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  • Hollewand Farm

    Hollewand Farm

    Rene and Jose van Vilsteren started Hollewand Farm in 1989. They moved to Canning, NS from the Netherlands in 1988. Hollewand Farm is a pig farm.

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  • Wilmar Acres Ltd.

    Wilmar Acres Ltd.

    Wilmar Acres Ltd. is a family run farm in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia. The farm specializes in chicken and onion production. Young farmers, Rachel and her brother Matthew Sheffield, work alongside their uncles Peter and John Swetnam.

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  • Apple Lane Farm Inc.

    Apple Lane Farm Inc.

    Doug and Marlene Nichols of Apple Lane Farm Inc. raised their four children on their family homestead that was once Doug’s grandparents. This 100-acre apple farm has been passed down from generation to generation.

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  • Country Magic Produce

    Country Magic Produce

    Country Magic products are grown on more than 2,500 acres of the rich soils of the Annapolis Valley (Avonport to Middleton). Dykeview Farms Ltd, Blueberry Acres, and Vital Berry Farms, are the farming operations under Country Magic, while Nova Agri Inc. is the marketing arm focusing on packing, storage, research and innovation. Dykeview Farms is…

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  • Poynton Farms Ltd. (Newcombes Sweet Corn)

    Poynton Farms Ltd. (Newcombes Sweet Corn)

    Poynton Farms is home to Newcombe’s Sweet Corn where Ian Newcombe and Andrea Palmer farm about 120 acres growing Sweet Corn, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Blueberries and rotational crops. Ian and Andrea operate a successful farm stand specializing in sweet corn.

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  • Elmridge Farm

    Elmridge Farm

    Owned and operated by Greg and Suzanne Gerrits, their two children Gillian and James and a dedicated team of local and international farm workers. We grow a wide variety of fresh market fruit and vegetables, the majority of which are grown pesticide free.

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  • Cornwallis Farm Ltd.

    Cornwallis Farm Ltd.

    Craig, Geneve, Brian, Edna, David and Evan Newcombe farm together under the name Cornwallis Farm Ltd. This 10th generation family farm has been in operation since 1761 and consists of 1,700 acres in the Annapolis Valley and is home to dairy cows, laying hens, and broiler chickens.

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  • Manning Family Farm

    Manning Family Farm

    Manning Family Farm started in the mid-1960s with Dean’s parents, Malcolm and Gail, purchasing the present farm location in Falmouth, Nova Scotia. It has since developed into a mixed farm operation consisting of greenhouses, vegetables, grain and beef cattle.

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