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 […]
food security
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Halifax’s Mobile Food Market launches this weekend
A regular, everyday Halifax transit bus is being transformed into a food market on wheels to bring affordable, high quality, fresh fruits and vegetables to communities across Halifax. The 21-week pilot, known as the Mobile Food Market, launches this Saturday— May 14—making stops to the communities of North Preston and East Preston. North end Halifax, […]
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Lil MacPherson
Owner The Wooden Monkey, 1707 Grafton Street and 40 Alderney Drive “It was an a-ha moment,” Lil MacPherson says. When Hurricane Juan struck Nova Scotia, a storm of concerns about food security hit her hard. “To me the very foundation of business, life, a province, a country is to make sure you have enough food […]
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Nova Scotia Food Summit pushes local food
This week marks the first Nova Scotia Food Summit. Event organizers say the summit responds to a mounting need to overhaul our “broken” food system—paying homage to local food and wrangling some much needed support for an agriculture sector in crisis. From Sunday through Tuesday, supporters, thinkers and curious folk alike will congregate at the […]