Land Capacity

We are not unique here in Kings County. The unimaginable thought that Canada is running out of prime agricultural land is causing municipal authorities elsewhere to make decisions like county council did earlier this month against development.

Farming in Nova Scotia has never been an easy occupation, and these days it seems to be more challenging than ever.

No seats will be hotter than those in the Kings County council chambers Tuesday night.

Nova Scotia needs to protect its farmland, according to a new report.

The tides slowly licking away at Nova Scotia’s shorelines can’t be any worse than the loss of farmland to development.

For several months, danger warnings regarding the inability of Nova Scotia farmers to compete against the flood of cheaper imports have been sounded.

Nova Scotia may have enough prime farmland to feed its population, but it’d be a squeeze, says agro-ecologist Jennifer Scott.

A report prepared by a Halifax-based non-profit research group suggests that Nova Scotia has the capacity to feed itself, if it does more to protect farm land.

A report prepared by a Halifax-based non-profit research group suggests that Nova Scotia has the capacity to feed itself, if it does more to protect farm land.

If Nova Scotians don't use their farmland, the author of a new report fears they just might lose it.