the online launch team:

100% Yukon vinegar: will it work? - Team member Michele Genest shares her attempt to make 100% Yukon vinegar: Lowbush cranberries, rhubarb, Uncle Berwyn’s Pure Yukon Birch Syrup, water. Will it work? Will Suzanne’s family like it? Stay tuned, northern cooks and eaters!

Suzanne talks northern food security on CBC Radio - Suzanne talks about the First We Eat project with CBC North’s Dave White! Listen to the full interview below: http://yukonradiodave.tumblr.com/post/156014476699/dawson-city-film-maker-suzanne-crockers-next

The Need to Plan Seeds! -

Nutritional Loss in Fresh Veggies - Did you know? Some fresh vegetables lose a surprising amount of nutrition within the first week after harvest….

Suzanne has challenged herself to spend one year eating only food local to Dawson City, Yukon – to create a public conversation about food self-sufficiency with communities across the North. -