Hutchinson Acres

Hutchinson Acres Located in the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Hutchinson Acres is one of Canada’s premier, family-owned Maple Syrup producers. Why Hutchinson’s?
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With over 900 acres and more than 60,000 taps, we produce more than 75,000 litres of maple syrup every year. The Maple Syrup we produce is single-origin, unblended, unaltered and unlike any other. It is Certified Organic, Canada Grade A and naturally Gluten-Free and Non-GMO. Pour Hutchinson’s maple syrup over your pancakes, drizzle on your oatmeal or measure into your cake. Sweet! Naturally.

💡Let’s get our facts straight. Nova Scotia’s forest sector now directly employs only a fraction of the people it did two...
06/19/2026

💡Let’s get our facts straight.

Nova Scotia’s forest sector now directly employs only a fraction of the people it did two decades ago. The province has fewer sawmills and forest-product buyers, while most harvested timber already comes from private woodlots.

At the same time, the government is investing in new markets for wood heat, low-grade timber, mass timber, and potentially another pulp mill.

Before more public forest is committed to feeding the system, Nova Scotians deserve a clear accounting.

The numbers don’t convince us that expanding industrial forestry is the right investment to help Nova Scotians. Especially when it can limit so many other economic, environmental, and community benefits that healthy, standing forests provide.

❗Nova Scotia is wasting our forests. Trees are worth more standing.

Want more? Our deep dive is available to read now: https://sites.google.com/view/nsforestsforever/news-events/mythbust-ns-industrial-forestry-jobs

Over the past year, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about what Nova Scotia stands to lose. The Forever Forests Project...
06/15/2026

Over the past year, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about what Nova Scotia stands to lose.

The Forever Forests Project is about something different. It's about what we stand to gain.

Healthy forests don’t just provide wildlife habitats and clean water. They support the economy - tourism, recreation, agricultural production, local businesses, and strong rural communities.

Yet, in Nova Scotia, it seems discussions about forests are often focused on how much we can extract from them in terms of forestry and timber production.

We think Nova Scotia deserves to look beyond this current system.

Over the coming months, we’ll:

🗣Speak with business owners, tourism operators, researchers, Mi’kmaw knowledge holders, nature defenders, and community members from across the province.

❔Ask how Nova Scotia’s public lands can be managed to provide the greatest benefit to the public?

📖Share stories, expertise, and ideas that challenge the assumption that cutting trees is the only serious economic use of our forests.

Our new website story on Bill 198 shows why this work matters. The law gives industrial forestry new advantages while weakening long-term conservation protections.

This is just the beginning! Follow along, join the conversation, and help us build a vision for Nova Scotia’s Forever Forests.

Head to our website NS Forests Forever to explore the Forests Forever action page, read our Bill 198 breakdown, and subscribe to our newsletter The Root Report to stay up to date! https://sites.google.com/view/nsforestsforever/action/forever-forests

06/12/2026

💡What are we forgetting to protect?

In this reel, Alan Warner and Soren Bondrup-Nielsen of the Blomidon Naturalists Society (BNS) explain something easy to miss: a protected area is not an island.

🫎Wildlife moves across boundaries. Wind moves across boundaries. Fire risk, invasive species, edge effects, shade, moisture, and habitat quality do not stop where a map line begins.

🦋That is why standing forests are so important. Conservation science has long recognized that protected areas work best as part of a larger connected landscape, with buffer zones and compatible uses around them. A forest that stays standing can help protect habitat, store carbon, support wildlife movement, and sustain rural livelihoods.

🍁Chris and Anna of Hutchinson Acres understand that this land is more valuable standing. That is the promise of maple farming: we do not have to choose between ecology and economy. A healthy maple forest can produce long-term economic value and remain a biodiverse forest.

Nova Scotia has committed to protecting 20% of its land and water by 2030. As of March 31, 2025, the province reported that 13.7% was protected. The future of protection is being decided right now.

Protection cannot just be about drawing lines around pieces of land after the fact. Real protection means protecting the conditions that make a forest worth protecting in the first place.

A protected area needs good neighbours.
Standing forests are good neighbours.

❗️Tell Nova Scotia’s decision-makers: protect public land, support land uses that keep forests standing, and make sure the forests around protected areas are part of the plan.

Check out our website for more info or sign up for our newsletter: https://sites.google.com/view/nsforestsforever

Blomidon Naturalists Society

Nova Scotia Forests Forever (NSFF) is an alliance dedicated to protecting Nova Scotia’s forests, wetlands, and wildernes...
06/10/2026

Nova Scotia Forests Forever (NSFF) is an alliance dedicated to protecting Nova Scotia’s forests, wetlands, and wilderness areas.

Through public education, advocacy, and collaboration, we work to ensure these landscapes remain healthy, resilient, and able to support future generations.

We believe lasting change happens when people come together around a shared vision for the future of our forests.

This is a collaborative initiative led by Hutchinson Acres Maple Syrup Farm and the Blomidon Naturalist Society.

Nova Scotia Forests Forever stands for policies that protect our forests from unsustainable exploitation and prevent activities that threaten ecosystem integrity.

We work to educate, engage, and mobilize Nova Scotians around the future of our forests, while collaborating with organizations, communities, businesses, and individuals who share our commitment to stewardship and conservation.

We envision a future where protected natural areas span across Nova Scotia, forming a resilient network of healthy ecosystems that support both biodiversity and community wellbeing.

In this future, Nova Scotia’s forests, wetlands, and wilderness areas are not fragmented or over-expolited, but cared for as living systems that support clean water, wildlife, climate resilience, and strong rural communities.

Nova Scotia’s exceptional agricultural goods, and world-class wilderness experiences are recognized, celebrated, and desired around the world – becoming a source of pride for all Nova Scotians.

These living landscapes also sustain thriving local economies – supporting tourism, recreation, agriculture, maple production, and other industries that depend on forests remaining intact, standing, and healthy.

We believe in building a lasting culture of environmental stewardship, where the value of nature is understood, respected, and defended.

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https://sites.google.com/view/nsforestsforever

Happy Tueaday everyone , from your barista 😉
06/09/2026

Happy Tueaday everyone , from your barista 😉

We have an employee working for us that needs a place to rent near here. If anyone knows of something please let us kno...
06/03/2026

We have an employee working for us that needs a place to rent near here. If anyone knows of something please let us know. It must be pet freindly. Thanks

Hutchinson's held our annual garbage pickup again this year! The last picture is what we had last year over 200 bags! ...
05/30/2026

Hutchinson's held our annual garbage pickup again this year! The last picture is what we had last year over 200 bags! This year much less around 50 bags! But that's still way to much garbage being tossed out into our community! WE NEED TO DO BETTER! Thanks to all our employees and community members who helped, maybe next year we won't have to do this! Let's at least try!

05/26/2026

Public land should serve the public good—not just industrial forestry.

Chris and Anna Hutchinson of Hutchinson Acres are calling for a different path forward: one that keeps forests standing, strengthens rural economies, and supports sustainable uses like maple syrup production.

But right now, policies like Bill 198 are pushing in the opposite direction. We need long-term security for producers, real collaboration with the Department of Agriculture—not just forestry-first decision-making—and a clear shift in how we value public land.

Our forests can support recreation, livelihoods, and local food systems. But only if we choose to protect them.

Tell Premier Houston and your MLA you stand with Hutchinson Acres and a future for forests that works for everyone.

Let’s 🍁
Check out the ACTION page for the full story: https://sites.google.com/view/nsforestsforever/action/sugar-bush-for-life

It’s Part 6 of the Sugar Bush for Life campaign and we’re here to break down why a private business like Hutchinson Acre...
05/26/2026

It’s Part 6 of the Sugar Bush for Life campaign and we’re here to break down why a private business like Hutchinson Acres using public land can serve the public good.

In Nova Scotia, public land is already leased, licensed, and permitted for many uses: forestry, agriculture, mining, energy, recreation, and more. A sugarbush can be a partnership with the Province, producing local food, rural jobs, tourism value, and long-term forest stewardship from the same standing trees year after year.

A private business like Hutchinson Acres operating on public land is not unusual. The real question is whether the land is being used well. For Chris and Anna, stewardship means more than short-term economic return. Public land use should be judged by what it leaves behind.

Chris and Anna are asking for a public land framework that recognizes the value they create.

Remember: you are the public. What future do YOU want for public land?

🍁 Write to your MLA about the future of forest stewardship in Nova Scotia

Visit our ACTION page to learn more.
https://sites.google.com/view/nsforestsforever/action/sugar-bush-for-life

05/26/2026

It’s Part 6 of the Sugar Bush for Life campaign and we’re here to break down why a private business like Hutchinson Acres using public land can serve the public good.

In Nova Scotia, public land is already leased, licensed, and permitted for many uses: forestry, agriculture, mining, energy, recreation, and more. A sugarbush can be a partnership with the Province, producing local food, rural jobs, tourism value, and long-term forest stewardship from the same standing trees year after year.

A private business like Hutchinson Acres operating on public land is not unusual. The real question is whether the land is being used well. For Chris and Anna, stewardship means more than short-term economic return. Public land use should be judged by what it leaves behind.

Chris and Anna are asking for a public land framework that recognizes the value they create.

Remember: you are the public. What future do YOU want for public land?

🍁 Write to your MLA about the future of forest stewardship in Nova Scotia

Visit our ACTION page link in bio to learn more.

Sources:
https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/
https://www.tonydorcey.ca/Omnibus/crownland_factsheet.pdf
https://haligonia.ca/launch-of-mikmaw-forestry-initiative-258912/
https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/faq.asp
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2025/02/government-of-canada-announces-investment-to-revitalize-the-mikmaw-language-for-mikmaq-communities-in-nova-scotia.html
https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2023/01/17/high-production-forest-zone-place
https://novascotia.ca/sns/paal/dnr/paal073.asp
https://www.ontario.ca/page/buy-or-rent-crown-land
https://novascotia.ca/abor/office/what-we-do/consultation/
https://mikmaqrights.com/?page_id=1701

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3396 Aylesford Road
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