Hello Market Friends: I might as well come right out with it. We know many of you shop for presents at this time of year, and we want you to look for them at the market. How’s that for direct marketing? No Black Friday deals, no BoGo specials, and no minimum orders, just lovely things […]

There’s a lot of talk about city folks moving to the country in the papers, but I doubt many will decide to take that leap in November. Country living in this cloudy month requires quite a sensibility that is quite different from one which needs blue skies and warm days to feel content. However, there […]

Hello Market Friends: I had some special chats with people who stopped by for birthday cake last week, and I found out that another member of our depot staff, Maya Larrondo, was a ‘market baby’, one of many children who grew up making the trek to Dufferin Grove every week with their parents.  My kids […]

Hello Market Friends:Daylight Savings Time has ended, and that means a once-a-year gift of an extra hour. I hope you haven’t used yours up yet, because you are going to want all the time you can get to browse through our many specials this week!What’s the fuss? It’s the Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market’s 19th […]

Hello Market Friends:This week, we invite you behind the scenes at the market depot, to find out how our logistics team tackles one of the biggest challenges of running the market online: how to safely and quickly get delivery orders to our customers.There’s a problem that was formulated in 1930 which is still discussed in […]

Hallowe’en week always makes me nostalgic for Dufferin Grove Markets of the past. Especially in years when Thursday came close to the 31st of October, we had a lot of silly fun.  Some of you have only been connected to the market in its online form, and haven’t had a chance to meet our farmers, […]

Hello Market Friends: I don’t know about you, but I have a new-found appreciation for my neighbours’ Hallowe’en displays. Last year was terribly gloomy and full of real fear, and I am looking forward to seeing more kids out having fun again, even a cautious, Covid-safe version of fun. Our friends from Clay and Paper Theatre weren’t […]

Hello Market Friends: Happy SPOOKtober, Matt is writing today and has had spiderwebs and pumpkin lanterns in his apartment since October 1st, so hopefully you don’t mind this week’s macabre intrusion in your inbox. A few vendor and market updates first: We are considering extending our pickup hours! We are always trying to hit the […]

Photo credit: Buschbeck FarmsHello Market Friends: At approximately 4:32 last Thursday, fall blew into the depot. Just like that, everyone was wishing they had worn one more layer of clothing, and looking forward to something warm and hearty for dinner. You may want to wear a sweater or some wool socks, but this week’s trip […]

Last week Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer sent me some photos of a vine which had grown two storeys high in a single season, climbing up through her apple tree until it could only reach for the sky. It was covered with large hanging ‘fruits’. Sarah had lost the tag for the seedling she brought home from the […]