Little Dorset Farm- The Legg Family

10832 HWY 224 Middle Musquodoboit, NS

Little Dorset Farms was established in 1975 on a 143 year-old farm stead on 600 acres in the
Musquodoboit Valley by Maureen and Ambrose Legg. The farm is named after where Ambrose’s ancestors farmed for many generations in the Marshwood Vale district of Dorset, England. The Farm has remained a family run operation since day one and 45 years later Glenn (the eldest son) is now taking the reins for the next generation with a little one of his own. Little Dorset Farm grows a large selection of crops from Barley, Oats, Winter Wheat, Soybeans, Cattle Corn, Grasses and Clover which is used to feed the Beef, Hogs and Free Ranged Chicken they raise on the farm for their Musquodoboit retail store. Little Dorset Farms have been doing retail since 1982 and offer a large selection of choices, beef and pork cuts, whole chicken and pieces, homemade meat pies, homemade sausages, bacon, and hams.

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Little Dorset Farm Pork Stir Fry

Cochrane Family Farm

5324 Hwy 289 Upper Stewiacke, NS

Cochrane Family Farm, is a certified organic, family owned and operated 30 acre farm with a country store on farm. The Cochrane’s raise and sell local, homemade, organic products and aim to offer a wide variety of high-quality, nutrient dense vegetables, herbs and seeds following a permaculture methodology. They view themselves as partners with their customers, employees, community and most importantly their environment. The Cochrane’s aim to become a destination for providing their customers with not only high quality food, but also to educate and empower their clients to have the desire and the abilities to make better, healthier food choices. They offer on farm workshops throughout the year. Frank, Lisa, and Julie do not use any chemicals in their farming practices; no pesticides, herbicides, chemical cleaning agents or growth accelerators. Their main focus is producing vegetables, heirloom seeds and medicinal and culinary herbal products.

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D.R. Atkinson Farming Ltd.

225 West Brook Road Southampton, NS

David Atkinson farms with his family on D.R. Atkinson Farming Ltd. where he manages 200 acres of wild blueberries and 725 acres of woodlot. David also has an excavation business too. The farm is 100 years old with David farming for 24 years of that time. David enjoys being a farmer because he can be his own boss, have flexible hours, and work with his children Kensie and Claire. The wild blueberries produced on the farm are processed with Oxford Frozen Foods. In addition to the wild blueberries and woodlot, you can find a for-fun feature on the farm- an MX track!

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Wild Blueberry Jam

Revival Seeds

77 Delusion Road Middleton

The story of Revival Seed starts in 1903 with family ancestors moving to Canada and and farming in the Prairies. Today, a 4th and 5th generation of Byrka family seed savers are fortunate enough to have retained a few of the original heirloom varieties along with the growing knowledge and seed selection. The seed saving tradition was officially revived in 2017, almost 100 years after the original garden plots and trials were first carried out on the prairie soils near Riding Mountain, Manitoba. Revival Seeds is located in the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. The farm and business is owned and operated by Ken and Kathy Byrka, along with their daughters Rachel, Mallory, and Victoria. The  family is committed to providing hardy heirloom, open pollinated, and diverse seed varieties that are grown under organic production principles that contribute the tradition of the original family farm.

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Poynton Farms Ltd. (Newcombes Sweet Corn)

1111 Hwy 341 Upper Canard, Kings County

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.  They have developed a reputation for having the best sweet corn in the valley with a following that has spread throughout Nova Scotia. The farm stand is open from late July to Labour Day Monday. Ian and Andrea are proud that youth from their community have operated the stand for many years, including their now-grown children.

Over his 30+ years, Ian has carefully selected the best-tasting varieties to keep customers coming back for more. They serve with a smile, and share the proper cooking techniques for corn so that it stays as sweet as it was on the stalk. The secret?? Steam your corn for 3-5 minutes, just enough to warm it up and melt your butter. Some people even enjoy it raw!

Poynton Farm is also known for their large, painted signs that line the road leading to the stand. People love to pose for pictures with ‘Big Ian’ – and get a bigger thrill if Ian happens to be there to pose with them.

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Fresh Corn Salsa

Elmridge Farm

765 Bains Rd, Centreville, Nova Scotia

Elmridge Farm is a third generation family farm located in the beautiful Annapolis Valley. Owned and operated by Greg and Suzanne Gerrits, their two children Gillian and James and a dedicated team of local and international farm workers. They grow a wide variety of fresh market fruit and vegetables, the majority of which are grown pesticide free.

Pesticide free indicates that the item has been grown without the use of conventional pesticides by using natural biological controls and good management.  Compost and green manure are used as their main source of fertilizer. After 25 years of adopting safer, more natural ways to grow produce, they have reduced conventional pesticide use by 95%.  They continue to develop better ways of growing produce safely and naturally. Crops the Gerrits’ have successfully grown pesticide free are labeled as such so their customers know exactly what they are getting .

Their produce can be purchased at many farm markets and farmers’ markets throughout the province.

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Snowy River Farms

15439 HWY 224, Cooks Brook, Nova Scotia

The Hill Family operates a small family farm located in Cooks Brook, Nova Scotia. They are Mom (Amy) and Dad (David) to their children Ayla and Ezekiel and passionate growers of food that you can feel good about feeding to your own family.  Snowy River Farms is committed to providing consumers with pasture-raised, products created in a humane and ecologically friendly manner. They strive to use what nature provides to fuel our bodies, minds, and souls. Their livestock are pasture and woods raised, fed fruits and veggies and their feed is certified non-GMO so you can be comfortable knowing they feed them only what nature provides. Their produce and herbs are grown naturally without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or biosolids and focus greatly on companion planting methods. 

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Sullivan’s Family Farm

161 Sullivan Road, Nuttby, Nova Scotia

Sullivan’s Family Farm is a small family farm that sits near the top of Nuttby Mountain. The Farm has been in the Sullivan family for generations and although it hasn’t been active for many years, Ryan and Chelsea moved back with their family (7 year old, and 3 year old twins) and have started to reactivate it. 

The farm focuses on naturally raised meats! This includes a recognized Heritage breed of pig call Berkshire. They sell Berkshire Pork and Berkshire Piglets. Sullivan’s’ raise their Swine in a mix of pasture and wood lots, with lots of room to forage, play and thrive! Their Poultry (meat kings and laying hens) are certified free range meaning they have access to outdoors at all times. The Sullivan’s also sell live poultry which consists of Day-Old Meat Chicks, Laying Chicks and Ready-To-Lay Hens between Spring and Fall of each year.  You can pick up Sullivan’s processed Chicken and fresh seasonal veggies at the Farm. Dexter’s Butcher Block in Tatamagouche carries their free-range eggs and chicken. And- Sullivan’s also offer a portable Petting Farm which comes to you!

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Cornwallis Farm Ltd.

Port Williams, Nova Scotia

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.  In addition, the farm produces a number of crops and has an on-farm feed mill to provide feed for all of their livestock.

The Newcombes laying hen operation consists of 21,000 laying hens that produce about 20,000 table eggs daily. The eggs are shipped to Atlantic Poultry Inc. for grading and distribution under the Nova Egg label. They have six chicken broiler barns that produce 1.4 million kilograms of meat each year. Their broilers are shipped to Eden Valley Poultry for processing and distribution. Sixty-five dairy cows are housed in a free-stall barn. The cows are milked twice a day in a milking parlour. The milk is processed through Agropur Cooperative. All of their farm products are available in your local grocery stores.

The Newcombe’s take great pride in our family farm and in being able to provide Nova Scotian families with safe, nutritious food that is available in your local grocery stores.

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Manning Family Farm

50 Oakdale Lane, Falmouth, Nova Scotia

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. Dean and Catherine returned to the farm in 1997 after completing their respective degrees in Plant and Animal Sciences at the NSAC and working off farm for about 10 years. For a long period of time, produce was sold through an on-site market, and is now sold by wholesaling to other local markets. Over the years they have also been able to extend our growing season to almost year-round production. Their commercial and purebred beef herd compliments the vegetable production with approximately 80 breeding females and 8 bulls. Dean and Catherine have two children who are both in university.

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My Grandfather’s Farm

1824 Middle River Road, Union Centre, Nova Scotia

Darrell and Vonda Roddick were looking for a place to live when they retired and Darrell’s Grandfather’s farm kept drawing the couple in, first as a cottage and now it’s a small farm! The farm was established in 2018.

The Roddick’s sell produce, berries, cut flowers, herbs, rhubarb, pickles, preserves, jams, jellies and beer bread! They also sell vegetables during the winter from their small greenhouse. My Grandfather’s Farm is hoping to have corn for popping this year and some apples, peaches and pears!

My Grandfather’s farm has a farm shop located at 1824 Middle River Road, Westville, NS and they also sell at the New Glasgow Farmers Market and have a Market cart they use to sell in Westville, Nova Scotia.

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