| Products: | Beets, Cantaloupe |
| Location: | 1226 Concession 10, Curran Ontario, K0B 1C0 |
| Buy & Savour: | Parkdale Avenue and ByWard Market |
| Contact: | (613) 673-3094 https://www.facebook.com/Les-jardins-François-et-Chantal-Drouin-Garden-706174946121407/ f.c.drouin@xplornet.com |
Bob Dobson’s cattle are raised outside in the open air of pasture in summer or behind natural wind blocks created by trees in the winter. They enjoy excellent quality of pasture and hay-forage from farm fields that have been in the family for over 150 years.
The cattle are never treated with antibiotics or hormones and are never fed grain during any part of their life. Bob believes in creating a healthy ecosystem on his farm – keeping spaces for wildlife such as birds and maintaining healthy waterways ensure happy and healthy cattle as well as preserving a more natural environment.
Dobson’s Grassfed beef is tender, has a host of health benefits, and flavour that can’t be beat. The farm also offers raspberries and elderberry products.
Products: |
grass-fed beef, raspberries, elderberries |
Location: |
1907 Snake River Line, Cobden, ON |
Production Practices: |
non-certified organic |
Buy & Savour: |
Carp & Ottawa Farmers’ Markets |
Contact: |
613-646-2488 info@dobsonfarm.com www.dobsonfarm.com |
Eggs, “the way they’re supposed to taste,” is the promise that John and Cora Beking make to their customers. They currently manage a flock of 14,000 chickens which they house in barns that were retooled in 2005 into ‘loose housing’ – practice commonly used in the 1960s. This roam-free system results in more active, healthier birds. Eggs are graded on site and prompt delivery ensures the freshness of the eggs reaching the consumer.
Food safety is essential and Bekings Poultry Farm is certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and adheres to the farm food safety practices of HACCP. Firm believers in the local food movement, the Bekings welcome the increased consumer interest in adhering to protocols such as the 100 mile diet.
Products: |
eggs & occasionally laying hens |
Location: |
2405 Jochems Rd, Oxford Station, Ontario |
Production Practices: |
grain-fed, roam-free, on site grading, prompt delivery, CFIA* approved, HACCP** certified. * Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Buy & Savour: |
at specialty food stores; Ottawa, Main & Metcalfe Farmers’ Markets, & in local restaurants |
Contact: |
613-258-5396 info@bekingseggs.com www.bekingseggs.com |
Our radishing, urban vegetable farm grows out of the greenbelt in Nepean and serves West Ottawa.
This worker’s co-operative not only provides consistently fresh and high-quality organic produce, it fosters a growing community of lovers of good food. We believe that strong communities are grown from healthy soils and that eaters deserve the right to know how their food is grown.
That’s why our urban farm offers several ways to reconnect with healthy food. We have a Farm Store, a CSA, a CSA trial membership called the Sampler Box, as well as a Community Farm program where participants grow their own veggies. We also welcome volunteers, we host summer events and concerts and we have a plant sale for home-gardeners in May!
Our farm is YOUR farm. Join our mailing list to find out what fun farm activity is coming up next!
Products: |
Try more than 50 seasonal varieties of produce that we grow right here at our farm in Nepean. We also sell our favourite local products, eggs and our home-made preserves and pickles at our Farm Store. Our CSA sells out every year in January so check with us in December to get your spot! |
Location: |
230 Davidson’s Side Road, Ottawa, ON, K2K 2Z4 |
Production Practices: |
Organic (uncertified) |
Buy & Savour: |
Our Farm Store & CSA pick up are located at our farm, right off of Carling avenue between Moodie & March road. Only a 5 minute drive or 20 minute bike from Brittania, Beaverbrook & Kanata North, Bells Corners, or Crystal Beach. |
Contact: |
(613) 416-9171 hello-bonjour@beetbox.ca www.beetbox.ca |
“This farm is a responsibility,” says Bill. His family represents the seventh generation of Barkleys on the 70-acre spread. Bill previously spent ten years as an Agriculture Specialist with CUSO in Africa and several more as an Organic Inspector in Canada. Any fruit crop surplus is preserved and converted to cider, vinegar, jam, pies and a recently added delicacy, frozen strawberry coulis. A dozen bee hives on the property serve as apple tree pollinators and produce delicious Honey.
While Bill is not certain that his sons will continue the Barkley family’s farming tradition, his own commitment to sustaining the local farm economy provides powerful inspiration.
Products: |
asparagus, strawberries, apples, pumpkins, cider, vinegar, honey, jam, pies, vinegar, frozen strawberry coulis, eggs, meat, birds, gladioli |
Location: |
5179 Smiths Road, Morrisburg, Ontario |
Production Practices: |
University of Guelph graduate, natural and organic techniques |
Buy & Savour: |
Ottawa Farmers Market (Landsdowne and Westboro locations), Ottawa Main Street Market, Kemptville Farmers Market, Metcalfe Farmers Market, McHaffie Flea Market, Morrisburg Plaza, and at local fairs and seasonal events |
Contact: |
613-543-0491 billb.otr@gmail.com https://www.barkleysappleorchard.com/ |
“In love with the lifestyle,” Pamela and David have pursued farming bliss on their 200-acre Avonmore Berry Farm since 1991 when they took over from David’s parents, who established the business in 1981. Today, the farm boasts 19 acres of “the best tasting strawberries you’ll ever find”, along with 12 acres of summer and fall raspberries, 5 acres of apples and 30 acres of vegetables.
Products: |
strawberries, raspberries, apples, asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, sweet corn, cucumbers, garlic, gourds, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, wheat |
Location: |
16365 Fourth Rd. Avonmore, Ontario |
Production Practices: |
Integrated Pest Management, crop rotation, on-site bakery, family recipes |
Buy & Savour: |
On-site at The Pantry, pick-your-own-berries & fruit, Ottawa (Lansdowne), Main Street, Cornwall Seaway Valley, Long Sault & Maxville Farmers’ Markets |
Contact: |
613-346-2336 pam@avonmoreberryfarm.com www.avonmoreberryfarm.com |
Arc Acres is a 4th generation family farm 15 minutes south of Ottawa. Amber practices sustainable agriculture through organic, biodynamic, and permaculture methods. She aims to achieve the highest quality food and food systems while regenerating the ecosystem by building soil fertility.
Amber is committed to raising the highest quality grass fed beef though holistic farming. She aims to regenerate life back into soils and water into aquifers by practicing intensive rotational grazing that benefits the land, cattle and local community. Cattle have unlimited access to high quality forages of diverse varieties, minerals including kelp, clean water, sunshine and fresh air, while growing at a natural pace. By allowing cattle to be within natural habitats, they are healthy animals and we have nutrient rich food.
Products: |
Grass Fed Beef & Organic Pastured Pork. Specializing in seasonal freezers orders or purchasing by the cut at our local farmers market. |
Location: |
Manotick Station |
Production Practices: |
Organic, biodynamic, and permaculture practices |
Buy & Savour: |
Ottawa Farmers Market (every Sunday year around at Lansdowne Park) or through bulk Community Supported Agriculture model, seasonally from June through November. |
Contact: |
647-612-3889 arcacres@gmail.com www.arcacres.ca https://www.facebook.com/Arc-Acres-1402248406654109/ |
Cindy Terauds began growing vegetables for sale at the age of six and has never looked back! She met Andy while both were studying agriculture at McGill University’s Macdonald College and together they determined that horticulture was going be their career. Since 1978 they have been operating Acorn Creek Garden Farm on 100 acres in Carp, fulfilling their dream, “growing and selling premium quality produce,” using sustainable agricultural practices.
The fruits and vegetables at Acorn Creek are personally hand picked “at their peak” or visitors may pick their own. At their farm market the Terauds also sell a unique array of ‘Naturally Cindy’s’ gourmet preserves prepared on site from Acorn Creek produce.
“We grow flavour,” is definitely the mantra at Acorn Creek.
A wide variety of locally adapted bedding plants, tasty herbs and delectable melons are grown regularly alongside experimental varieties that the Terauds hope to successfully adapt to our northern growing conditions. Of the 3000 varieties of fruits and vegetables they have grown over the years, only the best tasting make it to the farm gate.
Products: |
600 tasty varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs, melons, bedding plants, gourmet preserves |
Location: |
928 Oak Creek Rd., Carp, Ontario |
Production Practices: |
tile drained, trickle irrigated fields, IPM and crop rotation, personally picked produce, homemade preserves |
Buy & Savour: |
at the farm market, pick-your-own, and the Carp & Ottawa Farmers’ Markets |
Contact: |
613-836 2613 terauds@acorncreek.ca www.AcornCreek.com |
