Nova Scotia Produce Auction: Local Food Award Winners Announced!

Welcome!

The Nova Scotia Produce Auction Feasibility Study is a project of Spirit Nova Scotia's (www.spiritnovascotia.ca) Local Food Team.

In our vision, Nova Scotia has rich top soil, clean air and water, resilient farm and fishing communities, and healthy, local food for all citizens. We engage and inspire all Nova Scotians to celebrate and protect this inheritance for future generations.

This project is also supported by the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (www.oacc.info) and has received funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through Agri-Futures, Nova Scotia's Adaptation Council.

The purpose of a produce auction is to provide a convenient wholesale outlet that complements existing wholesale or retail activities of growers, while providing an opportunity for new entrants and small growers to sell their produce without having to take on their own marketing. There are over 50 wholesale produce auctions in the United States and one in Southern Ontario, and they offer a venue for growers and buyers to come together several times a week during the growing season to buy and sell vegetables, fruits, flowers, nursery stock and transplants.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Local Food Award Winners Announced!

The judges had a hard time choosing between the nominees, but the results are in and the winners of the business, producer and non-profit categories are, respectively:

Sean Gallagher of Local Source Market (Halifax, NS)

Jeremy Frith & Sue Brown, Mountain Meadow Farm (Baddeck, NS)

Kathy Aldous & Hazel Dill, with the Dr. Arthur Hines School, Friends of Harmony Park, and the Hants Shore Community Health Centre for the Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School Garden (Summerville, NS)

Many thanks to to Oceanstone Inn & Cottages and The Rhubarb Grill & Cafe, the Chanterelle Country Inn and Cottages, the Old Orchard Inn, the Tempest Restaurant and Taste of Nova Scotia for donating prizes for this award.