When Jackie Augustine opens a chicken coop door one brisk spring morning in upstate New York, the hens bolt out like windup toys. Still, as their faint barnyard scent testifies, they aren’t battery-powered but very much alive. These are “solar chickens.” At this local community egg cooperative, Geneva Peeps, the birds live with solar […]
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Now’s the time to look out for small business in Halifax
A s coronavirus spreads across Canada, shutting down local businesses and national companies in its wake, Canadians are being forced into their homes and out of public places like restaurants and bars. Hundreds if not thousands of small businesses and their employees are now struggling to make ends meet as their income is slashed. “It’s […]
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Nova Scotia farmers aren’t going away amid COVID-19
A s people practice social distancing, head into isolation, quarantine and prepare for whatever happens next, there’s one thing everyone needs—food. While some are hoarding food and supplies, one local farmer says consumers don’t need to panic about food supply. “There seems to be a lot of concern about food supply,” says Ted Hutten, a […]
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Feed it forward
It seems nothing really jogs the mind into creative thinking like an apple falling from a tree. Legend says it’s what inspired Newton to dream up his law of universal gravitation, and it looks like the innocent apple has struck again—this time closer to home. We’re talking about FOUND, a brand-new Halifax-based start-up looking to […]
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Budget brings tax credit to farmers who donate crops
There’s good news in today’s budget for food-growing Nova Scotians. Farmers who donate surplus crops to registered charities feeding people in need— like Feed Nova Scotia—may now claim a refundable tax credit of 25 percent. Feed Nova Scotia was all in, of course, as the charity distributes a large amount of food to their member […]
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A cut above: a visit to Oulton’s Meat Store
There is still a sheet of snow on the hills around Windsor, waiting for the brisk pull of springtime to shake it loose and blanket the countryside with lush greens, to start the cycle of life. As the road winds through the muted winter scene towards the farm, you see the green and yellow of […]
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Halifax’s market ability
Farmers’ markets have been a part of the patchwork of Halifax’s business and social communities since 1750. To put that in historical perspective, Halifax was founded in 1749. The first market was on Bedford Row, between Upper Water and George Streets. In the 1850s, after the city of Halifax had incorporated, a City Market Building […]
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Wednesday’s 8 things you oughta know
1 Like a slice of meat shaved from a giant, rotating cone, the @HfxDonairCrawl fell into Halifax’s lap this morning. The first event of its kind aims to bring together like-stomached folks for the love of sweet sauce and drippy tinfoil sometime on August 8, for a day of debacherous dining. Start shopping for the […]