Public Talk – Not Just Apples: Survival Strategies of Annapolis Farmers Before World War II

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Not Just Apples: Survival Strategies of Annapolis Farmers Before World War II

James Murton, Nipissing University

Thursday – 4 June 2026 – 7:00 PM ADT – King’s County Museum, Kentville, NS

Before the Second World War farmers in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley grew apples to feed hungry people in Britain. That much is well known, but historian Jamie Murton will talk about how farmers not only produced a global commodity — the apple — but also grew food for themselves, their communities, and the rest of Nova Scotia. Farm families did whatever was needed to get by, combining capitalist farming with local food.

Feature Image: “Apple Orchard and Landscape in Nova Scotia, Canada.” Photo by lumix2004. Photo via Good Free Photos. Public Domain.
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Jamie Murton

Jamie Murton is a Professor in the Department of History at Nipissing University. His research focuses on the environmental history of food and agriculture, and particularly of subsistence production and its relationship to capitalist markets for food. Canadians and Their Natural Environment: A History is out now from Oxford University Press.

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