An intense love for Japan and a savvy entrepreneurial philosophy have flung Ken Valvur into the centre of Toronto’s Canadian-Japanese junction. After founding Bento Nouveau in 1996 and turning it into Canada’s largest sushi company (think of those ubiquitous sushi boxes in the supermarkets), Valvur turned to sake in 2011, opening the Ontario Spring Water…

From Prince Edward County to the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Eastern Canada was once a mosaic of flowering hopyards. During the first half of the twentieth century, hops thrived in agricultural communities across Ontario and Quebec, where commercial and cultural isolation meant brewers had to grow their own ingredients.

Homebrewing is the latest frontier in the local craft beer renaissance. From you-brew shops, to homebrewers clubs, to nanobreweries, small batch beer is making big strides across the province. the newspaper sat down with Brad Clifford of Get Well Nanobrewery to find out more.