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Support a national nutrition coupon program fund in Canada❗Sign our petition encouraging the Gov of Canada to create a national nutrition coupon program fund that will strengthen & grow all existing & proposed farmers' markets nutrition coupon programs.
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🥕NEW HODGEPODGE TOTE & BUNDLE FUNDRAISER!🥕$5 from each tote and bundle sold will go directly towards the Nourishing Communities Food Coupon Program. Illustrations by Nova Scotian artist Kat Frick Miller.
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NS gets lowest score, 'F', in poverty report card by Food Banks Canada | Banques alimentaires Canada. Write a letter to your Local MLA in support of increased funding for our Nourishing Communities Food Coupon Program. We made a letter template here with links to your MLA: docs.google.com/document/d/1ho…

❗WE'VE LAUNCHED A *FREE* VENDOR GUIDEBOOK: How to Start & Grow Your Business at a Farmers' Market❗This was written as THE comprehensive resource for folks thinking about becoming farmers’ market vendors or growing their current businesses. Get your copy: farmersmarketsnovascotia.ca/product/how-to…

Mabou Farmers’ Market brings you the fruit of our land, our seas, & our hands! Home to 50+ vendors producing a variety of local vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, eggs, jams, jellies, baked goods, sausages, oysters, grass-fed meats, beer & spirits. farmersmarketsnovascotia.ca/mabou-farmers-…

Join us on Sept 18th with Justin Cantafio, Executive Director of Farmers' Markets of Nova Scotia, who will dive into 'Animating Public Spaces: Role of farmers’ markets as cultural, economic hubs.' Let's bridge divides and cultivate regional prosperity together! 🍎 #CommunityUnity #FarmersMarkets

Meet the Man Who’s Visited Every Farmers’ Market In NS: From Yarmouth to Sydney, Charles Thompson has seen it all, one farmers' market at a time. Read about his journey visiting 45 and counting markets, the unexpected results and challenges along the way.
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2022 Nourishing Communities Food Coupon Program considered 'a great success' ❗

Our program undergoes an annual extensive review by a 3rd party organization, Flourish Community Development Co-operative. Here are some findings from our 2022 program.

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Missed this weekend's episode of Maritime Connection all about local farmers' markets? Listen here!
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❗40,000 MAPS have been distributed❗There are now over 40,000 copies of our 2023 Map of Farmers' Markets in Nova Scotia in circulation, that's 15,000 more than last year!

Want to be on our distribution list next year? Send us a message!

The New Digby Farmers & Artisans Market is a gorgeous outdoor market located along Admirals Walk. This market is open on both Fridays and Sundays for shoppers to enjoy the views of the Bay of Fundy and pick up a wide variety of local products!
Fri & Sun, 10am–3pm
June–September

Sun, Aug 6 @ 4pm, CBC Radio's Maritime Connection will be talking about the state of farmers' markets in our region. The # to call is 1-800-565-1940. If you can't call in live, you can also send in a comment via email. The address is [email protected]. CBC/Radio-Canada

Weather-battered Nova Scotia farms need people buying local more than ever | SaltWire saltwire.com/atlantic-canad…

New to our cooperative 💗 The Isle Madame Public Market is an indoor/outdoor community market featuring local food producers, artisans, and crafters. Held at LeNoir Landing on the Arichat Waterfront.

📍LeNoir Landing, Arichat Waterfront
Every second Saturday, 10am–1pm
July–Sept

❗How You Can Help Nova Scotia’s Buy-Local Movement❗

Help us out by sharing these graphics to provide some tips on shopping local and how to help our farmers' markets amid extreme weather events and loss of income.

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Did you know you can reduce food miles and shorten the food chain by shopping at your local farmers’ market? Come connect with your farmers by visiting your local farmers’ market today. #CanadianFarmersMarkets

We found the FARMERS' MARKET BARBIE 🍏💗

The Argyle Farmers Market is located in Tusket, NS. This market is a great place to buy locally raised produce, honey and eggs, delicious freshly baked goods, handmade body products, and locally created crafts and photography. Open June-Aug.

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Why buying local is still important in 2023 (before it's too late): How our changing climate poses increased challenges for producers, why the farmers' market community is a balm for corporate greed and inflation, and what we can *actually* do.
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