Author Archives: Living Local

Orillia

Lavender Hills Farm is located on twenty-five acres just outside of Orillia in central Ontario. In addition to the existing hardwood and softwood forests, we now have a tallgrass praire that we created two years ago. This year, the bees will be bringing in a very special honey from this new native wildflower meadow in our home yard.
We have seven more bee yards in Muskoka, Oro Medonte, Ramara and Severn townships . . . that’s about five million bees!
As local producers, we harvest and sell our award-winning honeys and handcrafted cosmetics, candles and soaps that we make at select farmers’ markets near us.
Although we don’t ship our products at this time, we welcome all inquiries about our lines of honey and products from the hive.

http://www.lavenderhillsfarm.ca/

Ontario

“Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association (OFFMA) was founded in 1973 as a not-for-profit, educational, and promotional organization. Its general membership is made up of dedicated Ontario farmers with a keen interest in promoting the direct farm sales industry (which includes roadside marketing and pick-your-own operations) and encouraging improvements and maintaining integrity in the industry.”

http://www.ontariofarmfresh.com/

Ontario

Foodnet: Internet Based Resource Centre

“…internet-based resource centre of the Food Security Workgroup at the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA). This electronic network links public health units and other organizations involved in food security in Ontario, allowing members to share information about food security programs, policy and research initiatives, community action and advocacy efforts. It is a way for people involved in food security to communicate and work more collaboratively with one another.
In 2002, the OPHA adopted “A Systemic Approach to Community Food Security: A Role for Public Health”, a position paper produced by the Food Security Workgroup. This paper supersedes “Food for Now and the Future”, a discussion paper produced by the group in 1995, and the associated Agenda for Action, developed in 1997.
Objectives for the FoodNet website:
1. Showcase what is currently happening in Community Food Security (CFS) in public health units and related community organizations/networks/councils,
2. Provide a foundation for recognition and legitimization of CFS in public health, including Provincial Mandatory Program Guidelines,
3. Serve as a learning tool for CFS programs, including guidance on forming community partnerships, and
4. Encourage a diverse group of public health disciplines to see their work as relevant to CFS.”

http://www.opha.on.ca/foodnet/

Ontario

EFAO Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario
Purpose:… To develop and provide programs promoting the practice and advancement of ecological agriculture which maintains and enhances the health of the soil, water, crops, livestock and the diversity of the environment…

http://www.efao.ca/

Ontario

“EatRight Ontario has been designed to help you improve your health and quality of life through healthy, nutritious eating. This service provides easy-to-use nutrition information to help make healthier food choices easier.
Registered Dietitians provide EatRight Ontario visitors with feature articles on nutrition and health, recipes, healthy eating tips and meal planning advice. We cover a varied range of relevant and interesting topics that will be updated and expanded on a regular basis. These include Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Healthy Weights, Seniors’ Nutrition and Disease Prevention.
The interactive Ask a Dietitian feature enables you to ask nutrition-related questions and receive feedback from a Registered Dietitian. Nutrition tools and links offer many additional resources to support you in developing healthy eating habits for you and your family.
EatRight Ontario is your first stop for trusted information and advice on nutrition and healthy eating.”

http://www.eatrightontario.ca/

Ontario

“The Ontario Berry Growers Association is a provincial organization, which represents strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, currant, gooseberry and other berry growers by funding industry promotion and research activities. All facets of the berry industry (wholesale, retail, pick-your-own, and roadside market) are represented by the Ontario Berry Growers Association.
Find a farm by Location , Find a farm by Name”

http://www.ontarioberries.com/

Simcoe and Odessa

“Jensen Cheese, a totally Canadian Cheese company, is a family tradition established in 1925 by its founder Arne Jensen, a Master Cheese Maker from Denmark who set down our Old World curing process.”

Simcoe
Simcoe Plant & Retail Outlet

Odessa
Wilton Cheese Factory
“Jensen’s Wilton Cheese Factory is the first cheese factory in Eastern Ontario and the third in Canada to receive the federal designation.”

http://www.jensencheese.ca/

Niagara

“Canada’s ONLY supplier of Brined Sweet Cherries and Frozen Clingstone Peaches.
A producer of Red Sour Pitted Cherries and Tart Cherry Concentrate.
A Cherry Concentrate creator, with many Natural Benefits.”
Fresh Fruit in Season

http://www.cherrylane.net/

Upper Canada Cheese Company

“The cheesemakers at Upper Canada Cheese Company are dedicated to producing finely crafted semi-soft artisan cheeses made from one of the richest and healthiest cow’s milk which is Guernsey. With access to the milk of a single herd and the issuance of a “rare” new license for a creamery, we are proud to revive a cheesemaking tradition in Niagara that goes back to the early beginnings of our nation. In doing so, we pledge to use the freshest and purest ingredients possible: to exceed the highest quality standards we know while hand making our cheeses.”

http://www.uppercanadacheesecompany.com/

Newmarket

Newmarket Main Street Farmers’ Market
Local produce, baking, crafts.
350 Davis Drive
Newmarket, Ontario
L3Y 8J8
905-830-8983