Resource List for Agricultural Information
NS Dept of Agriculture Ag Education Office
Government & Farm organizations
Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture (NSDA) http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/
Select Nova Scotia http://www.selectnovascotia.ca/
NSDA Ag Business Opportunity http://www.growingnovascotia.ca
NS Agricultural Destinations and Activities
http://novascotia.ca/agri/marketing/contact/landsea/index.shtml
NSDA Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/farmlb/
FCC Agriculture More Than Ever campaign http://www.agriculturemorethanever.ca/
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada http://www.agr.gc.ca/
Canadian Farm Business Management Council www.farmcentre.com
Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html
Canadian Food Inspection Agency http://www.inspection.gc.ca/
Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture http://nsfa-fane.ca/
Society of Farm Safety Nova Scotia http://www.nsfa-fane.ca/farmsafetyns/
Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council http://www.cahrc-ccrha.ca/
AgPal Programs and Services http://www.agpal.ca/
Agricultural Institute of Canada http://www.aic.ca/
Nova Scotia Business Inc. http://www.novascotiabusiness.com/en/home/default.aspx
Trade Team Nova Scotia http://ttns.gov.ns.ca/en/home/default.aspx
Canada Business – Govt Services Entrepreneurs http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/
OMAFRA (Ontario Government)http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/ag.html
Prince Edward Island Agriculture http://www.gov.pe.ca/agriculture/
New Brunswick Agriculture http://www.gnb.ca/0027/Agr/index-e.asp
Education
Nova Scotia Agricultural Awareness Office www.gov.ns.ca/agri/agaware
thinkFARM http://www.thinkfarm.ca
Perennia www.perennia.ca
Agriculture in the Classroom Canada http://www.aitc.ca/
Science and Innovators in the Classroom http://atlanticsciencelinks.dal.ca/index.html
Science fair projects
http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Agricultural_Ideas/
Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture http://www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture.html
Canadian Agriculture At A Glance
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/kits-trousses/agric04/edu01g_0000-eng.htm
Farm and Food Care Ontario Virtual Farm tours
http://www.farmissues.com/virtualTour/en/index.html
Healthy Grains Institute http://www.healthygrains.ca/
Land and Sea Stories (Videos)
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2012/01/young-farmers.html
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2011/06/farm-workers.html
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2010/05/turning-a-green-leaf.html
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2009/10/organic-milk.html
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2009/06/nova-scotia-wine.html
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2009/05/beaubassin.html
Michigan State University Extension http://www.msue.msu.edu/portal/
Cornell University – Agriculture & Life Sciences http://cals.cornell.edu/
Cornell University Small Farms Program http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/resources/
Meet Your Farmer (Nova Scotia) http://www.meetyourfarmer.ca/
Agriculture Related Listserves
In most cases ctrl + click on the e-mail link and request to be added to their electronic
mailing lists
Canadian Farm Business Management Council, CFBMC - CCGEA
agriwebinar@cfbmc.com
Environmental Services Association of Nova Scotia, ESANS E-bulletin
contact@esans.ca
Farm Credit Canada, FCC Express AgriSuccess@fcc-fac.ca
Farmers Markets Nova Scotia (FMNS) e-newsletter
fmns@farmersmarketsnovascotia.ca
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada monthly e-zine oacc@nsac.ca
Atlantic Canadian Regional Organic Network (ACORN) monthly e-news
www.acornorganic.org/enewsregister.php
Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture (NSFA) weekly e-news info@nsfa-fane.ca
Come to Life (novascotialife@gov.ns.ca)
ThinkFARM (sooksord@gov.ns.ca)
AgCareers.com Weekly, “AgCareers.com Team" agcareers@agcareers.com
Agriculture and Fisheries Halifax Reception, Daily Newspaper articles
dafhrecp@gov.ns.ca
Farm Focus of Atlantic Canada, Weekly Focus online farmfocus@holidaymedia.ca
AAFC MEDIA, News Releases from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
aafcmedia@agr.gc.ca
The Conference Board of Canada, conferenceboard@bbmanalytics.ca
Fruit & Vegetables
Dal – AC Continuing and Distance Education Garden Box factsheets
http://www.dal.ca/about/agricultural-campus/about/gardens/garden-box.html
Horticulture Nova Scotia http://www.hortns.com/
Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association http://www.nsapples.com/intrnsfg.htm
Apple Farmers of Nova Scotia http://www.applefarmersofns.ca/
Grape Growers Association of NS http://www.jostwine.com/default.asp?mn=1.25.53
Wild Blueberry Producers Association of NS http://www.nswildblueberries.com/
Winery Association of Nova Scotia http://www.winesofnovascotia.ca/contact/
New York Berry News (Cornell University)http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tfabp/
The Berry Diagnostic Tool (Cornell) http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/berrytool/
North American Strawberry Growers Association http://www.nasga.org/
US Highbush Blueberry Council http://www.blueberry.org/
Fraser Valley Strawberry Growers Association http://bcstrawberries.com/
Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/index.html
The Tree Fruit and Berry Pathology (Cornell)http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tfabp/
Cornell Vegetable MD Online http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/
Canadian Produce Marketing Association http://www.cpma.ca/en/home.aspx
Wild Blueberry Network Information Centre http://nsac.ca/wildblue/
University of Maine & Wild Blueberries http://extension.umaine.edu/blueberries/
Greenhouse Nova Scotia http://greenhousenovascotia.com/
Livestock
Nova Scotia Cattle Producers http://www.nscattle.ca/
Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia http://www.dfns.ca/
Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia http://www.nschicken.com/
Nova Scotia Egg Producers http://www.nsegg.ca/
NS Turkey Producers Marketing Board http://www.turkeyfarmersofnovascotia.com
Atlantic Poultry Research Institute http://nsac.ca/apri/
Goat Association of Nova Scotia http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/gans/
Pork Nova Scotia http://www.pork.ns.ca/
Canadian Meat Council http://www.cmc-cvc.com/
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency http://www.canadaid.com/
Canadian Beef Grading Agency http://www.beefgradingagency.ca/
Canadian Beef http://www.beefinfo.org/
National Livestock Identification for Dairy http://www.nlid.org/
Canadian Cattle Breeders Association http://www.clrc.ca/canadiancattle.shtml
Canadian Dairy Network http://www.clrc.ca/canadiancattle.shtml
Canadian Dairy Information Centre http://www.dairyinfo.gc.ca/
Fur Council of Canada http://www.furcouncil.com/home.aspx
Fur Institute of Canada http://www.fur.ca/
Texas A & M University Department of Poultry Science http://gallus.tamu.edu/
Watt Poultry http://www.wattagnet.com/
Cornell University Sheep Program http://www.sheep.cornell.edu/index.html
Maryland Small Ruminant Page/Sheep 101 & 201 www.sheep101.info
Field Crops
Soil & Crop Improvement Association of Nova Scotia (SCIANS) http://www.scians.org/
Eastern Canada Soil & Water Conservation Centre http://www.ccse-swcc.nb.ca/
Canadian Seed Growers Association http://www.seedgrowers.ca/main.asp?lang=e
Food Safety
Nova Scotia Dept of Agr Food Safety http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/foodsafety/
Food HACCP http://www.foodhaccp.com/
Food Risk http://www.foodrisk.org/
Food Quality http://www.foodquality.com/view/0/index.html
Guelph Food Technology Centre http://www.gftc.ca/
Other topics
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada http://www.organicagcentre.ca/
Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) www.acornorganic.org
Taste of Nova Scotia http://www.tasteofnovascotia.com/
Landscape Nova Scotia http://www.landscapenovascotia.ca/
Maple Producers Association of Nova Scotia http://www.novascotiamaplesyrup.com/
Farm Energy Nova Scotia http://nsac.ca/fens/
Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia www.farmersmarketsnovascotia.ca
For more information contact:
Agricultural Education Office
Rick Hoeg, P.Ag.
Agricultural Education Liaison
Agriculture and Food Advisory Services
Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
176 College Road
Truro, NS B2N 5E3
(t) 902-893-7495 (c) 902-890-1894 (f) 902-893-0244