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US (NB): "I've started growing my own food during the pandemic and turned it into a small business"

"I am originally from New Brunswick, where I grew up on a farm. After going to art school and moving around the country, I ended up settling in Montreal eight years ago and worked full-time in the arts as a lighting designer in theatre and dance. When COVID hit, I (like many other people) lost all my work. I went into survivalist mode and started to play around with growing my own food".

In this article, Jon Cleveland describes his journey from chef to grower. Jon Cleveland is a Montreal-based, New Brunswick-born farmer, lighting designer and visual artist.

"With over a decade-and-a-half of experience as a chef, I started a recipe depot on social media that tried to teach people how to cook food for themselves (yes, I even taught people how to bake bread). While the recipe depot started to waver, growing food for the first time in years started to develop into something further".

This company produces fresh salad mixes that are harvested and sold directly to consumers through the site BunkerGreens.com.

Read the complete article at www.cbc.ca.

 

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