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My partner, Peter and I grew organic vegetables for over 30 years. But then we started to learn about how unsustainable and unfair cut flowers can be. Most of the flowers you see are grown and treated with harmful chemicals. Often they are imported long distances from places with unfair labour practices. We wanted to be a part of changing this so we have switched from vegetables to blooms.
Palatine Roses is a local flower shop from Palatine Hill in Niagara-on-the-Lake. They are active community members producing lovely blooms and providing the community with tips and tools for local growing!
Olivia Yetter, founder of Oy’s Joys bakery, shares the story of how she started her business by selling at farmers’ markets in her neighbourhood in Toronto. The pandemic provided an opportunity to increase production and reach more community members. Read more about Olivia’s vision for her growing bakery.
We chat with OFN customer St James Town Co-Op, a non-profit, community owned enterprise supporting sustainable development, food security and resilience to climate change.
Learn about CULTIVATE, an online Farmers’ Market in the St. Thomas, ON region. In this interview, Vicki Asher, manager of the Ignite Youth Center, tells us about her experience launching and running CULTIVATE with the help of dedicated and hardworking young volunteers from their youth center.
In the first installment of our user profile series, we catch up with Maryrose Ivanco, co-owner of Bailey’s Local Foods, an online farmers’ market serving the Waterloo region of Ontario.