It’s simply not cool unless you bring Edgar Allan Poe into it. So, anyway, Crowbar Real Foods, makers of the Crowbar, have now come up with another avian-related energy bar: The gluten-free Ravenous. Like the Crowbar, it’s vegan, but it also fits into paleo/primal diets and it’s free of refined sugar, too. Right now it’s […]
Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market
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Sourcing local holiday meal supplies in Halifax
Appetizers There’s no need for your bland grocery-store cheeses, as Atlantic Canadian artisanal cheeses can hold their own on any board. Jess Ross, owner of Gold Island Bakery, sells Au Fond des Bois’ goat cheeses (aufonddesbois.com) Saturdays in the Halifax Historic Farmers’ Market (Brewery Market, 1496 Lower Water Street, 423-2279). Originally from Belgium, farmers Marina […]
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Local Source puts the “squeeze” on Seaport Farmers’ Market
Sean Gallagher and his cohorts at Local Source Market (5783 Charles Street, 454-6014) is supplying and supporting the start-up of The Main Squeeze. It’s a juice bar at the Saturday Seaport Farmers’ Market (1209 Marginal Road) offering super-tasty, fresh-juiced drinks, full of enzymes, vitamins, minerals and lip-licking flavour.
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Katie’s Farm Organic Dog Bakery closes
After almost 10 years in business, Nova Scotia’s Katie’s Farm Organic Dog Bakery (katiesfarm.ca) is closing. Saturday, September 10 will the last day at the Seaport Farmer’s Market (1209 Marginal Road). Owner Jude Major has decided to call it quits at age 65. Those of you whose pups and kitties need their organic goodies can […]
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Best Stall At The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (Prepared Foods)
The inaugural year for this category, with the first year of the Seaport, and Schoolhouse takes it. Handmade and jam-packed with protein, antioxidants, fibre and gluten-free grains, these breads and goodies give market-goers a healthy option that’s easy to stomach. The idea for the business came from when co-owners Aidan Brunn and Jen Laughlin began […]
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Best Stall At The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (Produce)
Where’s the beef? It’s here, the first year at the Seaport Market. The Getaway Farm raises its cattle with a strict grass-feeding policy, rather than using grain. The result is a healthier cut of meat. Everything at the stall is freshly cut and unfrozen, and the staff will help with any cooking or recipe questions […]
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An Earth Day resolution: learn how to manage a farmers’ market
A new farmers’ market manager-training program is currently being offered here in Nova Scotia. The course is the first of its kind, designed to provide farmers’ markets across the province with the business knowledge they requires to run smoothly. The 40-hour residential program covers everything from market management to human resource leadership, in two three-day sessions. The idea is to professionalize farmers’ markets, executive director of Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia, Rowena Hopkins says, “It’s more than just a job, it’s a profession.” Already, 11 people have graduated from the program, with nine more expected in May. The plan is
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Crowbars now available. (To eat!)
We now have an energy bar to call our own: The Crowbar made by hand here in Halifax. “The Crowbar is about twice as large as the average energy bar, and is free of wheat, dairy and refined sugar,” explains bar-expert Breighan Hunsley. “It’s also full of fibre, omega threes, protein, calcium and iron, and […]
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Inexpensively international
Just head to the International Farmers’ Market, Fridays between 10am and 6pm at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (Pier 20, 1209 Marginal Road, halifaxfarmersmarket.com). You’ll find unexpected flavours from around the globe and an abundance of friendly vendors eager to share their favourite dish from back home. Indus 49 Rakhsana Aslam brings the mouthwatering dishes […]
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Seaport Farmers’ Market’s permanent residents
This is just to let you know that The Fish Shop, serving seafood chowder, lobster rolls, and the very best seafood is now open at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (1209 Marginal Road) Tuesday through Sunday: Tues 10am-6pm, Wed 8am-6pm, Thurs and Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 7am-4pm and Sunday 8am-4pm. And those hours apply to Fox […]
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Go Local: South End
From fashion boutiques to Asian groceries to international restos to bookstores to florists, you’ll find more shopping variety than you can shake a stylish fedora at. On one unseasonably warm Friday afternoon, Shoptalk took a stroll through the tony southern portion of downtown and we liked what we found. 50 Hats 1086 Queen Street, 482-4287 […]