We were early for our appointment at the Hearing Institute Atlantic in Kingston. We decided to stop for a coffee at Spurr Brothers in Wilmot.
Sitting outside looking across the landscape, it raised many questions.
How long have they been in business ?
How large is the acreage ?
Do they have a map showing the variety of crops ?
I asked the waitress if they had a map. Could we produce a map using drone technology ? Could this be an example of Agri-tourism ?
I decided to follow up with three colleagues from my previous life at COGS.
To Jeff Wentzell, now with the provincial Department of Agriculture. Is this an example of a new direction in Agriculture ?
To David Colville, what would it take for a student at COGS to produce a three-dimensional fly-over of the property ? Could we identify each type of crop ? Or apple variety ?
To Celes Davar, does this represent the leading edge of Agri-tourism in Nova Scotia ? What type of collaboration is necessary to develop a new form of Agri-tourism in the Annapolis Valley ?
The answers to these questions, could be linked back to ‘a flight of cider’. (see June 30th blog).
Ernest Blair Experiment 