Photo Journal 2018

February 12 - 18, 2018

Feb 12 — Meeting with Jill and Aaron We met with Jill and Aaron first thing Monday in the board room at the United Way in Moncton.

Feb 15 — Aaron Shantz of Our Food SENB Aaron and Jill Van Horne moved into their new office recently. Not sure who owns the hoe or rake in the back, but it's a fitting prop.

Feb 15 — Meeting with Jill and Aaron Aaron and Jill in their new office. Jill has the big desk, "because she's the boss" Aaron points out. They are in the United Way office in Moncton.

Feb 15 — Aaron and Jill Aaron and Jill in their new office. Jill has the big desk, "because she's the boss" Aaron points out. They are in the United Way office in Moncton.

Feb 17 — The Mentor in Red Not sure where Marsha Hebert got the red Mapleton Teaching Kitchen apron, but I was jealous.

Feb 17 — Mentors in Training Janet Hamilton watched over Alison Caissie and Gisele Leger as they tackled the big can. Janet and Alya Nouasri ran this Community Food Mentor training at the Mapleton Teaching Kitchen. I attended another they put on two years ago. It's a great primary for citizens wanting to get into food actions. And it's free.

Feb 18 — Screen grab from video prep Elaine and I are prepping to do a video project for Our Food Southeast NB so we've been experimenting with the cheapest teleprompter possible, an oversized index card clipped to the iPhone. We're shooting the whole thing with an iPhone 6s and Filmic Pro

Feb 18 — Working on lighting setup Lilly is always interested in whatever Elaine is doing, even if she is just standing there being a light model.

February 19 - 25, 2018

Feb 20 — Satya Ramen at the Good Food Into Motion Satya Ramen from the Nova Scotia based Ecology Action Centre was a key facilitator at the Our Food SENB's Good Food into Motion event.

Feb 20 — Listening to Aaron Attentive attendees at the Our Food SENB's event.

Feb 20 — Alya Nouasri Discussing protecting farmland with Tracy Wade.

Feb 20 — All eyes to the back Jill is explaining the lunch items at the event.

Feb 20 — Eva Rehak of ALVA Farm Eva discusses small farm issues at the Good Food into Motion event put on by Our Food SENB

February 26 - March 4, 2018

Feb 27 — Garden Cities Project Kick-off Philippe Gervais doing some serious garden illustration.

Feb 27 — Garden Cities Project Kick-off Serving soup

Feb 27 — Delightful surprises The garden city people were delightful. It was especially nice to see Sahaza there. She used to live with us.

Feb 28 — Working up a setup Prior to shooting the food pledge videos, Elaine and I — and Lilly — worked out the setup at home.

Feb 27 — Lilly She's always ready for her closeup

Fadhel 's stall at the market Fadhel loves to talk which is why he is in the market.

Green Party Bowling Fundraiser Moranda Van Geest, Marilynn Merritt-Gray in back.

Green Party Bowling Fundraiser Arend Van Geest

Green Party Bowling Fundraiser Raissa Marks

March 5 — March 11, 2018

Hugo, Kevin and Rebeka We visited them in Rogersville to shoot a spot for the video we're doing.

Maxime Gauvin with Elaine Maxime is the executive director of Really Local Harvest Cooperative with an office in the Dieppe Farmers Market. Another subject for the video.

A Dog in the Wind Kevin, Rebeka and Hugo's dog

Mar 09 — Mayor Yvon Lapierre Dieppe's mayor says his nickname is "One-take" which we believed, but still asked for three. Just to be sure.

julie mitton

March 12 — March 18, 2018

Mar — 13 Val McDermid We were in Port Elgin, NB, to do more video. This time at PEDVAC.

Mar 13 — Anne Goodwin Anne was our subject in Port Elgin for the food pledge video. Joey is always around, welcoming everybody.

March 19 — 25

Mar 20 — With Mayor Dawn Arnold Our project took us to the mayor's office, two mayors, actually. Both were generous with their time.

Mar 21 — Sarah Smith, Farmer The first time we met Sarah, she was farming on someone else's land. This time she was working a farm she just bought.

Mar 24 — Green Party Rally The Greens did well this year. While we were not registered Greens, we did some work for them.

Mar 24 — Moranda van Geest, Green Party Candidate Moranda asked us to do a music video for her run for a seat in the legislature. We did not belong to a party but she was Elaine's friend.

Mar 22 — Laylia Bennett saves the day Laylia Bennett was a last minute substitute that saved our trip to Sackville in a blizzard. Her mother is Cheyenne Joseph, another participant.