Organic Farmers, Markets and CSAs
See also, My Real Food Sources. I place an emphasis on pastured animals and organic produce when selecting my food sources. Some may choose local over organic, but I choose organic first. That said, I have discovered just how many great farmers we have around Ottawa and how much we can get here both local and organic. I’m listing here the farmers who I know are raising pastured animals and organic produce. Most of these I have bought from or at least talked to at markets or through emails.
Meat
**Look for these vendors at many of the farmers markets around Ottawa
Ashton Glen Farm (Beef by the cut) www.ashtonglenfarm.ca
BearBrook Farm (whole chickens, chicken pieces, wild turkey breast, duck breast & legs, pork, variety of meats, sausages and game meats, gluten-free) www.bearbrookfarm.com
Boot Strap Farms (pork, sausage, beef, poultry, I buy their pork in bulk)www.bootstrapfarms.ca/
Bob Dobson’s Beef – email: bdobson@igs.net www.dobsonfarm.com
Canreg Station Pasture Dairy (best lamb ever, I buy in bulk often) – Josef Regli www.pasturedairy.com/
Elk Ranch http://www.elkranch.com (great burgers, stews etc)
Funny Duck Farms (lamb, eggs, kefir, etc) – www.funnyduckfarms.com
Miskin Meadows (pork, lamb, beef, chicken, turkey, goat) – www.miskinmeadows.com
Pykeview Meadows Bison – www.pykeviewmeadows.com
Totally Natural Beef – L.J. Helferty www.totallynaturalbeef.ca
Trillium Meadows Red Deer & Wild Boar Farm: 613-678-1679 m.h.lindenmann@sympatico.ca
Upper Canada Heritage Meats (heritage pork) www.uppercanadaheritagemeat.ca
Dairy
Canreg Station Pasture Dairy (sheep milk cheeses) – Josef Regli www.pasturedairy.com
Conavista Farm (raw cow milk, cowshare program) – Jacqueline Fennell (613) 658-5876 email: conavista@sympatico.ca.
Ilgert’s Organic Acres (raw cow milk, cowshare program). – Mike Ilgert (613) 625-2380 email: mike_ilgert@live.com
Produce
Bryson Farms – Home Delivery CSA (Local CSA, fruits, vegetables)www.brysonfarms.com
Connaught Acres – Home Delivery Basket (Local CSA, produce, eggs) www.connaughtacres.ca/organicfarm/csa_program.html
Life Organic – Home Delivery Basket (Mots local/regional, fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, coffee) www.lifeorganic.ca
Ottawa Organics – Home Delivery Service (Most local/regional, fruits, vegetables, dairy, eggs, cereals) www.ottawaorganics.com
Roots and Shoots Farm – Vegetable CSA www.rootsandshootsfarm.com
Pick Your Own Fruits & Vegetables
**Note: not all these farms are certified organic but they strive to use the most natural methods possible.
Dekok Family Berry Farm – strawberries, raspberries, apples www.dekokberryfarm.com
Rubicon Farms – blueberries, many varieties, fully Organic See their Facebook Page for info
Farmers Markets
**Note: Not all vendors at the market sell organic produce or meat, make sure to ask them what their farming practices are like!
Carp Farmers Market – www.carpfarmersmarket.com
Cumberland Farmers Market – www.cumberlandfarmersmarket.ca
Kanata Farmers Market – www.kanatafarmersmarket.ca
Main Street Farmers Market – www.mainfarmersmarket.org
Orleans Farmers Market – www.orleansfarmersmarket.com
Ottawa Farmers Market – Landsdowne www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca
Ottawa Organic Farmers Market – Open year round! Heron & Bank www.oofmarket.ca
Vankleek Hill Farmers Market – www.vankleekhillfarmersmarket.ca
Food Co-ops
Eastern Ontario Local Food Co-op – Organic produce & meat www.easternontariolocalfood.org
Hi there, Kat!
I just noticed the link to our farm on your site. Thanks!
Then I noticed that you don’t have one of the best farmers markets listed on your site, the Ottawa Organic Farmers Market! The website for it is http://www.oofmarket.ca
take care,
Samantha
@samantha Oh! Oops, I think I missed it after posting the other Ottawa Market. I like that the Ottawa Organic Farmers Market is open year-round. Thanks Samantha for running such a wonderful farm!
I just moved to carleton place from Alberta. I am looking for pasturized NON homogenized cows milk, do you know anywhere I can find this? I would use raw but I don’t have a dehydrator to make yogurt with the raw milk….I really hope that you will know where I can get this….Thanks Jamie
@Jamie Vesey Harmony Organic has a great non-homogenized whole milk. http://harmonyorganic.on.ca/store/prod/10 You can usually find them in large Loblaws stores that have a natural/organic food section, or at health food stores.
I would still suggest getting raw milk and if you don’t have means to make yogurt with it, then try making kefir. You don’t need any equipment for that. http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html
Hi There,
I thought I’d give you 3 new places to check out.
Our farm is Miskin Meadows Farm. We are Organic meat farmers. We sell heritage berkshire pork (coming this summer) and Duroc crossed pork. We also sell Beef, Chicken, Turkey, Lamb and Goats meat. We are open year round at the farm.
we also sell at 2 markets that run all through the year. Our website is not finished yet as we don’t have individual pricing up there but you can see what we do and how.
2 nd is the Vankleek Hill Farmers Market we are there every saturday year round. this market has many organic options for meats and veggies and all kinds of other items.
3rd is the Eastern Ontario Local Food Co-op
This is an online local food buying / co-op and food source. Each week from Friday to Sunday you can order all sorts of local food items and have them delivered to the closest drop off ready for you to pick up. check us out http://www.easternontariolocalfood.org
If you decide to join mention our farm name please.
I see trillium meadows deer and boar farm ementioned , they are also a par tof the 2nd & 3rd choices
You have many great links here, thank you
@John & Bev Badger Thanks for posting this info, I’ll update my links! Which markets will you be selling your meat at?
Hi Kat,
We currently sell at Vankleek HIll Farmers Market & the easternontariolocalfood co-op. we also sell from the farm gate and arrangements can usually be made for delivery to Ottawa if needed at a general meeting place.
Thanks for the link I love your food blog. As a farmer I appreciate your support through this blog every little plug for local food is another step to local sustainability and independance.
thanks
Bev