Market

(Sept 28 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm)

A Community Farmers Market will be set up in the conference centre as delegates arrive on Wednesday September 28.  It will be an opportunity for conference participants to meet local farm and craft producers, visit some information booths and experience some of the bounty that the area has to offer.

Conference delegates will be invited to explore information booths, speak with producers and pick up an array of gifts for take home.
 

Kiosque 1:  L’Atelier de Clare 

Founded in 1978, L'Atelier de Clare is an Adult Service Centre providing day programs to mentally and physically challenged members of our community. They are located in Church Point, on the shores of Saint Mary's Bay in Southwest Nova Scotia. Their program includes work and life skills counseling, job training and employment. In addition to classes in literacy and numeracy, healthy living, effective communication, and social well-being, their clients participate in workshop activities - woodworking, art and craft production, engraving, lawn maintenance, home-cleaning services, and retail sales. They operate under the principles of independence and inclusion.   Their services are offered in both official languages. 
 

Kiosque 2: Aline’s Crafts 

Aline’s Crafts has been providing its fast growing customer base with products for over a year.  The products, all made by Aline and her husband John, range from preserves like Aline’s Sweet Spanish Ketchup, Aline’s Tangy Salsa, Aline’s Apple Maple Butter to Soft Bavarian Pretzels, Unique Mittens, Comfy Slippers and attractive and comfortable seat-belt covers.

Although primarily established at both the Yarmouth Farmers Market and the Tusket Market, Aline’s Crafts is often asked to participate in special events in the Tri-country area.  Aline is a retired Senior Management Executive, who is enjoying her very exciting new career, and brings all her management skills in providing the very best to her customers.
 

Kiosque 3:  Emilia’s Smoothies 

Emilia’s Smoothies started their business in June 2011 at the Yarmouth Farmers Market with a « smoothie bar ».  The main product, the smoothie, contains fruit, fruit juices without sugar and flax seed.  Other products include unique jams and jellies and plantain cream.  The plantain is a medicinal plant and this cream helps to heal cuts, burns, acne and dry skin and lips. 
 
 

Kiosque 4 :  Hilltop Cottage Farm 

Hilltop Cottage Farm founded in 2009 by Natalie and Paul Smith on Roberts’ Island in Glenwood, Nova Scotia are primarily sustainable market gardeners that manage a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.   Alongside the success of their CSA business they have expanded their offerings selling at their local farmers’ markets in Yarmouth and Tusket artisanal granolas and scones hand crafted with natural ingredients sourced from local farmers and producers!

Our Granolas are made in small batches by hand to control quality and taste.  We select the best ingredients in combinations to tempt your taste buds, and only use Canadian rolled oats, honey and maple syrup produced in Nova Scotia and sulphite free dried fruit where possible.  Granola flavours include O’Canada, Aussie Splendor, Away to the Bahamas and
Nuts About You.
 

Kiosque 5 :  Carino Confections 

Carino Confections is located on Morris Island, Tusket NS specializes in artisan chocolates and confectionery made daily in small batches to ensure freshness and quality. We strive to use locally grown and produced fruits, herbs, flowers, honey and maple syrup paired with Belgium Chocolate couverture to create the finest candy in Southwestern Nova Scotia. We offer a wide variety of homemade treats including caramels, marshmallows, brittles, truffles, fresh fruit clusters and assorted nut and fondant patties guaranteed to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth!
 

Kiosque 6 :  Eel Lake Oyster Farm 

It is not by coincidence that Nolan D’Eon has succeeded in his quest to farm oysters in the waters of Eel Lake. Three to four hundred years ago native people knew Eel Lake was a summer fishing ground and oysters were harvested from it. Nolan moved to Ste Anne du Ruisseau more that 25 years ago to raise his family. He built his home on the shores of Eel Lake and as he watched the lake he had a dream to one day make a living out of the bountiful waters. He watched oysters progress over the years and it was some time later that he finally decided to act on his “dream”. 

Eel Lake Oyster Farm Ltd has become a major producer of the Atlantic Oyster commonly known as American or Eastern oysters. In the waters of the oyster farm more than three million oysters can be found. It takes about three years for an oyster to reach market size and due to hard work, determination and a relentless quest for quality, this success story results in a delicious oyster with a taste so intense that after trying one, you will wipe the juice off your chin and look for another!

Nolan has found markets for his oysters in quality restaurants throughout Canada, that request them by name. Eel Lake Oyster have been written about in such publications as Chatelaine, The Chronicle Herald, Toronto Globe and Mail, and most recently, On Air Magazine. 

In these parts Nolan is known as the “Oysterman” and that suits him just fine. Often you will find him in the midst of a gathering shucking his “Ruisseau Oyster” with a story or two that relates to it.  Visitors are welcome to tour his site and take a trip by boat to see the oyster habitat and its stages of growth. Many visitors have the luxury of tasting the product to which they are encouraged to leave their comments in their guest book.
 

Kiosque 7 :   Le Conseil des arts de la Baie 

The Conseil des arts de la Baie Sainte-Marie was founded in 1968 and now boasts about a hundred members.  The mission of this non-profit association is to contribute to development of and appreciation for the arts in the Baie Sainte-Marie region.

The Conseil operates an office, artists’ resource centre, gallery of contemporary art (Le Trécarré) and a print studio, La Manivelle, in its premises on the campus of Université Sainte-Anne.

The Conseil conducts workshops, primarily in visual arts, throughout the year and cooperates with other Acadian organizations on various projects devoted to the artistic life.