FarmWorks Investment Co-operative Limited
Healthy Farms, Healthy Food
Linda 
Everyone to the Table!
Help the dragons find food
Halifax Seaport Market
Tuesday, January 28th, 7 pm
No charge – please join us!
enjoy local food and conversation,
Hear from local food producers,
learn about FarmWorks & other organizations.
Food producers – the Dragons want to hear from you!
Please contact lbest@ns.sympatico.ca
In January and February there will be Entrepreneur Showcases across Nova Scotia. FarmWorks “Gentle Dragons” will ask questions of people who present their plans for producing more food in Nova Scotia, and everyone is invited to attend these sessions to hear about fine people with plans to increase the supply of great Nova Scotian food. Two sessions are already arranged:
The “Gentle Dragons” are Looking for Food, so “All Hands in the Dirt”
Help the dragons find food at Salle Père Maurice LeBlanc Theatre, Tusket
Wednesday, January 22, 5:30 pm
No charge – please join us!
Enjoy local food and conversation,
Hear from local food producers, learn about FarmWorks and other organizations.
Sponsored by FarmWorks Investment Co-operative limited
Pie r Squared:Harvest Cream Soup with Fresh Basil Quark, Roasted Red Pepper Pesto and Chorizo Sausage Pizza, both Gluten Free
Big Spruce Brewery & Eatery:Cereal Killer Oatmeal Stout, Kitchen Party Pale Ale, Bitter Get’er India Black IPA
Kingsville Farm: Black Boar Sausages
Haven Coffeebar:Chocolate Espresso Brownies, Cape Breton Blueberry Scones, Wheat-Free Double Chocolate Cookies
Stewart’s Organic Farm:Apple Fizzle – Fresh Cider Lightly Carbonated for an Extra Zip
Oakview Farm:Cortland and Golden Delicious Apples
Flying Apron Cookery:Roast Pig with Flying Apron Sweet and Spicy Barbeque Sauce with Julien’s Bakery Rolls
Meander River FarmandGarrison Brewing: 3 Fields Harvest Beer, Tall Ships Beer
Valley Flaxflour:Gluten Free Waffle with Oakview Apple Slivers Poached in Maple Cream
Charcuterie Ratinaud French Cuisine:Country Pâté, Coppa, Saucisson Sec, Duck Prosciutto, Chutney, Pickles
Wandering Shepherd Cheese: Lauchie’s Tomme, Salmon River Blue, Caora Caise
Rocky Top Farm:Slow Roasted Lamb with Mint Sauce, Quiche Lorraine with Bacon and Onions, Beef Kebobs with Homemade Blue Cheese Sauce
Helen B’s Preserves:Nova Scotia in a Jar! Family Inspired Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relish, Chutney & Preserves
Local Source Market & Catering: Fall Vegetable Ratatouille Stuffed Crêpes with Ran Cher Chêvre, Sun Gold Tomato & Basil Reduction
Vincent Food Dressings:Potato Salad made with Garlico and Burger Bomb Food Dressings
Gold Island Bakery:100% Rye Bread with Our Honey and Cultured Butter, Kamut Loaf with Seared Pear and Wandering Shepherd Blue Cheese
Good Lake Farm:Highland Beef
Field Guide Restaurant:Smoked Mackerel Deviled Eggs
Other Participants:
Just Us Coffee Roasters: Coffee and Tea
East Coast Organic Milk: Milk
Terra Beata Farms:Blueberry, Cherry, Cranberry Juice and Winter Salad
The Wooden Monkey:Chocolate Silken Tofu Pie
Noggins Corner Market: Sampling Noggins Foods
Information Booths: Fenol Farms, Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia, Clean Nova Scotia, ACORN, QEII Common Roots Garden, Select Nova Scotia
Charcuterie Ratinaud French Cuisine is wowing customers with cured meats, cheeses and pâtés, prepared dishes and cheeses, conserves and other accompaniments. Frederic Tandy was born in France and grew up eating his grandparent’s paté de campagne or country paté. Now he makes his own patés and other charcuterie, including sausages and more. Frederic’s food is inspired by the seasons and what’s available locally. Twice monthly, sold out Ratinaud Kitchen Table Dinners provide people with the opportunity to watch the preparation and enjoy an authentic French meal. Guests see more of the shop and kitchen and interact with the Chef in a way that’s not possible in most restaurants.
Helen B’s Preserves is a family operated business that has established and maintained a reputable label in Nova Scotia’s Farm Market culture for nearly two decades. Helen and David Bishop of Truro, Nova Scotia started crafting up these jars of joy in their very own kitchen over 15 years ago, with the heartfelt sentiment “From Our Kitchen to Yours,” ensuring consumers quality, homemade products for you and your family. Expanding from Truro, to the Annapolis Valley, South Shore and now Halifax, these delectable products are made with Nova Scotian ingredients. We’re happy to put tradition back on the table. Thanks to all of the Helen B’s fans for continuing to support us over the years!
Amin was born in Ottawa, raised on the west coast, had his own business in the Prairies and now calls Nova Scotia home, where he lives in the Annapolis valley with his wife and son. Ironically, Amin found his passion for coaching small business and food while working in the corporate world where he has held senior leadership postings for companies such as Wal-Mart, IKEA, Best Buy, and The Hudson’s Bay Company. He has experience n various aspects from merchandising to logistics, marketing to operations and at times was accountable for sales portfolios of up to $650M+ and teams up to 700 people. He feels that these responsibilities pale in comparison to the determination, perseverance and creativity required to run a small business where as an entrepreneur you must be multifaceted, you may be the first and last line of defence, the promoter and devil’s advocate, and extremely resourceful & creative to be successful. His own entrepreneurship journey took him into the cosmetic & beauty sector, automotive glass & rubber industry, and the construction & real estate market. He is passionate about changing the local food system and everywhere he looks he sees opportunity and abundance from the natural attraction to the economic environment. He will bring his diverse life and work experiences to the FarmWorks board and looks forward to contributing his skills and experience to better our home.
Full Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax NS (1983-present). Ph.D., University of Minnesota, March, 1983, B.A. (Honours), University of New Brunswick, 1972. Over the past 15 years I have been involved in collaborative research, for the most part funded by SSHRC as part of their community-university partnership program of grants. Projects include: *Social Reporting in Co-operatives and Corporations (2013 – present) funded by Centre of Excellence in Accounting and Reporting for Co-operatives
*Measuring the Co-operative Difference (2010-2015). I am the co-lead for the Atlantic Cluster and also work on various projects within the team. One project involves Developing and implementing a Triple Bottom line Scorecard for use by retail food co-ops in the region; *Social Economy and Sustainability: Innovations in Bridging, Bonding and Capacity Building. (2005 – 2011) SSHRC-funded Social Economy Suite Grant (I was the Principal Investigator and Director of the Network); *Co-operative Membership and Globalization: Creating Social Cohesion Through Market Relations”, (2001-2005) a national team in which I was a principle investigator responsible for the research in Atlantic Canada.
Here are a very few examples of work since 2005: NS Conversation Group on the Social Economy 2010-2011- Worked as part of a committee brought together by Regional Planning and Development, NS Department of Economic and Rural Development, and Tourism. The committee’s report is titled- Social Enterprise in Nova Scotia: Concepts and Recommendations – What Government Needs to Know about Social Enterprise in Nova Scotia (2011). Voluntary Sector “Champion”, Mayoral Advisory Committee for an Economic Strategy for the HRM 2010 – 2011 (resulted from our Building Policy 4 the Social Economy symposium); Member, Advisory committee, Federation of community Organizations, 2009 – 2010 during designing, conducting and analyzing a Member Survey with others in that organization; Credit Union Central of Nova Scotia Working group on “Corporate social responsibility and credit unions in Nova Scotia”, 2006 – 2008; Co-operative Development Initiative Steering Committee, Government of Canada, 2003 – 2005, renewed for 2 year term, 2005-07, Co-Chair as of 2005. This committee is appointed by the Minister of Agriculture (or designate), to provide guidance and strategic direction, and to oversee implementation of the Co-operative Development Initiative Program.
