Where to Shop for Food
This page and the following two contains links to a number of websites that have information on farm markets, pick your own farms and other spots where you can get the freshest local food. Harvest Ontario
Harvest Ontario is the source for fun-filled, agriculturally oriented attractions and destinations in Ontario. Featured experiences include Farmers Markets, Country B & B Accommodations, Pick-Your-Own Fruit and Vegetable Farms, Wineries, Fairs, and Harvest-Your-Own Christmas Tree Farms. Information is presented via two mediums: the 120+ page print guide is published annually in late May and website available 24/7.
Guide to what's in season, recipes, pick your own farms and produce information, including varieties, buying and storing, preparing and nutrition. Also links to other agricultural sites, including producer associations.
All across Ontario, shoppers are choosing Farmers' Markets for nature's best produce, where the food is fresh, high in quality and the next best thing to harvesting it yourself.
Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association
Search for farms and markets by region or types of foods or produce sold. The site also has information for farm operators interested in direct selling. See the listings below for Farm Fresh regional sites.
Durham Farm Fresh Marketing Association: The association produces an annual guide that includes the members' list, seasonal picking chart and a map of members' locations. The Farm Fresh produce guide includes 47 produce farms located throughout the Region and one Farmers' Market located at the Oshawa Centre.
York Region's Guide to Fresh Produce
Experience the thrill of picking your own strawberries and apples. Taste the freshness of produce grown by local farmers. Discover corn mazes, enchanted forests, petting zoos and lots of other fun family activities.... all by visiting a local farm.
A Halton Farm Fresh program has been initiated to support the continued viability of agriculture in Halton, while encouraging healthy eating and lifestyles. Halton Farm Fresh will promote the consumption of locally produced farm products and participation in farm activities to encourage a strong link between the farming community and consumers.
Dufferin County (Hills of the Headwaters) Agriculture and Farm Fresh
Within the heart of the Hills of Headwaters, there are an assortment of farm markets and pick-your-own operations that allow visitors to experience first-hand the awesome freshness that can be savored only when ripe produce is harvested fresh from the field.
Why eat lamb that has travelled thousands of kilometres or strawberries that have been flown across the continent when you can savour the sweetness of food grown in your own backyard?
St. Catharines is proud of its agricultural heritage. Nestled between the shores of Lake Ontario and the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, these two significant geographic features create a unique microclimate that allows us to grow tender fruit varieties that cannot be successfully grown in other parts of the country. This unique climate combined with our distinctive soil composition makes Niagara one of few places in Canada that premium viniferous grapes can be cultivated. St. Catharines was the home of the oldest winery in Canada: Barnes Wines, founded in 1873.
Niagara Peninsula Farms and Wineries
Amid the rolling fields and winding country roads, nestled between the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario, visitors will meet the farmers at farmers' markets and fruit stands. The Niagara Region - from Grimsby to Niagara Falls - supplies two-thirds of Ontario's tender fruit.
Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and more at your fingertips.
