hilltop homestead

ABOUT US

"Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."   -John Keats

WHO WE ARE

​Corey Ceccolini. Farmer, foodie, seed saver, activist, athlete, teacher. Corey has been digging in the dirt since arriving in nova scotia in 2007 – initially growing organic garlic, then moving into subsistence gardening and finally acting on her dream of starting a CSA and shifting gears into market gardening. 

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Justin Smith. Farmer, gold miner, entrepreneur, beekeeper, dreamer, jack-of-all-trades. Justin grew up on a small horse logging farm and purchased 150 acres just down the road from there to begin his homesteading dream.

WHAT WE DO

Hilltop Homestead is a small-scale farm located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia that grows a wide variety of mixed vegetables using all natural and organic practices.

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Our farm grows an abundance of garlic and operates a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program that offers weekly deliveries of fresh, high quality vegetables to families in the local area.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

​To steward the land; sustain biodiversity; provide fresh and organically grown vegetables to local families; encourage a seasonal approach to eating and drive the local food movement in Pictou County.

 

"Eating is an agricultural act."  - Wendell Berry

 

CSA

WHAT IS A CSA?

Not sure what a CSA is? Don’t worry, you’re not the first to ask… 

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CSA stands for community supported (or shared) agriculture.  It is a local food option that allows people to participate in a direct relationship with farmers, cultivating an intimacy and connection with how and where their food is grown.

 

On the most basic level it is a arrangement in which consumers sign up for a share in a farm at the beginning of the growing season, and then receive a weekly portion of the farm’s harvest throughout that season.  

 

The contents of the baskets will vary depending on the time of year, availability of certain produce and weather conditions.  

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By building strong connections between local farms and local families, a CSA program exposes people to what vegetables are in season, contributes to the local economy and rural employment and creates a more dependable regional food system.

"The simple hearth of a small farm is the true centre of our universe."  - Masanobu Fukuoka

RECIPES

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn

 

"He who plants a garden, plants happiness."  - Chinese proverb

CONTACT US

"Know your food, know your farmers, know your kitchen." - Joel Salatin

WHERE WE'RE LOCATED...
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RR #2 Westville, NS B0K 2A0

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