The federation said the website is meant to “create and improve the relationship” between farmers and the consumer.
Beth Densmore, vice-president of Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, said the website has an educational component because many people have no clue where their food comes from.
She denied it’s an opportunity to improve the opinion of farmers among people who think the industry is too heavily subsidized by government.
“It’s not to draw on sympathy from the public. It is the awareness side of it,” Densmore said.
“They’re hoping to change (the website) over the coming months, so that (people) understand that farming is not just having sheep, it’s not just having lettuce. It could be all different aspects of it and hopefully put a face to these products.”
So far the website has seven farmer profiles from the Annapolis Valley and Hants County, as well as videos and stories about the farms. It also includes pictures of farm animals that children can print out and colour.
There isn’t any Cape Breton content on the site to date.
Co-ordinator of the project Wanda Hamilton said the project was restricted by timing.
“The film crew wanted to do a one-day on-site (shoot) so we had to go to a really concentrated (agricultural) area,” Hamilton said.
She said more content will be added in the coming months, along with stories from farmers in other parts of the province.
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