Hawthorn Farm produces certified organic farm selected, open-pollinated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds in Central Ontario (zone 5). Certified organic by Pro-Cert since 1996, Hawthorn Farm started as most independent seed companies do, on a kitchen table with a single page printed catalogue filled by a handful of offerings. With over a decade of growing, selecting and saving organic seeds, we now have hundreds of exciting and tasty offerings. In addition, we work to support the seed community by hosting workshops and educational tours on our farm.
- naturopathic medicine
- environmental health
- community organizing
- mushroom and tree culture
- permaculture
- wild crafting
- fermentation
- baking
CSA veggie shares are available!
We grow a wide variety of heirloom vegetables, including all of your familar favourites such as: carrots, peas, salad mix, lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini, radish, kale, squash, onions, turnip, pumpkins, eggplant, potatoes, beets, rhubarb, basil, cilantro, mint, and dill. Or if you’d like to try something new, we have, ground cherries, tomatillos, arugula, and a whole rainbow of Swiss chard.
Highland Supply began in 1978 to offer Home, Farm and Commercial fuel and lubricant delivery. In 1982, the business broadened their product selection for the Farm community and launched the Supply side of the store. Now we offer some of the worlds top outdoor power equipment brands like Toro and Stihl. We also offer the worlds best tiller: The BCS! The BCS is an Italian Made 2-wheel tractor that can operate over 15 different attachments. Till and no-till, chippers/shredders and brush mowers, plows and furrowers, are just a few options you can get in to! On our website we have current Canadian pricing. As one of Canada’s Largest stocking dealers, we offer BCS Equipment rebates ALL year long! In Dundalk, Ontario we have a show room to check out our equipment but we also actively attend as vendors, many Ecological and Organic Trade shows and conferences around Ontario. We are experienced with the equipment we sell, we offer advice, and we ship nation wide – we have and we do!
Ignatius Farm CSA has been providing families and area businesses with farm-fresh food since 2001. Located 2km north of Guelph, the farm is a proud member of the Ignatius Jesuit Centre which is committed to fostering an ecological way of life for the well being of land and people
We’re a small organic farm in the heart of the Niagara Region – located in rural Welland, bordering NiagaraFalls. Currently, we farm about 2 acres of land. The remainder of our property is home to deer, wild turkey and a range of other fauna and flora.
We grow a variety of certified organic vegetables, herbs and edible flowers, using outdoor hugelbeets (raised garden beds) and hoophouses. We believe in preserving biodiversity – which means we work in harmony with nature to produce beautiful, healthy food in a way that is safe for all species.
All of our seed is organic, non-genetically modified. And we never use chemical pesticides or fertilizers.To enrich our soil and plants, we use conservation methods like seed saving, cover crops and other sustainable farming practices. If you ever have any questions about how we grow, please ask us.
We also carry pre-packed herbs and spices as well as specialty teas
Not Certified Organic
Flowers for every season
Our newly renovated on-farm market features shelves upon shelves of locally grown fruits and vegetables. We stock the staples, like our signature corn and tomatoes & Essex County grown asparagus and strawberries. We also carry some off the wall items like locally grown bok choy, garlic scapes and over-sized green onions. If it’s grown in our area, it’s in our market.
Our milk is processed and sold directly to our customers. As a result we can keep the prices down and make organic dairy products more accessible for everyone. Our community will have back a small dairy processor creating jobs and helping the local economy.
On an organic farm our animals must go outside to exercise and socialize everyday weather permitting. We compost their manure and work it into the soil immediately after application which minimizes smell and pathogens. We use homeopathy to treat our animals for illness, although it is seldom necessary. We think this is because they are eating healthier organic plants and are in an environment that is free from stress as much as possible. As a result, they produce healthier milk.
We are very careful when we take our beef and chicken to the abbatoir. We make sure it is done as humanely as possible. We take this very seriously and we are thankful for the food.
We offer many local and organic whole foods all of which are available in our farm store and through our home delivery service.
We are also pleased to offer organic, local, and whole foods from our friends and neighbours:
- Biemond Certified Organic Grassfed Yogurt- Iroquois
- Black River Cheese- Black River
- Bread and Butter Bakery- Kingston
- Bush Garden Farms – Nigel Smith – raw milk artisan cheese
- Dream Come True Kitchen- Kingston
- Field Gate Organics- Farmer Co-op
- Garlic Fields Fresh Frozen gourmet pizza- Inverary
- Glengarry Cheese, Lancaster – Margret Morris – Award Winning artisan cheese
- Gorr’s Maple Syrup of Harrowsmith
- Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese- Shep Ysselstein
- Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream
- Liberte Organic Dairy Products
- Multatuli Coffee of Kingston
- Organic Meadow Farmer Co-op – Dairy Products
- Pasta Tavola – Fresh, Local, Handmade Pasta & Sauces, Belleville
- Reinink Family Farms, Camden East -Organic Eggs
- Slickers Ice Cream, Picton – Hand made and hand dipped real ice cream
- Toba Apiary, Sydenham – Tom Kaemmer – Honey – some of which is from 25 hives on our farm
- Wilton Cheese- Wilton
- Yorkshire Valley Certified Organic Poultry- Farmer Co-op
Seasonal Vegetables from
- Freedom Farm, Battersea – Will and Sharon Freeman
- Garlic Fields, Inverary- Bernie & Joanie Karshau
- Mile Square Farm, Collin’s Bay- Stan Knap
- Patchwork Gardens, Battersea- Julie & Eric Williams, Ian Stutt & Megan Joslin
- Possom Trot Farm, Harrowsmith – Chris Grooms and Susie Rance
ManoRun Organic Farm is located in Copetown near the intersection of Hwy 52 and Governor’s Road. Copetown is situated on the rural border of Ancaster and Dundas – just a short 5 minute drive from either town. Chris Krucker and Denise Trigatti have been farming organically for over 15 years and offer organic vegetables through a “farmer to eater” relationship known as Community Supported Agriculture or CSA.
We started organic farming in 1989 with spelt being our first certified organic crop sold in 1990. We continue to grow spelt still as well as feed for our angus beef herd, which provide us with organic beef. In 2000 we added spelt dehulling to our farm operation, so now we grow, buy, dehull and sell spelt as well as raising Angus cross cows for organic beef.
Our Organic Beef
Our animals are treated humanely and have access to the outdoors for exercise and fresh air during the winter months. As soon as the weather permits and the grasses are ready, they are on pasture in the spring. All of which are requirements for organic certification.
The cows with their calves born in April and May are taken to their designated areas and rotated through pasture fields. A field next to our buildings is for “mob grazing” the calves one year old and older. Mob grazing is when 40 to 50 head of cattle are fenced in a small area (less than 1/4 acre) for 6 – 12 hours to forage the pasture. After they have trampled and eaten that section down, the fence is moved to allow them to dine on a fresh patch of pasture. This style of intensive grazing requires the fence to be moved 3 – 4 times a day. We have incorporated Gallagher Tumblewheels into our fence system, which make the task of rolling the fence line to a new place quick and easy, We have found the calves do well with intensive grazing and the soil has improved over time as well. Periodically some grass/legume seed is top-dressed to keep plant density good.
The use of drugs including antibiotics and growth hormones are avoided, as they are prohibited for organic certification. At first signs of distress, symptoms help diagnose disease or sickness and animals are treated with natural healing methods (i.e. herbal tinctures, homeopathy and natural remedies) like our grandparents used in the old days before pharmaceutical drugs were available. If an animal does not get well by using these methods, we will use conventional medicine. That animal is not sold as organic, but rather into the regular conventional market.
Certfied Organic Seeds, Plants produce CSA.
Open pollinated, heirloom, rare
Matchbox Garden & Seed Co. was founded in 2006 by Hanna Jacobs. Over the years, we have provided the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas with fresh food through our CSA, farmers markets, and restaurant clients.
With our beginnings in the heart of the busy West Queen West, Toronto neighbourhood, Matchbox springboarded from the 1000sqft mini urban farm, to the Mcvean Incubator Farm run by FarmStart. Building relationships through our participation in the FarmStart program allowed us the privilege to work with many different people and organizations.
We have been fortunate enough to produce our seedlings at the Fresh City Farms Greenhouses, in Downsview Park, spend 3 years farming on Mcvean Farm in Brampton, as well as 1 year at The Living City Campus on Kortright in Vaughan, Ontario.
We currently operate the gardens on 3/4’s of an acre just outside Caledonia, Ontario. All our gardens are no till and on a minimum 4 year crop rotation. We use ally and companion planting as a key part of our Integrated Pest Management System. From the very beginning of my gardening journey, I applied organic methods to all my growing. One of the great motivations for the founding of Matchbox was, and still is, the desire to contribute to a more environmentally sustainable future.
Mazak Farms is a multi-generational family farm. Initially started by Rick and Mary Mazak 40 years ago, the farm is now operated by their daughter Sarah and her husband Barry Harrison. Our family has been growing certified organic asparagus since 1998. We have grown over the years from a small operation to a successful organic farm. Our asparagus can be found at various grocery and specialty stores and of course directly from the farm.
- Certified Organic Asparagus
- Certified Organic Rhubarb
- Garlic Scapes
- Music Garlic
- Bulbils
- Pasturized Poultry
- Pickled Asparagus
Organic vegetables including artichokes, carrots to Zucchini and everything in between
- rhubarb, ground cherries, fresh free range eggs and jams
- organic free range chicken and turkey and pastured pork.
A Kingsville, Ontario based grower, packer, shipper and marketer of greenhouse grown vegetables. Certified member of OCO.
Nightingale Farms Limited is currently in the 3rd generation of growth. The company was founded in 1950 by Frank J. Nightingale, with only two commodities; strawberries and tomatoes. What once was a small family farm has grown to a vast 1500 acres of Field, Greenhouse and High Tunnel conventional and organic operation, which is currently owned and operated by Bill Nightingale Sr, and Bill Nightingale Jr. The Farm currently produces many conventional and organic items, both in bulk and many value added packaging options. The organic label “Norfolk Organic” was enrolled in 2003 and is growing consistently.
We are a small family run farm in central Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes region. We produce certified organic food products. These include Beef (Belgian Blue x Black Angus), Heritage Pork (Berkshire), Poultry (ducks, chickens , eggs, turkeys). We also grow a large vegetable garden with a wide variety of veggies every year.
The O’Briens have built good relationships with neighbours and others in the food production business. We support local businesses.
Certified Organic Farm with huge variety of fruit and vegetables in season. Certified organic chicken and eggs. Farm gate open Wednesday-Saturday 12-5.
The Mission of the Ontario Farmland Trust is to protect and preserve Ontario farmlands and associated agricultural, natural and cultural features of the countryside through direct land securement, stewardship, policy research and education for the benefit of Ontarians today and future generations.