Enjoy market day in downtown Kentville

The Kentville Farmers Market is a great place to buy local food, crafts and other products. Every Wednesday is market day in downtown Kentville. From May to October, 10 am until 2 pm, Centre Square in the historic downtown springs to life as a community gathering...

Valley REN reports on softwood lumber duties

  Valley REN Business Insight: May 2017 As Nova Scotia is caught up in a fresh trade dispute over exports of softwood lumber to the United States, how will the new situation affect forestry-based businesses in the Annapolis Valley? In April, the United States...

Cultivating local markets for local food

“What do you care enough about to act on?”  For the 50 business owners, producers, and interested consumers in the room on April 26 for our discussion on the importance of buying local and what it means to our economy, the answer is building a strong, local market for...