Amelia Cormier
Food policy & small-batch production, Atlantic Canada
Amelia writes about licensing, food policy and the economics of small-batch production. She previously ran a licensed preserves business out of a shared kitchen in Lunenburg, which is where most of her reporting questions come from.
- Posts published
- 5
- Categories covered
- 4
- Writing here since
- 2024
Experience & credentials
- Ran a licensed preserves business out of a shared kitchen in Lunenburg, 2019–2023.
- Certified food handler (Nova Scotia), renewed 2026.
- Reported on Atlantic Canadian food policy for three regional publications.
- Interviewed 40+ food entrepreneurs across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI.
Writes mostly about
All 5 posts by Amelia
What changed on Food Web this month (test post)
A dev-dataset test post with a picked changelog block and a renter changelog feed.
- Licensing & PermitsAug 14, 2026 · 9 min
What it actually costs to get a food business licensed in Nova Scotia
Permits, inspections, insurance and the kitchen itself — every line item, with the numbers three Halifax founders actually paid in their first year.
- Food NewsAug 12, 2026 · 3 min
Nova Scotia opens $11.7M for local food infrastructure
What the program funds, who qualifies, and the application window food entrepreneurs should watch.
- Founder StoriesAug 2, 2026 · 7 min
She priced her hot sauce for four years before she found the kitchen that made it work
Marisol Reyes ran the numbers eleven times. What changed was a Dartmouth church hall with a licensed kitchen and an empty Tuesday.
- Food Web FoundersJul 1, 2026 · 7 min
Why we started Food Web
The problem we kept running into, and the year we decided to build the thing ourselves.