N.S. EGG FARMER DECLARES VICTORY DESPITE FINE .. VERMONT’S BAG BALM OINTMENT GOES CORPORATE … EXPO-BOEUF DE VICTORIAVILLE, CCRBQ … NBCHG Harvest Festival … GULF OF MAINE KING TIDES PHOTO CONTEST PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 9, 2014 … OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

N.S. EGG FARMER DECLARES VICTORY DESPITE FINE
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Kings County egg farmer Aaron Hiltz called the $1,500 fine he received after pleading guilty in Kentville provincial court Wednesday to keeping more hens than allowed under a provincial supply management system a good investment. “I feel like we both kind of won,” he said in an interview. Hiltz, who pastures his hens, said Nova Scotia Egg Producers, which manages the supply management system, succeeded in enforcing its regulations. (read more)

VERMONT’S BAG BALM OINTMENT GOES CORPORATE
Source: WCAX.com
Vermont’s locally produced, quirkily used Bag Balm ointment long ago moved beyond the bovine, but now it’s going corporate. Few people even know what’s in it: a greasy product that is as Vermont as Ben and Jerry’s. For 114 years, customers have rubbed it on everything from their hands to their feet to cow udders. “Oh, I use it mostly for my hands or dry feet,” said Shawna Wilkerson, a 17-year employee of the company. (read more)

EXPO-BOEUF DE VICTORIAVILLE, CCRBQ
Source: Cattle in Motion
Expo-Boeuf Beef Breed Shows Broadcast Online October 11 & 12! Sign up for sale updates. (read more)

NBCHG Harvest Festival Source: ACORN
Come celebrate our community garden harvest with local food sampling, children’s activities, tours of our St. Mary’s Community Garden, “Ask An Expert” gardening tips, hands-on demonstrations. October 4 from 1pm to 4pm, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 780 McEvoy Street, Fredericton, N.B. (read more)

GULF OF MAINE KING TIDES PHOTO CONTEST PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 9, 2014
Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, an extreme high tide on October 9, 2014 will illustrate what may become – with sea-level rise – the new tidal norm. Participants in the first-ever Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest can document how the astronomical high tide that day affects wharves, causeways, marshes, beaches, and other coastal settings. (read more)

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

CANADIAN FARMLAND PRICES REACH RECORD HIGHS IN 2014, DESPITE SLOWER GROWTH
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1419668/canadian-farmland-prices-reach-record-highs-in-2014-despite-slower-growth-says-re-max-report

THE 5TH CANADIAN ADVENTURE THERAPY SYMPOSIUM
http://canadianadventuretherapysymposium.ca/registration-2/

GLV TO SPLIT WATER TREATMENT, PULP AND PAPER DIVISIONS
http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/glv-to-split-water-treatment-pulp-and-paper-divisions/1003279426/438qvsM3oyW6x08yM2vx/?ref=enews_PP&utm_source=PP&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PP-EN10012014

UK DAIRY FARMERS TO PROTEST OVER MILK PRICE CUT
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29448193