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April 8, 2013 · 9:54 pm

What’s Happening @ Haven: April – May 2013

Sunday 14th April, 2.30pm-4pm, Food & Farm Film Festival continues…

Postponed from February we will be showing the film ‘Ingredients’ which looks at how chefs and farmers are working together and how you can shop locally at your farmers market. We will be open for lunch and coffee from 12 noon with the film scheduled to start at 2:30pm.

http://www.ingredientsfilm.com/

 

Tuesday 16th April, 11am-2pm, ‘Meet the Artist’ with Steve Rankin.

steveathavenSteve will be at the Haven to chat about his photography over lunch. He will also be selling prints of his work.

We’d like to say a big thank you to Steve and congratulate him on his upcoming installation at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts where he will be one of the ’30 Under 30′ artists to display their work in August. If you can’t wait until then you can always check out his work online at http://steverankinphotography.com/

 

 

 

Tuesday 23rd April, Change of artist with Amanda Leigh Mac Innis.

Amandas cow picWe say a fond farewell to Steve Rankins rustic buildings and spectral nightscapes and welcome Amanda Leigh Mac Innis’ striking acrylics inspired by the wholesome beauty of Cape Breton. Her personal style of exaggerated blue skies and earthy rust tones are repeated throughout her work giving credence to her unique perspective and natural talent.

We’re really pleased that Amanda is showing her art here as she is a farmer, fisherman, a comrade from the farmers markets and an excellent chef to boot.  Amanda is also one of the Inverness ’30 under 30′ artists. We feel that she epitomises the philosophy that we are trying to achieve at Haven Coffeebar with high quality local food enhancing the customer experience.

 

 

Sunday 28th April, 2.30pm-4pm, Food & Farm Film Festival continues…

Pat Lamey from the Rotary Club of Port Hawkesbury will be at Haven Coffeebar at 2pm to chat about the Port Hawkesbury Park and the successful ‘Let Them Be Kids’ award. Come and find out why you should put a big red circle around September 14th!!

http://ltbkphcp.blogspot.ca/

‘The Greenhorns’ then wraps up the Food & Farm Film Festival with a candid glimpse of young farmers across America, their struggles and their triumphs in an uplifting documentary that will leave you itching to get your hands in the soil. We will be open for lunch and coffee from 12 noon with the film scheduled to start at 2:30pm.

http://www.thegreenhorns.net/

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September 29, 2012 · 5:30 pm

Kingsville Farm Bakery & Coffeebar

A secret no longer we can officially confirm that we are moving our bakery from the big house on the farm to Station House, on the waterfront in Port Hawkesbury. Not only will this move allow us to supply restaurants, hotels and shops in other towns, cities and villages but we’ll be opening Station House up as a shop for the good folks of the Strait area too. And wouldn’t it be a shame if you couldn’t soak up the view or shelter from the weather with a gourmet coffee or speciality tea to go with a number of new sweet treats and hearty sandwiches… Renovations are under way at the Kingsville Farm Bakery & Coffeebar- we’ll keep you updated via facebook and this website and hope to see you there soon.

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August 16, 2012 · 6:48 am

Summer Schedule

Hi folks, its been a busy busy beautiful summer on our farm. We have a few new inhabitants – 8 sheep and 13 piglets! We’re selling our artisan bread at 4 Farmers Markets a week, plus Port Hawkesbury Community Market once a month, and now we’re getting involved in the Right Some Food festivities.

We’ve had a few visitors to the farm in recent weeks looking for bread. We love visitors and we hate to see people leave empty handed  so I thought I’d share our summer schedule with you and highlight the best times to visit the farm for bread.

Markets:

Wednesday 11am – 2pm – Baddeck & Area Community Market, Community Hall.

Thursday 2pm – 6pm (Sept 13th) – Port Hawkesbury Community Market, Civic Centre.

Saturdays 8am – 1pm – Cape Breton Farmers Market, Keltic Drive, Sydney AND Antigonish Farmers Market, 4H Barn.

Sunday 11am – 2pm – Mabou Farmers Market, The Arena.

Bake Days:

Wednesday morning; Friday all day; Sunday morning.

Collection at Farm:

Wednesday or Friday afternoon. Please place your order before 8pm the previous evening.

Customers can also call us after the markets to see if we have any leftover or freezer bread. This is rare ;)

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June 13, 2012 · 8:40 am

Port Hawkesbury Community Market starts tomorrow!!

Press Release

June 11, 2012

Port Hawkesbury Community Market Grows with Local Support!

Port Hawkesbury, NS – There’s a new kid in town; it’s the Port Hawkesbury Community Market!  Over a dozen local vendors are bringing their products to the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre on June 14th in what will be the first in a series of five monthly markets.  Visitors to the Community Market can expect to find sea glass jewelry, purses made from reclaimed fabric, beauty products, flowers (annuals, perennials, etc), manure and compost products, wool products, fresh farm eggs, and a selection of delicious baked goods!  It is very early in the season, so there will be a minimal selection of fresh produce.  Keep in mind however, that we are only getting started and there will be plenty of unique and local products from which to choose.  Jamie’s artisan bread and Martin’s German pretzels have been a favorite at markets already – a treat not to be missed!

Starting this Thursday, June 14, and continuing on the second Thursday of each month until October, a Community Market will be held in the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.   The specific market dates are June 14th, July 12th, August 9th, September 13th, and a grand finale of a Market on October 8th in celebration of Thanksgiving Day.  It has never been more important than now to take pride in and make connections in our communities. This market is driven by a group of committed volunteers and vendors who are thrilled to create a vibrant shopping experience and bring a diverse group of people together through a shared social space.

Interested vendors are encouraged to contact Amanda at the Strait-Highlands RDA to reserve their spot at any of our Markets (amanda.mombourquette@strait-highlands.ns.ca).  It’s not too late to book your table for June 14!  Tables are just $16 each and can be booked for each market session – you don’t need to book for the whole season.  This is the first year for the Port Hawkesbury Farmers’ Market, and as such Market organizers anticipate making frequent tweaks to the Market during this season to ensure that we meets the expectations of both vendors and consumers.  So please, let us know if you have a great idea for the Market!

In particular, we are looking to grow the food product side of our Market offering as the season progresses. One of the ways we are encouraging entrepreneurism is by offering two “incubator tables” for small scale produce growers – the hobbyist gardener – who may have excess product they’ve grown at home.  These growers are invited to bring their fresh produce to the Market and we will provide them with a table at no cost up until they reach a certain level of sales.  This could be your opportunity to cash in on your green thumb!  Contact Amanda for details.

We’ll also have resources available for people who are interested in starting to garden.  Our good friends at TABLES (online Facebook Group) will be at the Market will lots of helpful growing information.  TABLES is a local food advocacy group in Southern Cape Breton – they have the expertise to help you get started growing on the right foot.  We’ll also have connections to small business start-up resources for those considering taking their food or artisan business to the next level.

There will be something for everyone at the Port Hawkesbury Community Market.  So, mark your calendar for June 14 and see you at the Market!

Media Contact: Amanda Mombourquetteamanda.mombourquette@strait-highlands.ns.ca

Phone:  902.631.0690

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May 25, 2012 · 10:00 pm

Cape Breton Farmers Market, Saturday 26th May, 2012 – Kingsville Farm Special

It’s been a while since we posted about a special. It’s not that we haven’t been doing them rather I haven’t had to sit around for hours at the end of a baking day feeding 8 loaves at a time into the oven… ah, the bliss of my professional kitchen.

This week our special really is a special, not that our previous specials aren’t special, or that all of our bread isn’t special, but this week it really really is special as it’s a Rosemary & Spanish Seas Salt Focaccia. We’re also bringing our unbleached white, wholewheat, 100% spelt and a sandwich rye bread, which are all special too. Oh, and of course there will be some multigrain and olive rolls, and our very special devon scones, made with cream instead of milk.

See you at the market.

Jamie

 

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May 6, 2012 · 9:28 pm

Antigonish Farmers Market

We’re now at Antigonish Farmers Market every Saturday 8am-1pm at the 4H barn on James Street. Customers are welcome to order from our menu beforehand and then collect their goods at the market.

Saturday May 5th was our first market and myself, Isobel and Baby Rose would like to thank all the vendors and customers who bought our bread and made us feel so welcome. It was also great to see some familiar faces from Port Hawkesbury and Mabou!

http://www.antigonishfarmersmarket.org/

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April 27, 2012 · 1:41 pm

We’re finally in our new kitchen!

No more struggling along, hauling flour from one side of the kitchen to the other, scaling dough on four square feet of stainless and baking a mere eight loaves at a time. Now we’re rocking with acres of stainless steel, a triple sink that the mixing bowl actually fits into, storage for flour and ingredients where you need them and a Duke 101e convection oven that bakes 24 loaves at a time, and maybe 32 if I can get another shelf for it! Being a professional oven it also takes the full size sheets so a world of possibilities opens up to us and it means that we can bake to scale for the Mabou, Sydney, Antigonish, Whycocomagh and Port Hawkesbury farmers markets. And once it’s inspected it opens the door to retail sales as well as supplying restaurants with our tasty breads and sweets.

And it doesn’t stop there – an inspected kitchen is an inspected kitchen so we’ll be able to value-add to our farm produce by turning our fruit and veg into sauces, purees and snacks, our pigs into bacon, ham and sausages, and our chicken and beef into pies and burgers, all furthering our vision of providing our local community the best quality food with lowest environmental footprint.

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April 18, 2012 · 8:09 pm

Support needed for Port Hawkesbury Farmers Market!

Kingsville Farm apologises but the Dept of Agriculture has determined that we do not have the correct permit to sell our delicious artisan breads and sweets each Thursday at the Port Hawkesbury Shopping Centre. We would however be able to sell at a farmers market so encourage you all to rally round and support the TABLES group on facebook in their efforts to start a Farmers Market in Port Hawkesbury. We would like to thank you for your custom and advise that we can be found at Antigonish, Mabou, Sydney and Whycocomagh Farmers Markets, and hopefully one in Port Hawkesbury soon! Regards, Jamie and Laura

 

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April 13, 2012 · 9:14 pm

Cape Breton Farmers Market, Saturday 14th April, 2012 – Kingsville Farm Special

Well we got the snow out of the way early this week, with a light sprinkling this afternoon that despite the chilly temperature is nowhere to be seen now. Those odd bedfellows Pete and Kalin at the CBC tell me that it’ll be nice tomorrow as well, with the mercury hitting the double digits so we expect to see quite a few of you at the market in Sydney.

Our special this weekend sees a return of the ever popular Parmesan & Herb Potato Bread… oh dear, is that the THIRD week in a row? Looks like I might have just inducted into the ranks of the regular breads. Okay, so I’ll have to come up with another special. How about a delicious Devon Scone Sandwich? Two of our showstopping Devon Scones (made with cream you see) joined together in a blissful harmony through the medium of Jam.

Mmmmm, tomorrow is going to be tasty :)

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April 6, 2012 · 11:38 pm

Cape Breton Farmers Market, Saturday 7th April, 2012 – Kingsville Farm Special

To help you celebrate Easter this weekend we’re bringing our popular Herb and Parmesan Potato Bread to sell alongside the unbleached organic white and wholewheat bread, malty multigrain and 100% spelt. And if that’s not enough for you we’re also bring an army of Hot Cross Bunnies! You seriously have to check these guys out – I don’t know if it was the hot water down their rabbit hole or if I mixed-a-their-toasties too much, but they’re definitely mad.

Let’s hope your Good Friday is followed by a great Saturday! See you at the market :)

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