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The St. John's Local Food Region
Perched on the rugged eastern edge of North America, the St. John’s food scene is a magnificent story of wild landscape, coastal resilience, and deep cultural pride. The unique, challenging climate has inspired an incredibly creative movement centered around wild-foraged treasures—like sweet chanterelles, partridgeberries, and bakeapples—alongside fresh-caught North Atlantic seafood. Local small-scale farmers utilize innovative greenhouse techniques and historic root cellars to provide fresh field vegetables and organic greens. The St. John's community rallies intensely around its independent food creators, making the vibrant local markets and community garden networks essential neighborhood hubs. It is a warm, wonderfully spirited food ecosystem where traditional storytelling, coastal heritage, and a passion for local self-reliance create an unforgettable culinary landscape.
The St. John's region includes cities and towns like Argentia, Arnold`s Cove, Avondale, Bauline, Bay Bulls, Bay de Verde, Bay Roberts, Bell Island, Bellevue, Bonavista, Branch, Brigus, Cape Broyle, Carbonear, Catalina, Chance Cove, Chapel Arm, Clarenville, Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, Clarke`s Beach, Colliers, Come By Chance, Conception Bay South, Conception Harbour, Cupids, Eastport, Elliston, Fair Haven, Fermeuse, Flatrock, Freshwater, Hant`s Harbour, Harbour Grace, Harbour Main-Chapel Cove-Lakev, Heart`s Content, Heart`s Delight-Islington, Heart`s Desire, Hickman`s Harbour, Hillview, Holyrood, Jamestown, King`s Cove, Little Catalina, Little Heart`s Ease, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cov, Long Harbour-Mount Arlington H, Long Pond, Lower Island Cove, Monkstown, Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-S, Mount Pearl, Musgravetown, New Harbour, New Perlican, Norman`s Cove-Long Cove, Old Perlican, Paradise, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Placentia, Plate Cove East, Port Blandford, Port Rexton, Port Union, Portugal Cove-St. Philip`s, Pouch Cove, Princeton, Salmon Cove, Salvage, Small Point-Broad Cove-Blackhe, South River, Southern Harbour, Spaniard`s Bay, St. Bride`s, St. Mary`s, Sunnyside, Terrenceville, Torbay, Trepassey, Upper Island Cove, Victoria, Wabana, Western Bay, Whitbourne, Winterton, and Witless Bay.
