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The Future Fix: Smart Farms for Northern Communities
The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series.
THIS EPISODE: Smart Farms for Northern Communities
Food security is a challenge everywhere, but especially for northern communities. The climate can make growing food difficult, and the distance and expense to ship food can mean long waits and exorbitant prices.
In Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, the Arctic Research Foundation, in consultation with local elders, has established a farm and research station, built out of two shipping containers, called Naurvik. We speak to Betty Kogvik, one of the local guardians of the farm, and Arctic Research Foundation CEO Adrian Schimnowski, who hopes the idea can help different communities, and help us learn about growing in extreme environments:
The Terror, coming to BBC Two in March, is a must-watch historical epic with a supernatural twist.
Starring Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies and Ciaran Hinds, the critically acclaimed drama blends the true story of Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition with Dan Simmons novel The Terror and brings to life the last days of the two famous ships – HMS Terror and HMS Erebus - and their crews.
But what really happened in 1845 and where does the true story end and the TV series begin? Here’s our guide to the real story of the HMS Terror.
HMS Terror and HMS Erebus before 1845
Posted: Feb 21, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 21
This illustration made available by NASA in April 2020 depicts Artemis astronauts on the moon. The human spaceflight program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, which is why international agencies are keen to develop new ways of producing food in deep space.(NASA via The Associated Press)
For many, the term astronaut food conjures images of dehydrated apple sauce and freeze-dried ice cream hauled with them into space from Earth.
But in the relatively near future, nutritious produce grown in deep space could be on the menu for astronauts.