With a wonderful turnout at the East Dalhousie Community Centre, our Pancake Brunch and Sugar Bush Walk brought the community together to celebrate local maple traditions and sustainable forestry. 

The event offered guests a chance to learn firsthand from Anna and Chris Hutchinson how maple syrup is produced sustainably in healthy forests. Afterward, guests got to enjoy delicious pancakes and Hutchinson maple syrup served by the East Dalhousie Community Centre, and our amazing volunteers!

Thanks to Nature Nova Scotia and the Blomidon Naturalists Society for sponsoring this event!

Watch the video on our Pancake Panel below to learn about how Kings County can support economic interests beyond extractive industries. With over 100 attendees, we hosted this panel to engage in the important conversation on how the Chain Lakes Wilderness Area . Thank you to our lovely panelists: Chris Hutchinson, Chris O'Neil, Glen Ross and our last minute addition, Robert Brighton for showing us how sustainable industries are the way forward.

"Human ingenuity is a resource"- Chris O'Neil

Our economy does not have to rely solely on extracting resources, rather resources through our artistic, innovative community that make us stewards of our environment.

Thank you to our facilitator Nina Newington for guiding the conversation and to our volunteers for the delicious pancakes!

Let's continue to uplift the sectors that matter for generations to come!