MEET THE PRODUCERS DAY will be held on 15th October from noon until store close at 75 BRIDGEPORT ROAD EAST, WATERLOO (OPPOSITE ZELLERS). This is a free event. Samples, demonstrations will be given and an opportunity to learn about your local suppliers and meet a few of their animals.
ABOUT ORGANIC WEEK 2011- Oct 15th – Oct 22nd
Canada’s National Organic Week is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country. Hundreds of individual events showcase the benefits of organic agriculture and its positive impact on the environment. Organic represents a vibrant alternative food system and an alternative option for clothing, personal care and cleaning products. We have so much to celebrate in Canada: A growing sector. Organic farming is a rare success story for Canadian agriculture with lots of new farmers, fair prices and growing markets in Canada and abroad. A transparent food source. Organic foods are the most regulated in Canada, offering Canadians a healthy source of food that isn’t just good for our health, but also good for the health of our environment. A source of food that is sustainable in the future. Organic farmers work with nature, not against it to produce food that doesn’t degrade soil quality, ensuring future generations will have access to the rich farmland that exists in Canada.
ABOUT CANADIAN ORGANIC GROWERS -PERTH WATERLOO AND WELLINGTON
Established in the early 1980s, COG Perth-Waterloo-Wellington was one of the first chapters of the organization. From its beginning through to 2003 the local chapter organized educational events and farm tours.
From 2003 to 2009, COG PWW ran Diversity Gardens, an organic demonstration farm. The gardens functioned as a site for workshops, a market, and pilot projects. The chapter continues to offer workshops, resources and other support to advance organic agriculture and organic food consumption in PWW. COG PWW has formed several partnerships over the years with like-minded groups. In 2004, we were a founding organizer with Foodlink in launching the first Taste Local, Taste Fresh event in Waterloo region. In 2006, we participated in consultations as one of the founding organizations for what would become the Waterloo Region Food Systems Roundtable. At the provincial level, we support a common voice for the organic sector by being a member of the Organic Council of Ontario.
ABOUT THE LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCERS (PICTURES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST- healthyfoodsnmore@bellnet.ca)
ORGANIC NATURALS, GUELPH
(Soups, Tomato’s, Vegetable Sauerkrauts, Beef, Fish, Tofu and herbs)
Ontario Natural is the private label brand of Ontario Natural Food Co-op. All Ontario Natural foods are locally Ontario grown and produced – offering leading quality healthy foods that support both the local Ontario economy and organic farming community. Ontario Natural is proud to provide you with our delicious soups. Each seasonal selection delights the palate and the senses. Each of our fresh soup flavours is certified organic, locally Ontario sourced and made with the care and commitment to the environment you’d expect from an Ontario Natural product. For more information please visit us at www.ontarionatural.ca
ORGANIC WORKS BAKERY, LONDON
*Organic * Vegan * Gluten Free * Lactose Free * No Nuts * No Soy *
We looked far and wide and discovered we couldn’t find bakers who created this way, so an idea was born. Specializing in recipes made with organic, gluten free, nut free, lactose free and vegan ingredients, our products tantalize the palate and make your tummy feel fantastic. Our unique style of baking began with YOU, our customers, requesting tasty organic, gluten and nut free, vegan products. We decided to give it a trey and discovered there weren’t many products like this, especially not fresh! With much determination and testing we finally made delicious breads; breads that you would be happy to make a sandwich with again. Since that day we have created seven different types of breads, buns dinner rolls and our latest gluten free banana bread. Let’s not forget our yummy cookies and decadent treats. It is with our pleasure to keep creating new and tasty products that you and your family will enjoy.
http://organicworksbakery.com Organic Works Bakery.222 Wellington Street, London, ON N6B 2L3. 519-850-1800
HARMONY ORGANIC DIARY, LISTOWEL
Organic milk, cream, cheese, milk drinks: Egg Nog/Chocolate milk/Cappuccino
Our mission is to support sustainable agriculture and the family farm. Harmony Organic Dairy Products Inc. promotes environmentally friendly practices that prevent further pollution of our land, water and air.
In 2001 Harmony Organic was created in response to many retailers’ desire for uniqueness and differentiation from the mass market. Through our entrepreneurial skills we have been able to control our costs and offer competitive pricing. Direct producer inputs keep us informed on our current and future milk volume. Our packaging design varies from our competitors in that we offer returnable, reusable glass bottle packaging. Our sales in this category are growing faster than in any other area. Currently in our 10th year of business, we process whites milks from skim to Nature’s Whole, (unhomogenized), 10% and 35% creams, our buttermilk is the only organic one made, Eggnog is our seasonal milk, Double Cream organic brie cheese and we can’t forget our delicious chocolate milk!! Harmony products are sold in over 200 retail locations across Ontario and into Quebec
www.harmonyorganic.on.ca – 6013 Line 87, Listowel - (519) 291-9733
PFENNING’S ORGANIC FARMS, BADEN
Vegetables and fruits
Pfenning’s Organic Farm is a grower/packer/shipper of certified organic produce. More than just a farm, ours is a “Quality of Life” business that takes a holistic approach to sustainability, and we live the organic concepts in our daily lives and business practices. Our farm is nestled in a curve of the Nith River just outside Baden, Ontario, offering us a peaceful setting in which to raise our children. We think “local first” and focus on family and community building. From that starting point, we develop market relationships where mutual respect is the foundation. At Pfenning’s we understand that education is key, and we are constantly learning and sharing what we learn with others. Our form of agriculture is the science and art of Organics and we have practiced it here in Canada since 1981. Although our family business spans three generations of Pfenning’s, our organic history started long before that in Europe.
Organic agriculture as we practice it works to manage the nutrient balance in the soil to achieve optimum plant health, which in turn provides the right balance of nutrients in the foods we harvest. Balance in the soil brings balance in the food and improves the health of the people eating it. Every bite counts.
On our farm today we seek to be a model of the sustainable production of organic grains, legumes and vegetables, with a comfortable balance between the tried and true and the new and modern. The farm is a busy hub of activity in which the most up-to-date equipment and methodologies ensure efficient packing and prompt, reliable distribution of fresh organic products to the health food stores, small grocers and supermarkets who are our customers. One of our interests is the re-introduction of the household grain mill to freshly grind the cereals we eat everyday. Our new packing shed brings in the latest technology in cooling to take the heat out of the storage areas and redirect it to make hot water and in-floor heating for the work area. This efficiency minimizes energy consumption by combining the need to cool some parts of the building and heat others.
http://www.pfenningsorganic.com 1209 Waterloo Street
Baden, ON
N3A 1T1. Ph 519-662-3468
Toll free 877-662-3468
Fax 519-662-4083
CUISINE SOLEIL FLOUR MILLS. (Actually based in Quebec but we wanted to support our neighbours too!)
Organic and gluten free, tapioca, brown rice, chickpea, all purpose and buckwheat flours. At Cuisine Soleil quality is the top priority. We produce only 100% certified organic and gluten free products. For us they is no compromise possible on the choice of ingredients for our clients. Our goal is to supply a nutritious and great value for your household needs of gluten
free products. Cuisine Soleil, Gluten free the healthy way !
Marc Paquin and Blandine Arseneault, the founders of Cuisine Soleil, have been involved in organic agriculture for some time. Marc Paquin graduated from Alfred College of Guelph University in 2002 in farm management and technology with a specialization in Organic agriculture. He worked in sustainable farming across Canada, from Annapolis Valley to the Okanagan, in Europe and in South America.Blandine Arseneault is a graduated biologist from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. She was raised in a homesteading environment in Northern Quebec where she learned all the basics of healthy and nutritious foods. She is today in charge of an environmental department in the private sector.
Cuisine Soleil, 8340 Rang du Parc
Rouyn-Noranda, (Quartier Destor) Quebec, Canada
J9Y 0C8. Tel: 819 637-2637 . Fax: 819 637-2737. info@cuisinesoleil.com
MAPLETON’S ORGANIC DAIRY, MOORFIELD
In 1980 we (Ineke Booy and Martin de Groot) emigrated from Holland with our two children, Elske and Arwa (who works at Mapleton’s) and began working a 250-acre dairy farm. After farming conventionally
for 10 years, and having two more children, Egbert and Norman, we became concerned about the impact of conventional farming and how it affected our own health, the environment, the community, the welfare of the animals, and the health of consumers. We didn’t want to be commodity producers but rather food producers, in touch with the earth and our consumers.
After much consideration, the decision was made to become organic. The farm today consists of 600 acres of certified organic land, 75 milking cows and their offspring, chickens, turkeys, pigs, donkeys, alpacas, a pony, a number of cats and kittens, as well as an Austrian Shepard named Coco.
Mapleton’s Organic Dairy was born in 1999, when we began processing milk into organic ice cream, frozen yogurt, and fresh yogurt on the farm with a small retail store. In 2004 an ice cream café was added to better serve the steady stream of ice cream lovers. Today, Mapleton’s serves organic lunches and packaged organic products including dairy, meats, dry goods, and seasonal produce.
http://www.mapletonsorganic.ca Mapleton Organic Dairy Inc.
#8548 Wellington Rd. #7
RR#1, Moorefield, ON. N0G 2K0
Phone: (519) 638-1115
Fax (519) 638-1116
BAER’S VIBRANT FARMS, BADEN
Beef and Chicken
Vibrant farms is an organization representing many small grass fed organic beef farmers Where the prime focus is doing things in a way that your kids and their kids will be able to have the same quality of food, and ensuring we price it in a way that people can have access to it – because if we produce the best stuff, but its priced so high, it doesn’t benefit anyone’s health, and makes no difference in the world. Our farmers love what they do, and would farm this way whether they got paid a premium for it or not – in fact they were for many years before vibrant farms came around.
We are committed to putting NUTRIENTS back in the diets of our consumers!! This goes hand in hand with our sustainable food system philosophy, the more and more we “steal” from the soil, the less and less it will yield quality product, and our children and grand children will be eating more and more “empty food”, food that is void of the micro nutrients necessary to support immune health, essentially the building blocks of health and vitality!
To place an order
www.vibrantfarms.com 226 808 2237 or email Orders@vibrantfarms.com
LIVE ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS, TORONTO
Live Organic Food Products is a small, family run company dedicated to offering an array of deliciously healthy, raw and gluten-free foods. Hand-crafted from the highest quality ingredients, our vegan delicacies are produced in small batches without any refined sugars. Guided by sibling founders, Chris and Jennifer Italiano, Live’s experienced staff ensures that quality and flavour come first and that vegan foods are a healthy and satisfying choice, which will benefit you from the inside out. At Live, we believe that the only way food should be processed is by the human body.
Flavor and health come together so you needn’t be vegan or have diet restrictions to love these life-altering products.
264 Dupont Street, Toronto. 416 515 2002 info@livefoodbar.com
www.livefoodbar.com
TRANSPIRE ORGANIC FARM, BADEN
Vegetables & fruit (Community Shared Agriculture Program)
Transpire Organic Farm makes eating well easy! We do this by providing
Connections to learn how to properly prepare food, provide information
on the nutritional qualities of the foods we provide, and total choice
of some of the freshest best-tasting organic food on the market through
our Community Supported Agriculture program. Our vision is to ‘grow’
community by inspiring healthy, whole, abundant living! Our specialty is providing you with fresh organic produce (we grow!) and weekly inspiration from the fields (don’t we all want something to feel good about in this world!). We operate on a 2 acre certified organic farm incubated on the Pfenning’s homestead in Baden, ON. For more information about the farm and services we provide go to:
www.transpireorganic.ca. Email – info@transpireorganic.ca.
Phone – 519-496-2171
LAEPPLE ORGANIC FARM, PETERSBURG
Potatoes, Pork, Eggs and Poultry, Grains,
Organic Farming is more than a job. It is a live style in which we, the Laepple family have grown into many years before emigrating from Germany to Canada in 1998. Fritz and Linda with Frieder, Florian, Gerdi, Freddy, Elisabeth and Roselinde are all involved in one way or another.“The way we farm and produce food has developed out of the need to provide our (large) family with healthy food in an economical way. The products that have grown out of this, we share with a growing number of customers concerned with health, quality and the environment… and we share the same concerns as our customers.”Our farm is certified organic by Pro-Cert Organic and the general principles are to protect the environment, minimize soil degradation and erosion, optimize conditions for biological productivity and promote a sound state of health. No chemical fertilizer, pesticides or herbicides are applied to the crops. Our animals are raised drug free without hormone implants and are fed grass, hay, grain and hay all grown on the farm. When you drive in our laneway you might have noticed the compost piles. They are the essential factor to improve the fertility of our mostly sandy soil. The old bank barn has been the home of many farm animals since it was build 150 years ago for J. Jutzi. It has seen some renovations and additions but the giant hand-hewn, white pine logs still hold the original design together. There are also still the ropes and wooden wheals inside with witch the horses used to pull wagons two stories up for unloading. Buy Local! Buy Fresh! is more than a slogan. It is a fact that this region provided healthy food in abundance to settlers and natives hundreds of years before trucks made it possible that every bite of food in average travels more than 800 km before it reaches the consumer. Our local customers help us move away from a food system that is heavily dependent on fuel consumption.
Laepple Organic Farm, Petersburg, Ontario. 519 634 1033
laepple@golden.net
www.laeppleorganic.ca
LOFT ORGANICS -CAMBRIDGE
Supplier of local ORGANIC fruit and vegetable boxes
Loft Organics grew from the idea of connecting our communities with local, sustainably grown, organic food from family farms in the Perth, Waterloo and Wellington Regions of Southwestern Ontario. We fill our orders each week with local, sustainably grown, organic food which we deliver to our pick-up locations. You simply choose the weeks you want to receive a delivery and where you want to pick it up. You receive the freshest food possible. We pick up your order in the early morning from our farmers and we have deliveries completed by late afternoon on the same day. In the past year alone our farmers have doubled their certified organic land base thus reducing their use of and exposure to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, bactericides and genetically modified organisms (research now suggests higher rates of cancer and leukemia among farmers exposed to pesticides).
Contact: Matthew, loftorganics@gmail.com
6-250 Dundas Street South
Suite 151, Cambridge. 519 618 1071. www.loftorganics.ca
REROOT, HARRISTON
Reroot organic is a small, diversified farm producing local, organic and handcrafted food in the fertile soil of Wellington County. Established in 2007 on borrowed land, in 2010 reroot made the exciting move to our very own 70 acre farm in Harriston, Ontario. We grow certified organic produce, raise pastured poultry & Berkshire pork, produce free-range eggs and keep honeybees. Our products are available through our Community Shared Agriculture program, and at the weekly Elora Farmers’ Market and Minto Farmers’ Market in Harriston.reroot organic farm is a 70 acre property located on sandy-loam soil in Harriston, Ontario in the north part of Wellington County. Our farm is a small, diversified operation allowing us to produce a variety of high quality food and market it all locally. The farm consists of 3 acres of certified organic produce; lush green pastures, productive hayfields, a beautiful cedar bush, a small creek and a gorgeous old bank barn. We grow more then 40 types of vegetables and herbs; produce a wide-range of fruit; raise chickens, turkeys, laying hens and pigs outdoors on pasture; keep honeybees to pollinate our crops and produce tasty honey; and use our barn to offer shelter to our livestock. In the near future we plan to add an orchard, grass-fed beef cattle, and grass-fed lamb. We love to have visitors to the farm, just contact us to make sure we’ll be around.
Community shared agriculture or CSA is a food system model that is rooted in relationships between farmers, shareholders and the land. Based on the idea of mutual support, CSA farmers support their shareholders by producing quality food that is nutritious, fresh, and grown using organic principles; shareholders support their farmers by providing them with a stable income and local market for their products; and the land supports the growing of good food while in return being supported by ecologically sustainable farming methods. CSA is an alternative to the conventional system of food production and distribution where shareholders share in both the bounty and the risk of farming, while building connections with community, food, and the earth. Shareholders pay upfront for a share in the harvest before the season even begins. This allows us to purchase seeds and equipment needed for growing. Beginning in mid-June, shareholders visit the farm or another pick-up location once a week for 20 weeks to pick up their share of the produce that is available at that time in the season. Vegetables will have been harvested and washed earlier that day and will be ready for shareholders to bag and take home.
Reroot organic farm 5642 11th Line
RR#4, Harriston, ON
N0G 1Z0
519-820-1891
info@reroot.ca
Oh hello, Emus in the fields!
23 Degrees Roastery was founded on the desire to bring a superior, fresh product to consumers in the GTA. As a socially responsible organization, they wanted to be fair trade and organic. By supplying locally, they reduce the coffee carbon footprint by reducing major transportation while remaining part of the local economy and close to customers.
Garlic has been used throughout history for both culinary and medical purposes. It’s been touted to have antibacterial, anti-fungal, and cancer prevention properties.
They are the first to perfect uncompromising, advanced skin care solutions based upon the physiological equilibrium of natural pharmaceutical grade ingredients immersed in completely pure bases. Because their formulas are made from 100% high performance natural, biodynamic & food grade ingredients, they are compatible to work in unison with the body’s natural biological processes.
