The Eastern Alternative

Episode 12!! Mountain Pine Adventures You can't beat the view of the Aspy Fault and South Harbour from 60 ft. at the top of the majestic pine tree and ripping across the river on one of Mountain Pine's ziplines. Terrence Dixon is carrying the family torch for entrepreneurship and making northern Cape Breton your destination for high speed aerial adventure. Check it out and share it if you enjoy!!

EPISODE 11! Clan Crossfit in New Glasgow Jason Macinnis and Ashley Greening focus on providing scalable workouts for all fitness levels and body types. "It's a community first and foremost" - Jason Macinnis

Well after a little technical hiccup with the media player, I can finally share with you the 10th episode of The Eastern Alternative! This week, The Keppoch!! For those who haven't heard, The Keppoch is a 300 acre wilderness recreation area resurrected from a decommissioned ski hill in Antigonish, NS. With over 20kms of multi-use trails. We can all thank the Positive Action For Keppoch Society for all their hard work and countless volunteer hours to keep this mountain alive! Enjoy and share away if you like!

EPISODE 9 is HERE! Pachamama is a chocolaterie, tea bar and whole food emporium that puts a social, economic and environmental ethic into everything they do. Based in Antigonish, NS Thanks to Jan Mackay for the sweet tunes for the intro!!

Episode 8 is here! Sissiboo Coffee Roaster from Bear River, NS "I have no intention of ever surviving in the maritimes, I am going to go back and thrive in the maritimes!" ... Jon and Erin moved to NS 7 years ago from BC and have been thriving ever since. http://tv1.ca/51f2kj4

Heading to Sissiboo Coffee Roaster today to film an episode and learn all about how this delicious nectar of the gods is made. #nightowl #sissiboocoffee #theeasternalternative #supportlocal #espresso

SE2 EP-7: SLED DOG ADVENTURES!! Because who wouldn't want to go dogsledding!? Here is where you need to go, Chien Aventures / Sled Dog Adventures in Allardville, NB. If you're looking for an awesome reason to get outside this winter, here you go! Enjoy!

If you have ever considered moving to the country and raising ALL your own food year round.....this one's for you. Rose and Alana moved to New Brunswick 4 years ago to start Slacks Cove Homestead and haven't looked back. Everything that lands on their plate comes from their own hard work. From growing micro-greens through the winter to processing their own homegrown meat and sawing their own lumber, these gals do it all. If you dig it, please share away.

It was an honour to film this amazingly talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist J.P. Cormier!! This one was super hard to trim down and I only managed to get it to just under 14mins. I could have honestly listened to his stories for days. I'll be posting a few other songs and stories from the day I got to hang with him in his home studio in Westville, so keep an eye out for those. A real song writing legend calling Westville home. In this episode he also talks about his... new method for teaching lessons online. Hope you all enjoy and if you do please share away! http://tv1.ca/1p3b1n4

Hey Everyone! I am just working on the schedule for the rest of the season that will go from now until August and still have a couple spots to fill. If anyone has any suggestions for people that I should shoot an episode on email me at [email protected] The only real criteria is that they live in one of the Atlantic provinces and are doing something they love! Can't wait to keep sharing these folk's stories with you all!

Episode 4: Loch Abar Farms Loch Abar Farm is a 265 acre Christmas tree farm located in Lochaber, NS owned by Dan MacIsaac. In this episode Dan talks about living and working away in Alberta and finally making the decision to buy a farm and move back to Nova Scotia. Also featured in this episode is the Loch Abar first annual Family Christmas Tree Day! If you enjoy it, share away! ... Hope everyone had a great Christmas and all the best in 2017!

We're moving right along. Already on episode 3 of season 2 of The Eastern Alternative. This episode features one of my favourite east coast musicians Old Man Luedecke! Hope you all enjoy!!!

Season 2 Episode 2!! This episode we're in St. Ann's Bay, Cape Breton to visit the multi-talented visual artist Jay Rawding. Everyone keep an eye out this spring for her roadside archery experience to open along the Cabot Trail. Ever consider moving to Cape Breton to live the rural life? Well here are a few more reasons why! To see her awesome artwork check out jayrawding.com Enjoy!

Here it is! The first episode of Season 2 of The Eastern Alternative. Check out these two gals from Port Rexton Brewing tearing up the craft beer scene. Big congrats to them as well for winning the People's Choice Award at the 2016 Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards for their T-Rex Porter. Also some sweet fiddle tunes on there from Rosie MacKenzie!!! Enjoy!

Here it is folks, Episode 12 of the Eastern Alternative! West Dublin Buffalo Dairy! West Dublin Buffalo Dairy is the first of it's kind in Nova Scotia. They use the rich buffalo milk to produce delicious products like yogurt, mozzarella and ricotta. Alongside the buffalo dairy they also bake fresh sourdough bread and french pastries. The final episode of season 1.....and guess what? Season 2 is right around the corner. Keep your eye out for that! If you have any ideas of people you think would like to be profiled on the show send us a message!

Steffan Kirkpatrick of West Dublin Buffalo Dairy and his water buffalo bull, Norman.

Why not drop over to Taste of Nova Scotia and vote for Restaurant of the year? The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery is nominated so why not take a sec and give them a click!

EPISODE-11: Broadfork Farm Meet Shannon and Bryan of Broadfork Farm! They are Nova Scotians by choice. In this episode they describe why NS is the right place to get started as new farm owners. Enjoy!!!

EPISODE-10 - The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery The Townhouse Brewpub and Eatery is a Community Supported Restaurant located in Antigonish, NS. In this episode one of the owners, Rose Murphy describes how the community got behind the idea and shared the risk of opening an Irish style pub focusing on tasty local food and English style cask conditioned ale. If you enjoy it, please share!

EPISODE - 9: Caley MacLennan A filmmaker, who produced his own feature film using crowd funding, Noon Gun. Caley talks about how working in film brings people together, creates unique conversations and sometimes even changes perspectives. Enjoy!

EPISODE - 8: Classified and David Myles A "behind the scenes" conversation in Classified's studio in Enfield, NS. In this episode they both describe their experience making music for a career on the east coast and what keeps them here. If you like it, share away!