Premier Darrell Dexter

Premier Darrell Dexter: Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada to see an increase in the number of farms since 2009, Premier Darrell Dexter said Friday, while announcing the government was topping up the provinces $600,000 FarmNEXT fund by another $400,000 for next year, according to The Chronicle Herald. Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth, where the two-day Meet Your Farmer at the Mall event is underway, was deliberately selected as the location to hold the announcement instead of a rural location and A provincial fund that helps aspiring farmers finance their ventures has been boosted up to $1 million for 2014. The premier said the injection of funds into FarmNEXT will allow the program to provide cash incentives to potentially assist more young people getting into agriculture. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.