A.E. Smith’s award-winning story about Nova Scotia blacksmith John Little “A life in iron, and in art” from Rural Delivery September 2018
http://www.rurallife.ca/a-life-in-iron-and-in-art

Emily Leeson’s “Spreading gypsum” piece from Rural Delivery May 2019
http://www.rurallife.ca/spreading-gypsum

Implementation update From Atlantic Forestry March 2019
http://www.rurallife.ca/implementation-update

Import replacement http://www.rurallife.ca/importreplacement
Repairing the economic leakage that drains wealth out of rural communities

Career trajectory
Robert Cervelli, of St. Margaret’s Bay, N.S., is a biotech entrepreneur and botanist. To read Rural Delivery’s follow-up interview touching on his career before he co-founded the Centre for Local Prosperity, visit http://www.rurallife.ca/CervelliInterview

So many dead herring
Citizen scientists tackle a marine mystery in Southwest Nova Scotia

Bob Bancroft's eulogy at the mock funeral for Nova Scotia forests

Nova Scotia Forestry Review link
https://novascotia.ca/natr/forestry/Forest_Review/

BC Wildfire Links
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/blog/over-100-animals-left-behind-b-c-wildfire-evacuee-on-the-toughest-part-of-fleeing-home-1.4219126
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/guardian-dogs-protect-sheep-flock-in-midst-of-wildfire

Farmland for farming, forever from Rural Delivery September 2017

Cow-powered pump from Rural Delivery July - August 2017

Food Policy for Canada link: https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/food-policy.html

Where are the swifts and swallows? from Rural Delivery April 2017

What’s left in Nova Scotia’s forest soil bank account? from Atlantic Forestry July 2017

No time like the present for district heating from Atlantic Forestry May 2017

Off-roading Rural Delivery May 2017 Editorial

Nova Scotia Biorefinery report:
https://fpinnovations.ca/ResearchProgram/forest-operations/flagship-initiatives/Documents/value-proposition-for-a-biorefi-nery-sector-in-nova-scotia.pdf

Atlantic Teachers’ Tour:
http://teacherstour.com

Nova Scotia Field Guide to Forest Biodiversity Stewardship:
https://novascotia.ca/natr/library/publications/forestry.asp

Air Drying of Lumber:
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr117.pdf

Estimates of Air Drying Times for Several Hardwoods and Softwoods:
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr121.pdf

Swifts and Swallows link at RuralLife.ca: http://www.birdscanada.org/birdmon/ai

Living Energy Laboratory link: http://www.energizebridgewater.ca/living-energy-lab/

Organic Pesticides:
Permitted Substances List, Canadian Organic Standards: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ongc-cgsb/programme-program/normes-standards/internet/bio-org/documents/lsp-psl-eng.pdf
Searchable Organic Inputs Directory: http://www.organicinputs.ca
A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests bulletin: http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Bulletins/A-Whole-Farm-Approach-to-Managing-Pests
A Total System Approach to Sustainable Pest Management: http://www.pnas.org/content/94/23/12243.full
Organic Agriculture and Integrated Pest Management: http://icrofs.dk/fileadmin/icrofs/Nyheder_PDf/Organic_and_IPM_Synergistic_Partnership_Executive_Summary.pdf
Cornell Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management: http://web.pppmb.cals.cornell.edu/resourceguide/

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations:
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2017/2017-01-21/html/reg1-eng.php#reg

Safe Food Regulations webinars:
http://inspection.sondages-surveys.ca/surveys/CFIA-ACIA/proposed-sfcr-info-session/?l=en

Safe Food Regulations consultation:
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/acts-and-regulations/regulatory-initiatives/sfca/consultation/have-your-say/eng/1482239403639/1482239479767

Single axle by Jane Fowler

A little light logging by Jane Fowler

A rare breeds renaissance by Jane Fowler

Daily grind by Jane Fowler

NBCLT Surveys for Landowners www.nbclt.wordpress.com/surveys-for-landowners/

On-site sewage regs

For N.S.: https://www.novascotia.ca/nse/wastewater/docs/On-site-Sewage-Disposal-Systems-Standard.pdf

For N.B.: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/ps-sp/pdf/Safety_Protection/Sewage-Disposal-Technical-Guidelines.pdf

For P.E.I.: http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/elj_sewage_rpt.pdf

Farm Ponds Factsheet:The fact sheet titled “Farm Ponds,” prepared by the Atlantic Committee on Agricultural Engineering in 1984, describes how to estimate the amount of water collected from catchment areas, according to the type of ground cover.

http://nsfa-fane.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Farm-Ponds.pdf

EastGen Atlantic 2016

1978 RD layout work bee

Midden

Freeman mill land purchase:
PID spreadsheet
map

Blueberry Hills Farm

Kneen

2016 Maritime Beef Conference link to PDF

What it takes to kill a lamb by A. Swan. link to PDF

Egg Farmers of NS New Entrant Program
http://www.nsegg.ca/eggindustry.php?New-Entrant-Program-2

The government of NB website:
http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/10/pdf/Agriculture/GreenhouseMixesOrganicGreenhouseProduction.pdf

Small scale energy
“Life Off Grid”
www.lifeoffgrid.ca

FarmWorks
http://farmworks.ca/home/
lbest@ns.sympatico.ca
www.facebook.com/FarmWorks

Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
http://www.ascfg.org

Nova Scotia rider wins team silver at Pan Am Games

Allied Cats
https://www.ecologyaction.ca/alliedcats

Not just for the birds

Provincial 4-H show resluts
NS
NB

ACORN link
http://acornorganic.org

CleanOcean Action link
www.cleanoceanaction.org

Meat cutting and processing

“Soap recipe”
Budget 101 -- http://www.budget101.com/content.php/3993

Atlantic Therapy Horse of the Year

2015 NBCP Beef Cattle Herd Initiatives www.bovinsnbcattle.ca

Modern Shepherd www.dal.ca/exl

Feed finance https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/ag-knowledge/money-and-finance/making-sense-of-livestock-to-feed-ratios.html?utm_source=Subscribe+to+FCC+Email&utm_campaign=24d687f783-FCC_Express_August_28_2015_EN_8_28_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ecca3657d7-24d687f783-18200761

National Beef Strategy http://beefstrategy.com/

CNHP
http://eventing.startboxscoring.com/can/eventsr/cnhp/ht0715/

4-H links
http://novascotia4h.ca
http://www.nb4h.com
http://www.pei4h.ca
http://4hnl.ca

Matt McFarlane Music
http://www.mattmusic.ca

International Year of Soils
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49520#.VYLOaPlViko
National New Farmer Coalition
http://www.nfu.ca/about/national-new-farmer-coalition

Falls Brook Free School
http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9650845d354435e72d34ccdae&id=deebaab398

meat cutting short course
http://www.rurallife.ca/ab-last-word/2015/7/10/are-we-cutting-ourselves-short-summer-2015

Sheep Tag
http://www.cansheep.ca/cms/en/Programs/CSIPrograms_new/CSIP/CSIP.aspx
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial-animals/traceability/description/requirements-for-livestock-producers/eng/1398864061655/1398864128830
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2000-187/page-1.html#h-5
http://www.wool.ca

P.E.I government website and the market reports from Atlantic Stockyards agricultural market reports on the P.E.I government website
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/agweb/index.php3?number=69590&lang=E
market reports from Atlantic Stockyards
http://www.atlanticstockyards.com/marketreports.html

A Tree Classification System for New Brunswick:
http://www.irfn-nhri.org/en/component/phocadownload/category/19-solutions-et-produits?download=77:a-tree-classification-system-for-new-brunswick

Système de classification des tiges du Nouveau-Brunswick:
http://www.irfn-nhri.org/fr/component/phocadownload/category/19-solutions-et-produits?download=65:syste-me-de-classification-des-tiges-du-nouveau-brunswick

WoodWORKS!
www.atlanticwoodworks.ca

NB June 2015 audit
http://www.agnb-vgnb.ca/content/dam/agnb-vgnb/pdf/Reports-Rapports/2015V2/Agrepe.pdf

Biofuels conference
https://advancedbiofuelsconference.org/

EU woody biomass study
http://dx.doi.org/10.14214/df.197

NS watercourse alteration guide
http://novascotia.ca/nse/watercourse-alteration/

How to save a school
http://www.ConnectingAlbertCounty.org
http://www.riverjohnsos.com
http://www.ericdigests.org
http://www.schoolhouseconsulting.ca

Holstein Canada Master Breeders
https://www.holstein.ca/Public/en/Awards-Lists/Master_Breeders

Community garden
FCC AgriSpirit Fund: http://www.fac-fcc.ca
EC Foundation of PEI: http://cfpei.ca

Atlantic Journalism Awards:
http://www.ajas.ca/
Video
https://vimeo.com/12766774

Panuke Harvest Review
http://novascotia.ca/natr/forestry/panuke/

CANews www.citizensalliancepei.org