Food Movement Links

Food Security in Nova Scotia

• ACORN
• Agra Point
• Ecology Action Centre Food Action Committee
• Canadian Federation of Agriculture
• Feed NS
• Food Safety for Consumers (NS Department of Agriculture)
• Food Security Fact sheets (pdfs included in Thought about Food, Food Security Projects of the Nova Scotia Nutrition Council and the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre, Dalhousie University)
• Fresh Canned Frozen
• Friends of Agriculture NS / NS Food Policy Council
• JUDES
• Nova Scotia Agricultural Awareness (NS Department of Agriculture)
• NS Federation of Agriculture
• Nova Scotia Food Security Network
• Nova Scotia Nutrition Council
• Women's Institutes of Nova Scotia Buy Local Challenge

Buying Local & Handmade

• BALLE NS
• Buy Handmade
• NS Designer Craft Council
• Select Nova Scotia 
• Studio Rally

Food Movement Resources for Consumers and Families

The local food movement is constantly growing! Try search online for "local food NS" and include a specific topic or product that interests you for the most up to date resources. YouTube hosts hundreds of cooking, storing, preserving, and learning videos covering a growing range of specific recipes and methods. Of course one of the best resources will always be the people who grow your food; ask them how they prepare and serve the products they grow. The list below includes some of the favorite resources used at our Info Booth.

Many of our vendors maintain websites with detailed product information, photos of their farms and studios, online ordering, and weekly recipes. Search for your favorite vendors here. 

• Acadia Community Farm
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
• Atlantic Certified Organic - Atlantic Canada's Certified Accreditation Body
• Deconstructing Dinner - Weekly Radio show produced by Kootney Coop Radio
• Farmers Markets of Nova Scotia
• 100 mile diet, Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
• Meet Your Farmer - directory of NS farmers
• Michael Pollan's FAQ and Useful Links
• National Center for Home Food Preservation (University of Georgia Extension Service)
• Open Farm Day
• Pollination Project
• Tastes of Nova Scotia
• Seed Freedom Movement
• Select NS
• Sustainable Table
• Strive for Five at School!
• Storage Guide: Food Safety
• Seafood Safety Guide (Compiled by an American business, this database lists many government resources around seafood handling, storage and cooking)

Links Recommended by the Community

Some Links have come recommended to us by  the global community and we would like to share with you their own research

• This article on sustainable agriculture was recommended to us by the the Elm Grove Headstart Program.

Food Blogs by Nova Scotian writers

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