The
Queen Square Farmers Market in Saint John is getting plugged in. Organizer Jody Kliffer
tells CHSJ News the market is finally getting an electrical hook-up.
Kliffer
believes it's going to have a positive impact on the market. He says
electricity means the market can offer a wider variety of hot food items
for sale.
The
market occasionally used generators in the past, but Kliffer says
they're clunky, noisy and emit gas fumes. He says it wasn't in the
spirit of the market.
Now, he
says, vendors only need to bring an extension cord to get electricity
flowing to their stand
A group
of Maritime delegates are visiting New England for a week to learn how
they've dealt with a deadly oyster disease that could have devastating
consequences for Atlantic Canada's aquaculture industry.
MSX, or
Multinucleate Sphere X, is caused by a microscopic parasite that kills
oysters. The disease decimated Nova Scotia's aquaculture industry in
2001. Executive Director of Nova Scotia's aquaulture industry, Bruce
Hancock, says New England has developed fast-growing oyster strains that
are also MSX-resistant. Hancock says the cost of the disease in
Atlantic Canada is about a million dollars a year.
The
aquaculture associations of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are
leading a group of about 16 researchers, industry delegates and
government officials. The group will travel to Maine, Massachuetts and
Rhode to talk about technology and policy approaches against MSX.
The disease poses no threat to humans.
