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August 7 Groovy Garden Gathering, 7-9:30pm. At the Seemore Green Community Garden Collective (backyard of 1411 Seymour Street, on the Dal campus), Halifax, NS. Rain or Shine. (There will be tents in case of rain) With music from: It Kills, Long Long Long, Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers, & Bad Vibrations. Also featuring vegetable themed games, such as a kale eating competition, bobbing for radishes, and more! Admission $5 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
August 7 National BBQ Day Meal Exchange is asking Canadians from all across the nation to register their backyard BBQ's to bring their friends and neighbours together for good food, good company and a good cause. This is a great way to bring your friends and family together and educate our neighbours about eating locally produced foods, hunger awareness and our ability to address issues of hunger and food security on a local level. More information at www.nationalbbqday.ca.
August 8 Incredible Edible Picnic, Truro, NS (Downtown Civic Square). Create a picnic lunch from local foods being sold by farmers and restaurants at the picnic sites. Leave the day-to-day routine behind and get back to the roots of family, community, nature and good food. Food, live music, and children’s activities will ensure this is a memorable experience for you, your family, and friends. For more information visit www.selectnovascotia.ca
August 8 BBQ picnic and visit to Taproot Organic Farm, Port Williams, NS (12-3pm). Patricia Bishop and Josh Oulton are two of the most dynamic young farmers in Eastern Canada today. Taproot Farm is their 30 acre Certified Organic farm on Starr’s Point in Kings County, NS. They operate one of the largest CSA’s in Atlantic Canada (over 350 subscribers), work closely with chefs (like Michael Howell) and are active members of Slow Food. They have also created Swallows Nest, The first AGRITURISMO (farm stay vacation home) in Nova Scotia. Come join us for a tour of the farm and Swallow’s Nest, a frank discussion of what life as a modern young farming family entails, and enjoy the produce of the Farm and Starrs Point Steers in a picnic prepared by Patricia and Chefs Michael Howell (Tempest) and Jason Lynch (Le Caveau). Should you be interested, Taproot still has 50 CSA shares available and these can be purchased at the time of your visit. Cost is $20 or $15 for Slow Food NS members. See Slow Food NS for details.
August 11 Black Currant Field Tour, starting at 5:30 pm, Shepherd Farm Organics located at 66 Whittlesy Lane in Pisquid, PEI. The Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) would like to invite all those interested to attend our Black currant field tour. The OACC has been running trials since 2009 to examine the impacts of fertility management and weed control on bush size and yields. As of 2010 we have expanded our trials to assess a variety of cultivars under the Maritime conditions, as well as looking at disease control and examining weed control options. If you have any questions or would like directions to Shepherd Farm Organics, please contact Karen Nelson (ph: 902-896-2469 or email knelson@nsac.ca) or Dr. Andy Hammermeister (902-893-8037 or email ahammermeister@nsac.ca)
August 11 Organic Potato Rotation Study Tour, 1:30 pm, AAFC Research Station at Harrington PEI on Brackley Point Road - Meet at Building B. The Maritime Organic Grains Network is pleased to invite you to join us in visiting the AAFC Harrington research station on a tour of the organic potato rotation research plots including a variety of crops and fertility management strategies.
August 12 Field Day 2010, Bouctouche Research Farm, 12-4pm, 1045 Chemin St. Joseph, Bouctouche, NB. Guided tours will be available to view the various reserach projects on fruit and vegetable managemnet systems, including protected structures, organics, and fruits and vegetable cultivar evaluations. Our research projects are collaborative efforts with producers, researchers at the Université de Moncton, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, other federal ad international establishments and specialists form the NBDAFA.
August 15 Incredible Edible Picnic, Wolfville, NS.
Create a picnic lunch from local foods being sold by farmers and restaurants at the picnic sites. Leave the day-to-day routine behind and get back to the roots of family, community, nature and good food. Food, live music, and children’s activities will ensure this is a memorable experience for you, your family, and friends. For locations/times, visit www.selectnovascotia.ca
August 21 Grow Your Own Workshop 3: Preserving Your Bounty, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, NS. A full days is planned with valuable information on preserving food safely while getting hands-on practice! Each participant will take home a preserved creation of their own. Learn to make the most from fresh local produce, from your back yard or farmers market, to enjoy all year long! For more information see nsac.ca/cde, or call 902-893-6666
August 21-22 An Organic Celebration! Slipp Farms is hosting a camping and organic food celebration! Starting Saturday afternoon, there will be an organic chicken and beef BBQ, fresh baking by Speerville Organic Mill, and even organic beer with Picaroons! Music, farm tour, and more! Bring your own tent and supplies, cutlery and dishes (this is a low impact event). Bring the whole family, bring your instrument, bring a smile. Rain or shine. Located in Central Hampstead, NB, less than hour from Saint John, Fredericton or Sussex. The only cost is food/beer! For more information, contact Larry Slipp at slippfarms@xplornet.ca or visit http://organiccelebration.wordpress.com.
August 8 Incredible Edible Picnic, various locations, NS (Mabou, Dartmouth, Musquodoboit Harbour, Hubbards). Create a picnic lunch from local foods being sold by farmers and restaurants at the picnic sites. Leave the day-to-day routine behind and get back to the roots of family, community, nature and good food. Food, live music, and children’s activities will ensure this is a memorable experience for you, your family, and friends. For locations/times, visit www.selectnovascotia.ca
August 22 Seed saving workshop with Dan Jason Halifax, NS. Dan Jason is the founder/owner of Salt Spring Seeds (www.saltspringseeds.com), acclaimed author and activist. More details coming, check back soon.
August 24‘PEI ADAPT Expo - Better Farms – Better Life.’ We will be featuring guest presentations, highlighting some of the successful initiatives to which ADAPT has contributed support and we will be engaging participants in discussions on what more ADAPT can do to foster, ‘Better Farms - Better Life,' on Prince Edward Island. More information will be announced.
August 25 Seed saving workshop with Dan Jason Middleton, NS. Dan Jason is the founder/owner of Salt Spring Seeds (www.saltspringseeds.com), acclaimed author and activist. More details coming, check back soon.
August 26 Organic Day at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition. Join ACORN for Organic Day at the NSPE (August 24-28), a five-day annual event attended by more than 40,000 people. "The EX", includes a major 4-H show, beef and dairy shows, heavy horse pull, light horse show, rodeo, demolition derby, antique farm machinery displays and a wide range of agricultural and craft competitions. The Exhibition includes daily and feature concert entertainments, and a midway creates a carnival-like atmosphere enjoyed by children and adults alike. See website for details: www.nspe.ca
August 29 Watershed Music Festival Featuring loads of music and workshops on farming and seed saving. Located at Watershed Farm, Baker Settlement on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. (15 minutes from Bridgewater, 20 minutes from Lunenberg and Mahone Bay).
August 29 Seeds of Tomorrow, Plants for Today Dan Jason will lead this all day workshop presents a thorough hands-on approach to those keen to learn how to save seeds and become increasingly self-sufficient in growing their own food. Dan Jason is the founder/owner of Salt Spring Seeds (www.saltspringseeds.com), acclaimed author and activist. Cost $85. For more information or to register, see www.pollinationproject.org
September 12 A Celebration of Small Scale Farming, 10am–4pm, Halifax County Exhibition Grounds (Middle Musquodoboit), NS. Sponsored by the THINKFARM Working Group, in partnership with Agrapoint, this event features farmer-led workshops on a variety of topics of interest to small-scale farmers: Small Farm Equipment, Farming with Horses, Buying Used Tractors, Soap Making, Beekeeping, Livestock Health, Meat quality, Cheesemaking, Seedling Management, Pastured Livestock, Irrigation Systems. The registration fee covers the cost of admission to the event plus a coupon for use with the food vendors. A single admission is $15 and includes a $5 coupon. A family admission is $30 and includes $10 in coupons. Children under 12 are free. For more information, call 902-893-5649 or email thinkfarm@gov.ns.ca Those who pre-register by August 31, 2010 will be entered into a draw to win a Taste of Nova Scotia gift basket. To pre-register, call 902-893-6575.
September 18-19 Eco Expo at the Cunard Centre in Halifax. At the 2nd annual event, there will be a series of guest speakers, cooking demonstrations, a fashion show, and a silent auction. These activities are designed to raise awareness of sustainability initiatives in the Atlantic Region. Come visit ACORN's booth! www.atlanticecoexpo.com
September 24-25 EnviroFair and Locavore Supper," Hampton, NB. The 5th Annual EnviroFair is being held at Hampton High School, 34 Elizabeth Ave. The Locavore Banquet is being held on Friday September 24th at the River Centre, 1075 Main St. This year's menu includes borscht, salad, chicken with our own Community Garden veggies, and pumpkin maple crème brulé. Tickets are sold in advance for the banquet. Email the River Centre Manager at jennifer@townofhampton.ca to buy your ticket. More information can be found at www.townofhampton.ca
September 24-25 Symposium "PLANNING URBAN AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Precedents, Practices, Prospects," Truro and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Leading, international experts will be discussing their work and books. More information can be found at NSAC.
October 3 Harvest Meal/Celebration in Charlottetown, PEI. Tickets are $35 and available from www.organicpei.com.
October 5-7 Taste Fantastic: Sourcing and Preparing Local Foods, Tatamagouche, NS. Work in a kitchen alongside bakers and chefs to prepare foods and baked goods, including pastries, breads, pitas and muffins, with a decidedly local flavour. Discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities in supporting local economies, reducing your carbon food footprint, and eating healthily. Click for full details: tatacent@tatacentre.ca
October 9-16 Organic Week at various locations across Canada. The Canadian Organic Growers and the Canada Organic Trade Association are working with local groups across Canada to celebrate and raise awareness about organic food (http://www.cog.ca/organic-week/). If you, or your group/organization, would like to help out, please contact ACORN at admin@acornorganic.org.
October 13-16 Expo East, BioFach America, All Things Organic and The Organic Summit Boston, MA. ACORN and the Canada Organic Trade Association are planning an educational mission to Boston for this exciting event. We are working with ACOA and Agriculture and Agri-Food to put together a special program for participants from Atlantic Canada. If you are interested in the US/New England market, contact ACORN at admin@acornorganic.org or 1-866-322-2676
March 10-12 ACORN Organic Conference and Trade Show Fredericton, NB. Mark your calendars -- it's going to be another great one!
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