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. . . FORENT ENERGY BAILING FROM N.S. . . . INTRODUCTION TO FOOD FOREST GARDENING . . . COMMUNITY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO HELP STORM-DAMAGED ORGANIC FARMS . . . SCOTSBURN COMPLETES SALE TO SAPUTO

FORENT ENERGY BAILING FROM NOVA SCOTIA
Source: AtlanticFarmer.com
Forent Energy CEO Richard Wade cites the province’s independent review of fracking for creating uncertainty for investors. The review is scheduled for release this summer. Energy Minister Andrew Younger says Forent, and other oil and gas exploration companies will be free to come back and bid on resource blocks after the decision is announced.

INTRODUCTION TO FOOD FOREST GARDENING
Source: Community Forests International
Join us on May 28 for a tour of CFI’s Food Forest Garden, Sackville Community Garden, Sackville, N.B. and a demonstration of how to use perennial plants to provide food and habitat in the image of a natural woodland. Participants will enjoy a brief introduction to perennial food gardening and a discussion about food security and climate change in our region. We will then get our hands dirty with spring clean-up and care of the forest garden - including mulching, weeding and composting. (read more)

COMMUNITY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO HELP STORM-DAMAGED ORGANIC FARMS
Source: fundrazr.com
On March 26 two organic farms in southwestern Nova Scotia were hit so hard by the spring “weather bomb” that their newly built greenhouses were completely destroyed. Winds of over 140km per hour also ruined newly planted crops and seedlings inside the greenhouses of Whippletree Farm (near Annapolis Royal) and Wild Rose Farm (near Weymouth), causing a total damage of more than $35,000. “Acts of God” of this kind, are not covered by their farms’ insurance policies. (read more)

SCOTSBURN COMPLETES SALE TO SAPUTO
Source: Chronicle HeraldScotsburn Co-operative Services Ltd. announced Monday it has completed the sale of its fluid milk division in Atlantic Canada to Montreal-based Saputo Inc. The Pictou County co-operative said it will continue to operate its ice cream and frozen novelty business across Canada. “This is good news for our co-operative members who will see immediate and long-term benefits from Scotsburn’s growth and innovation strategy focused on ice cream and frozen novelty products," Doug Ettinger, president and chief executive officer at Scotsburn, said in a news release. (read more)