SECTOR GROWTH

Agriculture and Agri-Food

While agriculture is widely viewed as a “sunset” sector, there are interesting opportunities for expansion and growth in Hants County. As an industry, agri-food includes food production, processing and marketing, and the sub-sectors of resource management, livestock and crop technology and business management. The Hants County agriculture sector is extremely diversified, with concentrations in dairy, beef, and field crops, and specialized operations in fine herbs, wines, organic and whole foods, berries, and fruit.

Hants County is home to 336 independent agricultural producers, including:

• Avon Valley Greenhouses (Nursery and Floriculture)
• Brothers Poultry
• Maple Lane Farms Organic Meats
• Mason Apples (Packaging and Distribution)
• Oakmanor Organic Farms
• Rainbow Farms (Wild Blueberry Production)
• SeaSpray Atlantic Organic Cooperative