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PO Box 975, Sydney, NS, Canada, B1P 6J4 magazine do not reflect the views of lokol Inc or COPYRIGHT lokol Inc, 2018 MediaSpark Incorporated. goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 Island Wildlife Barred Owl PHOTO CREDIT Kris Tynski captures the wildlife, seascapes, and landscapes of Cape Breton Island. View more photos at KrisTynski.ca The Mi’kmaq name for Cape Breton is Unama’kik, meaning the land of what? ANSWER goCBmag.com 4 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 he Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Co-op is a nonprofit organization that has been Cape Breton Toperating for three years with a simple mission — to make it easy to get products from Food Hub local food producers to local consumers. The Food Hub works with about 40 producers Connects throughout Cape Breton who sell vegetables, meats, seafood, baked goods, and other value- added food products. The Food Hub essentially Local operates as an online grocery store. Producer members log in to list their products for sale. Consumers log in to order the food they want, Producers and the Food Hub arranges to pick it up and deliver it to a distribution centre in one of seven With Local communities across the Island. “The Food Hub has really allowed producers to Consumers grow their farms by providing a new market for their products,” said Alicia Lake, Coordinator of the Pan Cape Breton Food Hub. “Since we’ve been in operation, we’ve seen some producers quit their off-farm jobs so they can farm full time, and we’ve seen others actually hiring workers to help meet the increased demand that we’ve created. It’s really exciting to witness the change.” The Food Local restaurants like the Hub has Telegraph House in Baddeck are really allowed also beginning to use the Food Hub. Having access to fresh local producers to produce has improved the quality grow their farms of the food being served to their by providing a customers. new market for “As a local business, I am happy to their products support local farmers,” said Sean Dunlop, owner of Telegraph House. Alicia Lake “Many of our guests actually stop me after they’ve eaten, and thank me for the quality of the food we are putting on the plate.” The Pan Cape Breton Food Hub was set up as a multi-stakeholder co-op. Its board members include producers, consumers, restaurants, and LIVE WORK PLAY goCapeBreton.com 5 goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 other organizations involved in the food industry. Lake credits the many perspectives on the board with the development of a successful business model. “One thing we did is look infrastructure has to grow at the same time — processing plants, storage facilities, and Alicia Lake at the local community and think about how we transportation networks. could leverage existing assets, versus trying to raise a bunch of money and “In the future I believe that we will continue to create infrastructure from scratch,” said Lake. grow and attract new producers into the food “What organizations and businesses could industry, and I hope that we can convince more we partner with to help us achieve our goals? and more people in Cape Breton that they Taking this approach got us up and running should be sourcing more of their food locally and much faster.” supporting local businesses.” Looking to the future, Lake says one of their For more information, visit challenges is to grow both sellers and buyers CapeBreton.LocalFoodMarketplace.com at a rate where the supply doesn’t exceed the goCBmag.com demand, and vice versa. 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LIVE WORK PLAY goCapeBreton.com 7 goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 Music Award Winning Studio Engineer Works With East Coast Talent BY JERRY HOLLAND ape Breton has long had After the band broke an international reputation up, Jamie followed Cfor producing world-class his interest and musicians and entertainers. pursued a career in Behind those recording artists sound engineering, is an industry of professionals first working for providing services to make them Overtom Studios in successful, such as record Glace Bay, and then labels, agents, music venues, eventually founding and recording studios. his own company, Soundpark Studios Jamie Foulds, Soundpark Studios Jamie Foulds began his career in Sydney River in music. The industry has also as a performing artist in Real 2005. recognized his contributions by World, a rock band formed with honouring him with the ECMA Gordie Sampson and brother “I just like making stuff,” Award for Studio Engineer of Matthew Foulds. Real World said Jamie. “I love creating, the Year nine times. had some regional hits in the and I really like the feeling early 1990s, and won a 1992 of accomplishment when a In 2018, Jamie is once again East Coast Music Association project comes to a successful nominated for ECMA Studio Award (ECMA) for Pop/Rock conclusion.” Engineer of the Year. The winners Artist of the Year. During that will be announced at the awards period, the band produced a CD Since opening his studio, Jamie show in May. called Dig, and in the process, has worked with a roster of Jamie fell in love with the recording artists that reads like MORE goCBmag.com recording studio. the “Who’s-Who” of East Coast DETERMINE NSCC programs are hardwired to industry and taught by expert YOUR FUTURE. faculty with real-world experience. FUTURE. nscc.ca 8 find share everything goCapeBreton.com goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 Cape Breton 2018 ECMA Nominees Blues Recording of the Year Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Fans’ Choice Video of the Year Matt Minglewood - Fly Year The Town Heroes - Thought Police Like Desperados Mitchell Bailey - Last Time (Director: Cody Westman) Introducing Myself Country Recording of the Year Event of the Year Pretty Archie - Sing Alongs Roots/Traditional Recording of Celtic Colours & Love Songs the Year International Festival Còig - Rove Francophone Recording of the MacIsaac and MacKenzie - The Live Sound Engineer of the Year Bay Street Sessions Year Mary Beth Carty - Les Scott Macmillan and Colin Devin Farrell biens-nommés Grant - GOOD2GO Studio Engineer of the Year Indigenous Artist of the Year Song of the Year Jamie Foulds Maxim Cormier Port Cities - Back to the Bottom Studio of the Year (Producer: Gordie Sampson) Instrumental Recording of the Lakewind Sound Studios Year Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Rosie MacKenzie - Atlantic Video of the Year Year Heather Rankin - Titanically Matt Minglewood Pop Recording of the Year (Director: Thom Fitzgerald) Port Cities Port Cities - Port Cities Do You Qualify for Business Class? LIVE WORK PLAY goCapeBreton.com 9 goCapeBreton.com MAGAZINE Issue 3 Gardening Spice Up Your Spring Garden With Edible Border Plants BY JOANIE CUNNINGHAM can plant garlic, parsley, and TIP: Leave the scape on one or chives as border plants, and two plants. They will eventually they’ll be a treat for the cook in straighten out, and that’s when your house too! you know the bulbs are ready to harvest. There are two main kinds of garlic — hardneck and softneck. Parsley and chives are planted I’m not going to go into the in the spring and come back differences, as they are easy to each year.