Growing Resilience: Regenerative Food Forests in Our Communities

This two day conference will focus on a grass-roots approach to fostering community food forests in New Brunswick.

Our goal is to learn from each other and grow the food forest community.

Everyone welcome! We welcome local growers, Indigenous community members, and anyone interested in regenerative food growing in New Brunswick.

If the registration cost is a barrier to participation for you, please email Andrew Mathis at amathis@stu.ca for a discount code.

For more information, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/foodforestconference

Day 1: Deep Roots & Shared Vision – April 18, 2026

10:00 – 10:30 AM Registration and Breakfast Networking

10:30 – 11:00 AM Welcome and Opening Ceremony

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Keynote #1: Dr. Janina M. Kowalski (University of Toronto)

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch (provided) & optional guided plant walk with Elder Cecelia Brooks (Sitansisk) and Elder Constance Sewell (Oinpegitjoig)

1:00 – 2:00 PM Keynote #2: Elder Constance Sewell (Oinpegitjoig)

2:00 – 2:15 PM Nutrition Break

2:15 - 3:15 PM Panel: Lessons from Community Food Forests

3:15 - 3:45 PM Reflective Closing Circle: Harvesting key insights from the day

3:45 - 5:30 PM Reception and Seed and Scion Exchange

Day 2: Cultivating the Future – April 19, 2026

9:00 – 9:30 AM Breakfast Social

9:30 – 10:15 AM Panel: Integrating Food Forests into Municipal Policies and Plans

10:15 – 11:00 AM Roundtable Discussion: Municipal Policies and Plans

11:00 – 11:15 AM Nutrition Break

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Roundtable Discussion: Planting the Seeds of Research and Collaboration

12:00 – 12:30 PM Closing Reflections

12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch (provided)

1:30 – 2:30 PM Optional tour of the City of Fredericton's tree nursery greenhouse

(If asked for your zip code during checkout you can use your postal code.)