Pre-Order for Pickup this Week
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Order vegetables before Wednesday at 12pm for pickup at the Farm (on Friday Jan 2nd) or at Western Fair (on Saturday Jan 3rd). Delivery resumes next week.
More information is in our HOLIDAY SCHEDULE is at the bottom of this email!
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Farm Update
We are in our second of two part-time holiday weeks, soaking up the rest and time with loved ones. The crew will be in a little more this week than last, packing orders for pickup, vegetables for Western Fair market on the weekend, and tidying up a few loose ends from last week.
One exciting thing we will be working on this week is seeding new crops! We plan to start transplants for a bed each of arugula and salad mix for the greenhouse. This seeding is small in comparison to the volume of weekly starts in our main-season, but we cannot help but be excited to check off the very first seeding for the 2026 season.
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FARM STORE NOTES
FROM OUR FARM:
This week, we have all the hardy winter classics available, in addition to a few tender greens and herbs from the greenhouse. Spinach and salad mix will return next week (in winter quantities) when the crew is back full-time.
From the field: Bagged kale.
From storage: Carrots, beets, sunchokes, celeriac, rutabaga, kohlrabi, winter radishes, red and green cabbages
From the Greenhouse and hoophouses: Chard, dill and cilantro.
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FROM OUR SUPPLIERS:
Milk, microgreens and bakery items will be available again next week.
PRODUCE
HOPE Eco-Farms (Aylmer): Butternut, and acorn squash. Sweet potatoes.
Great Lakes Farms (Port Stanley): Macintosh, honeycrisp, spy, sunpunch, golden delicious.
Daryl Myny (Aylmer): Spanish onions
Pfenning's Organics: Red onions, red, yellow, and russet potatoes.
DAIRY and EGGS
HOPE Eco-Farms (Aylmer): Eggs.
Through Pfenning's: L'Ancetre butter and grass-fed cheeses
Gunn's Hill (Woodstock): Brie, Handeck and Five Brother's cheese
FROZEN
3Gen Organics (Wallenstein): Ground pork, sausage, bacon, ham, tenderloin, chops
YU Ranch (Tillsonburg): Pasture-raised ground beef, beef patties, stewing beef
New Leaf Foods (London): Plant-based beet burgers
BAKERY
J&D Peters Tortillas (Aylmer): Corn, spelt, whole wheat and unbleached flour tortillas.
PANTRY
Aldred Maple (West Lorne): Amber, dark, or whiskey barrel-aged maple syrup.
Wildflowers Honey (St. Thomas): Unpasteurized honey from hives all over Elgin County, including our farm!
Mat's Fine Oils (Staffordville). Fresh, organic and cold-pressed, hemp and sunflower oil. Store in the refrigerator.
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Welcoming Juno's Puppies! |
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We are thrilled to announce that our farm dog, Juno, has welcomed a litter of 12 beautiful Golden Retrievers. These puppies are being raised right here in our farmhouse living room, surrounded by the daily sights and sounds of farm life. We are looking for forever homes where these dogs will be welcomed as family members. Please follow the link below to learn more! |
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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Pre-orders: We are taking orders from Dec 29th until Dec 31st at 12 pm for pickup (no delivery) at
- The Farm (pickup Friday, Jan 2nd) from 1-7 pm
- Western Fair Market (pickup Saturday, Jan 3rd) from 8-3 pm
**Starting Jan 5th, delivery resumes on a bi-weekly basis until the end of April
Western Fair Market (Saturday 8-3, Sunday 10-2):
Kitchener Farmers Market (Saturday 7-2):
**Starting Jan 10th, we will only have pickup available in the KW area and will be attending Kitchener Market bi-weekly until the end of April
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