Nova Scotia Apple Growers Look Past the U.S. Market

Nova Scotia's apple growers are developing export markets outside the United States, framing the shift as a way to put themselves in a stronger position as trade tensions persist. Trade diversification is the kind of goal that sounds obvious until you count the costs: new buyers mean new shipping distances, new standards, new varieties and new relationships, all of which take seasons rather than announcements to build. The interesting question is what growers plant for when the next decade of buyers may not look like the last one.