Age: 18
School: Laurentian University
Program: Mining engineering
Scholarship amount: $70,000

I come from a really small town—King’s Point, in Newfoundland. My parents and grandparents instilled in me the importance of growing your own food, and we grew vegetables together as a family. During COVID, I saw how difficult it was for seniors to get out and buy groceries. So, with my mom’s help, I planted extra vegetables and donated them to older people in our community.

Around the same time, I came across a grant from the Food Producers Forum, a food security non-profit, to get an earth-sheltered greenhouse.........

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