N.S. Food News

News about food producers in Nova Scotia, including fishers, farmers, foragers, and more.

‘Every small piece makes a difference’: Thousands of healthy food packs to be distributed to Nova Scotia children

A child in a day camp program at St. Paul’s Family Resources Institute in Spryfield enjoying one of the items in the After the Bell

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A new start on an old farm

N.S. Food News / farm, fresh

Amanda Pearson and her family are bringing life back to an old Pictou County farmstead. – Aaron Beswick On Tuesday the Pearsons sat on their

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Annapolis Valley farmers scrambling for water during dry summer

N.S. Food News / farm, farmer

Sprinklers water strawberry plants being grown in Lakeville. Drought conditions have farmers scrambling to find water. (Paul Palmeter/CBC) Drought: it’s a dirty word in a

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Berry producers face potential losses due to COVID-19 issues

N.S. Food News / farm, farmer, vegetable

Strawberry producer Curtis Millen says some of his strawberries may not get picked this year because he didn’t get as many seasonal foreign workers this

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Big Spruce Brewing Takes N.S. Gov’t To Task

N.S. Food News

This is an open letter by the owner of Big Spruce Brewing to the provincial government, pointing out how a variety of backwards laws and

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Brewers say new NSLC policy could set ‘dangerous precedent’ in Canadian beer market

N.S. Food News / market

Brian Titus, vice-president of the Craft Brewers Association of Nova Scotia, says the policy change is unfair for smaller brewers. (CBC) Brewers across Nova Scotia

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