Urban Lighthouse Farm

20/07/2024

Fun fact…. There are over 60 varieties of Basil grown all over the world. Every day is Basil day around here! 🌿

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30/06/2024

Thank you for the fresh basil 🌿 Urban Lighthouse Farm

Here at Rebecca’s our menu is very diverse and almost everything is made in house, satisfying the palates of seafood and meat lovers alike while also paying close attention to vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and common food restrictive diets, while also sourcing fresh local ingredients

Stop by today, we’re open 1130 am to 8 pm

17/06/2024

Looking forward to this Innovation Speaker Series happening tomorrow at 1pm!

Want to learn more about the environmental impact of traditional food supply chains and the benefits of vertical farming? 🌿

Join us by going to to RSVP to this free webinar.

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26/05/2024

From Chef Graeme Mansky …
Prawn papardelle with Urban Lighthouse Farm’s basil and foraged ramp pistou, local cherry tomatoes, Ciro’s Asiago, radish and toasted pine nuts.

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06/03/2024

Stopping to smell the Arugula. 🌱

Thankfully, Spring is right around the corner.

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14/02/2024

🎉 Happy 1st Birthday to us! 🎉

🌿 One year of growing…Fresh. Local. Simple. What a journey it has been! From seed to harvest, from dream to reality, we’ve embraced every moment with passion and dedication.

🌱 Over the past year, we’ve grown not just local produce, but a community committed to a fresh and sustainable farming practice. Each leafy green and every vibrant herb is true to our mission: to grow amazing food close to amazing people.

🌿 As we reflect on this milestone, we’re grateful for the overwhelming support of our loyal customers and so many other people. Together, we’ve proven that local, sustainable farming isn’t just a trend—it’s part of the future.

🎊 Here’s to many more years of growth, innovation, and green goodness! Thank you for being a part of our journey. Cheers to one year and many more to come! 🌿🥂

04/02/2024

New new new!

Mushrooms….coming soon! 🍄

Pictured here is our beautiful Pink Oyster mushroom. We have a variety of mushrooms coming to select markets in the next few weeks.

06/01/2024

It’s a chilly feel-like temperature of -19 degrees in Halifax today but the environmental controls at the farm keep it at a balmy 21 degrees.

Each day we monitor a variety of conditions like pH, electrical conductivity (basically nutrient levels), humidity, water flow rate and water temperature and O2 saturation.

These carefully controlled inputs create optimal growing conditions year-round regardless of the weather outside. ☀️ ❄️ 🌧️

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24/12/2023

From our team to you, Happy Holidays. 🎄 🌿 💚

09/11/2023

Adding one more amazing place to shop for our beautiful Basil.

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31/10/2023

Big news!!!

No tricks, but we think you’re in for a real treat! 🎃

Find our beautiful Basil 🌿 on the shelves of both locations of Pete’s Frootique and Fine Foods starting this weekend!

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25/10/2023

Find us Saturdays from 8am-1pm . We’ll be inside and cozy at Acadia Hall! 🌿 🥬

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20/10/2023

BOGO tomorrow!

Buy a bag of Breakwater Greens or Genovese Basil and get a bag of Low Tide Arugula 50% off.

This is not your average Arugula! She’s got a little spice, a little pepper and even some nutty flavours. We love it mixed in salads of course but it’s also tasty in fall soups, wraps and our personal fav… Pizza!

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15/10/2023

We had a great Saturday at the ! The cherry on the sundae was making some great market friends and coming home with our own lovely market haul See you again this coming Saturday! .day.microgreens

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22/09/2023

Chester friends!

Swing by The Kiwi Pantry and stock up for a glorious sunny weekend ahead! 🌞 🌿 🥬

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04/09/2023

What a glorious Labour Day weekend to wrap up Summer! ☀️ We may have been at the farm today but don’t worry, it wasn’t all work… we snuck some fun in too!

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02/08/2023

Eat your greens!

17/06/2023

Fresh. Local. Pesticide-free.

Salad days are here! Made easy with our new greens from Urban Lighthouse Farm. Get yours today!

15/06/2023

Our Lightkeeper Lettuce blend features dark reds and greens and has amazing ruffled edges and unique leaf shapes. Watch it grow!

🥬 Day 1 (first picture) seeds are planted in foam plugs.
🥬 Day 5 (second picture) seedlings in the seedling tower soaking up all the nutrients.
🥬 Day 11 (third picture) seedlings have good root development and true leaf formation. They are ready to move into the grow towers.
🥬 Day 25 (last picture) Ready for harvest!

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03/05/2023

Sometimes you gotta get creative when you’re placing 3000 Growfoam seedling plugs into seedling trays. 🌱

Curious about our growing medium? These Growfoam plugs create a stable micro environment which allows us to grow without soil and bonus…they are compostable!

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14/04/2023

Lovely summer flavours for a beautiful spring weekend.

We have different types of herbs at the Vegetorium Farm Market from Urban Lighthouse Farm- Hydroponic and Pesticide Free
We love the Genovese Basil and Lemon Basil
You can add to any spring dishes also drink it as a relaxing tea.

14/04/2023

Big Blue 🛻 had a busy week with a record-breaking number of deliveries! A big thanks to our local markets for your support! 🌿 🥬

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06/04/2023

Our Premium Greens mix is a beautiful variety of greens and reds with different leaf shapes, textures and tastes from a little spicy, to mild and even slightly sweet. 🥬

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04/04/2023

Eat your greens!

Salanova Scotia Lettuce Mix
$6.99, hydroponic, pesticide free, grown in East Hants

03/04/2023

Bok Choy, pak choi or pok choi is a type of Chinese cabbage. 🥬 It has a flavour between spinach and water chestnuts but is slightly sweeter and peppery. It’s crunchy, easy to prepare and full of fibre, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Our dark, leafy greens hitting market shelves soon!
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02/04/2023

We have fresh Astro Arugula leaves, pesticide free at the Vegetorium Farm Market
They are big and yummy, grown in East Hants
$6.99 per packet

01/04/2023

Wouldn’t it be BANANAS if we could grow these all year round? We’re in a test phase but the first go around is promising 😉. If it comes to FRUITion, customers would be lined up by the BUNCHES!

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30/03/2023

Basil…the “King of the herbs”. 👑

It’s not only super popular in cooking our favourites (think pestos, soups, salads, pizzas and pastas 🤤 ) but also, its name “basileus” means “king” in Greek.

Big, bushy basil samples going out today. 🌿
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27/03/2023

Vertical farming at its best. So happy to see some of our crops going to local markets the last couple of weeks. 💚 Fresh. Local. Simple.

26/03/2023

Grown in Nova Scotia. Harvested and delivered on the same day. You won’t find any fresher greens.

We have just received the cutest looking oak leaf lettuces
$2.99 each or 2 for $5