Vendor Listing

Akiwenzie's Fish: Andrew and Natasha Akiwenzie bring fresh & Smoked Georgian Bay Fish. They have a blog to keep you up to date on fishing conditions and what's new: akiwenziesfish.blogspot.com Contact: Email: akiwenziefish@gmail.com


Alli's: Organic breads include Sweet Potato, 5-Grain, Potato-Rosemary and Foccacia. Gluten-free products and small edibles, including Jalapeno Screamers, are also available. See Alli's vendor notebook entry Contact: Phone: 416-651-2929


Bees Universe : John and Irina Alecu keep bees in 10 different yards close to wild flower fields and conservation areas, between Toronto and Barrie. They sell honey, honey comb, bee pollen, propolis (raw and tincture), fresh frozen royal jelly, beeswax candles and also live bees. See the vendor notebook entry

Contact: Phone: 416-819-2337 | Email: office@beesuniverse.com | Website: www.beesuniverse.com


Beretta Organics (certified organic): Mike and Cynthia Beretta farm in King township, an hour north of Toronto. They bring beef, pork, turkey, chicken and deli items to the market. Pre-orders are accepted up to 1:00 Tuesday. See the vendor notebook entry

Contact: Phone: 416-674-5609 | Website: www.berettaorganics.com | This month's order form: Order Form


Bestbaa Farm: Peter and Nicole Bzikot offer Plain Yogourt, Maple Yogourt, Feta, Ramembert, Brebettes, Eweda & other cheeses, of course all from sheep milk. Lamb, too. Best Baa will also be scooping many flavours of sheep's milk ice cream throughout the summer.

Contact: Phone: 519-848-5694 | Email: Nicole at nicole.bestbaa@hotmail.com


ChocoSol : Michael Sacco and Mathieu bring chocolate foods, coffee and more: "ChocoSol is a Learning Community and Social Enterprise rooted in horizontal trading relationships between Southern Ontario and Southern Mexico. We make high quality organic dark chocolate foods fused with local flavours and initiatives. Our chocolate is stone ground fresh, gluten-free and nut-free."

See the vendor notebook entry

Contact: Phone: 416-923-6675 | Website: www.chocosoltraders.com | Email: Michael Sacco at chocosol01@yahoo.ca


Clement's Crepes : Tim Clément's crépes are hand-spun with organic whole wheat flour, organic free-range eggs, whole milk, sea salt, and ingredients from the market farmers. Both sweet and savoury crépes are served piping hot, with ever-changing seasonal fruit and vegetable fillings, and now there are burritos, too.

Contact: Email: Tim Clement of Clement's Crepes tmaclement@gmail.com


Country Meadows Gardens (certified organic): Angelos Kapelaris grows heirloom tomatoes, keeps laying hens, presses goat cheese, and brings olives and oil from his family's farm in Greece. See the vendor notebook entry and a Picture Gallery >>

Contact: Phone: 905-478-1201 | Website: www.countrymeadowsorganics.com


deFloured: Krista Tobias and Chris Brown make 100% gluten-free galettes, loaves, quiches, cookies and brownies that are delicious enough for everyone, featuring a seasonal selection of local and mainly organic ingredients. Contact: deFloured@gmail.com


Dufferin Grove Bakers community oven bread: (not certified: all flour and seeds and grains are certified organic but the oven is not certified). Breads include: grapeskin-sourdough, rye sourdough, Italian rosemary, Italian olive, artisan 6-grain, artisan pumpkinseed-sesame, raisin and others, along with cinnamon buns and pizzas with market toppings.

Contact: dufferinpark@dufferinpark.ca


Earthly Paradise:(Fall and Winter) Each plant used in earthly Paradise's products is organically grown by us or sourced from ethical companies that share our vision of a beautiful and bountiful planet. Nourish your skin and your spirit with our products: Creams, Salves, Products for the Face, Teas. Contact Colette Murphy.

Contact: Phone: 416-504-1653 | Email: grow@uharvest.ca | Website: www.earthlyparadise.ca


Evelyn's Crackers: Dawn Woodward and Ed Rek bring savoury artisanal crackers, named in honour of their daughter, Evelyn, and made with local, organic and fair trade ingredients. They also supply the market with Ontario flour from CIPM farm near Stirling. Contact: Phone: 647-448-0731 | Email: evelynscrackers@gmail.com | Website: www.evelynscrackers.com


Feast of Fields Farm: near Jordan ON, Demeter-certified since 1996, and now also Local Flavour Plus certified. Laura Sabourin grows grapes, pears, peaches, raspberries, and blackberries. She also makes grape juice and preserves.

Contact: Website: www.feast-of-fields.ca


Fish Shak: Alli Harris makes wild fish sandwiches and rotis, using many of farmer Ted Thorpe's vegetables throughout the summer. He also blends fresh and healthy juices and other cold drinks.

Contact: Phone: 647-884-7425


Forbes Wild Foods: (natural wild foods from Canadian sources) -- Jonathan Forbes offers dried wild mushrooms, wild rice, maple sugar, preserved wild foods, jams, mustards, chestnut flour, and more.

Contact: Website: www.wildfoods.ca


Fun Guy Farms: Bruno Pretti and Paula Vopni are mushroom growers. They have many varieties of fresh mushrooms including shiitake and oyster, as well as mushroom pesto, crackers and Kombucha beverage. All their mushrooms grow on or are cultivated on wood, never on composted animal manures. Contact: Phone: 416-402-9755/416-963-5521 | Email:office@mycosource.com | Website: www.mycosource.com.


Greenfields Farms (certified organic): Lorenz and Adrian Eppinger have a farm near Guelph which includes a 25-acre market garden. The farm also includes ecologically protected areas and is Bullfrog Powered. In addition to their own produce, Greenfields works with Pfennings, a local, farm-based distributor, to supply the winter market with a selection of imports and produce from other regional farms. See the vendor notebook entry

Contact: To place a special order, Email: greenfields@interhop.net. | Website: www.greenfieldsfarm.ca


Growing Spaces is owned and operated by Blythe Weber and Adam Smith. Blythe grew up farming with her family near Ayton. The farm is a mixed operation, currently in transition to organic certification. They grow vegetables and fruits on the farm to make the many varieties of chutneys, pickles, jams and other preserves which they bring to the market. Blythe and Adam also help urban dwellers create edible gardens in Toronto.

Contact: Email:info@growingspaces.ca. | Website: www.growingspaces.ca


Kind Organics: Tamas Dombi, Sandra Dombi and Amber Malek are partners in the co-creation of Kind Organics, originally formed in the year 1999 as a Demeter Certified Bio-Dynamic/Organic Farm in King Township. They are now located 40 minutes north of Toronto in the Holland Marsh. Kind Organics uses organic farming techniques only and is moving towards bio-dynamic farming. They grow Salad Blends, Sprouts, Wheat Grass, Micro Greens, Fine Culinary Herbs, Edible Flowers and various kinds of Baby Greens. Contact: Phone: 416-992-1444 | Email:kindorganics@gmail.com | Website and blog signup: www.kindorganics.ca


(Colette) Murphy: Spring and Summer, see Urban Harvest. Fall and Winter, see Earthly Paradise

Contact: Phone: 416-504-1653 | Email: earthlyparadise@ca.inter.net | Websites: www.uharvest.ca, www.earthlyparadise.ca.


Niagara Lavender Farms: Debbie Wiecha is a third-generation fruit farmer who produces a wide variety of tender tree fruits, berries, and lavender. Most crops are certified organic; some peaches are low-spray. Contact: Phone: 905-468-7482 | Email: mailto:niagaralavender@hotmail.com


Pine River Organic Farm: Bob Felhazi has a large asparagus planting, greenhouses, raspberries, and many varieties of certified organic vegetables on his farm near Alliston. His helper Helga represents him at the market. Contact: Phone: 705-424-0917


Plan B Organics: in West Flamborough, ON. Melanie Golba and brothers Alvaro and Rodrigo Venturelli have a fifty-acre farm of which 18 -20 acres are used to grow mixed organic vegetables to supply their CSA and markets. Another part of their land is a reforestation project. See the vendor notebook entry

Contact: Phone: 905-659-2572 | Email: planbof@execulink.com | Website: www.planborganicfarms.ca


Sosnickis Organic Produce, Waterford, ON (south of Brantford): Ben and Jessie Sosnicki grow certified organic wheat, cabbages, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, and more. Jessie's family is Ukrainian and Ben's is Polish, so they also sell sauerkraut, perogies, cabbage rolls, and tomato sauce, made with their certified produce. Visit their blog for regular news from the farm: sosnickiorganicproduce.blogspot.com

See the vendor notebook entry | See the picture gallery from June, 2004>> | See the picture gallery from September, 2004>>

Contact: Phone: 519-443-5903 | Email: jb@sosnickiorganics.com | Website: www.sosnickiorganics.com


Thorpe's Organic Produce: near Millgrove, ON. Ted Thorpe, a fourth-generation Ontario vegetable-farmer, has a 32 acre-farm, of which 20 acres is a market garden. He grows all kinds of vegetables and herbs.

See the vendor notebook entry

Contact: Phone: 905-689-2114.


Under Ground Organics: Shane Eby, Julia Hitchcock and Dan Riegler grow many herbs and over 100 varieties of cutflowers, from spectacular spring tulips through lupines, foxgloves, sunflowers and others. Great vegetables, too!

See also the photo gallery from September 2008 >>

Contact: Phone: 905-659-6267 | Email: ugo@gofairtrade.net | Website: www.undergroundorganics.net


Urban Harvest:(Spring and Summer) Urban Harvest is dedicated to providing its customers with seedlings and garden supplies that promote ecological diversity and preserve the health of our planet. Our plant seeds and garden supplies are specially chosen for their qualities by seasoned urban gardeners. All of our seedlings are grown in or near the greater Toronto area to support our local economy. Contact Colette Murphy.

Contact: Phone: 416-504-1653 | Email: grow@uharvest.ca | Website: www.uharvest.ca


Ying Ying Soy Food: Ming and Christy make many delicious varieties of tofu, using traditional, artisanal methods, and non-GMO soy organically grown by Ontario farmer Marcus Koenig. If you've only eaten supermarket tofu, come taste the difference. Contact: Phone: 905-847-5592 | Website: www.yingyingsoyfood.ca


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