Monthly Archives: August 2017

August is such a sweet month that we’re squeezing in a fifth market. It’s a good day to savour, before September routines take over, and it promises to be one of the most delicious markets of the year. Don’t miss the final sweet harvest of Niagara Lavender Farm peaches! Debbie says they taste wonderful, and […]

  There have been weeks this year when our market vendors may have felt like they accidentally enrolled in one of those ‘extreme challenge’ competitions that are so weirdly popular. Racing against blight in tomato and cucumber fields, attempting to roll huge loads through a construction zone obstacle course, and selling food in torrential rain […]

Our growers are bringing bunches, bags or baskets of pretty much everything that grows in this province, and our cooks are preparing sensational summer food. Sink your teeth into all the flavours of August, it’s delicious. Here’s a little news: From Jenny at Knuckle Down Farm: “We have lots and lots of carrots this week, bunched […]

I’ve flown the coop for a week, but I’m sending a news brief to help you plan market-inspired menus. Kevin Hamilton is testing the weight-bearing capacity of market tables these days with his weekly piles of produce from Shared Harvest, and look at this list from Wolf Chrapko of Everdale: Basil, beans, bunched beets, rainbow […]

LATE-BREAKING NEWS: Forbes Wild Foods is bringing wild blueberries! If we tried to provide a full list of the foods coming to market, we’d almost certainly miss a few. Every year, our growers try planting varieties of produce that they’ve never grown before, adding new flavours, and learning about variations in drought or blight-resistance, beauty, […]