At Night of Dread, there’s always a chant about laughing at fear and death. We’ve got it relatively easy at the market; we just have to laugh at some puddles this week! Wear your rubber boots and enjoy them like a kid, and wear your Hallowe’en costume, too, if you like. We’ll have honey sticks […]
Hello Market Friends: Last Thursday, Jenny and Lea called me over to see the grasshopper who’d hitched a ride in on Knuckle Down Farm’s leeks. I told them about the visitors from Uganda and Tanzania we’d had at our house recently, who said that locusts (plumper cousins of this grasshopper) are such a popular seasonal snack in […]
For October 15th, 2015. Don’t forget, we’re on the RINK! Hello Market Friends: We’re hearing reports from here and there of light frosts, but so far most of the farmers aren’t reporting heavy damage, so for us, the selection is superb. Long-range forecasts look chillier, though, and everyone on the farms is working hard to complete the big fall […]
The vendors are getting ready for a splendid Thanksgiving market, featuring the best of local harvests. Everybody is looking forward to celebrating the abundance of the season with our loyal friends and customers old and new. Please join us for a beautiful afternoon! Seth from Forbes Wild Foods expects to have more wonderful wild mushrooms, including those golden chanterelles. Here’s […]
Hello Market Friends: COME JOIN US ON THE RINK! October is a month to celebrate, as the farmers bring in abundant harvests full of the delicious flavours of fall. There will be lots to eat on the spot, too, so you can linger to chat on what promises to be a lovely afternoon. Last week, […]
Hello Market Friends: So, why do we have a farmers’ market that focuses not only on local foods, but local organic ones? Well, you can scold me for preaching to the choir (if you’re a member), but Canadian Organic Week (September 19-27) seems like a good time to review some of the reasons that matter […]
Hello Market Friends: You know what they say on TV: “Winter is Coming….” Well, don’t believe everything you hear on TV, but nevertheless, my advice to you is to fill your arms and your cheeks with all the bountiful pleasures of the market right now, because although we’ve got a wonderful fall ahead, cooler, longer […]
Hello Market Friends: Coming to the market is a great way to discover new foods — or to change your old ideas about them. Take beans, for example. When I was a kid, I’d never even heard of fava beans, and if lima beans were on the table, I figured my Mom must be really […]
Background: the market snack bar run by park staff sells a great deal of non-organic food, even when it’s outdoors, i.e. not part of the rink. It didn’t use to, but when Dufferin Grove stopped being a city-CELOS partnership run by on-site city staff, the market snack bar changed its menu. Organic hot dogs gave […]
The weekly Thursday farmers’ market, now in its 13th year, is thriving. When it moves outside for the warm season, the market is on two levels – on the broad paved apron of the rink house building, and along the old asphalt path that leads into the park from the entrance by the stoplight intersection […]
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