Author Archives: Anne Freeman

Hello Market Friends: It’s exciting (and slightly daunting) that there are just 3 online markets before we move back to the park! In case you’re in need of more details:   In-person Market hours will be 3pm to 7pm every Thursday, at the SOUTH end of Dufferin Grove Park, at Gladstone Avenue, from May 19th […]

We’re shouting it from the rooftops: GOOD-HEARTED-LEVEL-HEADED-COMMUNITY-MINDED-WELL-INFORMED-PRO-ORGANIC-PEOPLE NEEDED!   You may have read our callout for new board members already, but in case you missed it, we’re including it again at the end of this newsletter. If you aren’t the right person, do you know someone who needs a little nudge to step forward? Please […]

Hello Market Friends,   There is a constant stream of numbers and statistics available on the subject of rising prices, some of them which should be contradictory, but unfortunately go hand in hand: Inflation is the highest it has been in 30 years; Companies are posting the biggest profits in more than 70 years. Huh? […]

We are tickled pink by the comments rolling in with our survey! If you haven’t shared your views yet, please don’t delay. There is lots to organize before MAY 19TH, (did we mention that is the first day of the Park Market Season?) and we are counting on you to tell us your thoughts about […]

First, I must tell you that it has been a busy week behind the scenes as our outdoor season vendors list takes shape, and the many assorted forms of paperwork required to hold a market in this town get ticked off the to-do list one by one. Nicole has been at the park, tape measure […]

While I write, a dusting of snow is falling, but the sap is running, and we can’t wait any longer to share our spring plans with you. After two years of putting huge energy into re-inventing the market, we are returning to the park on May 19th, 2022!  Like most things which are beginning again, […]

A huge thank you to everyone who has purchased a gift for a person in need (matanot l’evyonim) so far! The more purchases the more folks we can help so please share online and in conversation!  Our Guest Writer is a multi-instrumentalist and the producer of more than 160 projects, which have won 10 Canadian […]

When you look to the future, what kinds of food and farms do you imagine? Sometimes farmers’ markets seem old-fashioned, but ours is also an incubator for forward-looking businesses. Continuing our Black History Month series, we asked Cheyenne from Sundance Harvest what she would like to include in the newsletter. She suggested a terrific article which includes a section […]

Being in operation for over 19 years and having this weekly newsletter welcomes a lot of questions from the community. These are highly encouraged and extremely diverse! We’ve been asked what it takes to become a farmer, where to give away an over-abundance of strawberry plants, what makes a farm organic, if the nails on […]

Our market newsletter continues to be enriched by the contributions of many. We hope you enjoy this week’s stories of growth and success from three of the women-owned businesses we are proud to work with, and that you will be lifted up by this piece written in honour of Black History Month by the incredible […]