Last Thursday, Helen picked up our first of twenty weekly Food Boxes from Carron Farms Harvest Share Food Box program. It included: ·         Strawberries – Barrie Hill Farms, Barrie ·         Spinach – Springh Farms, Holland Marsh ·         Romaine Lettuce – Springh Farms, Holland Marsh ·         Garlic Scape – Carron Farms Ltd, Holland Marsh ·         Asparagus – Barrie Hill Farms, Barrie ·         Radishes – Springh Farms, Holland Marsh ·         Yellow Zucchini – Nightingale Farms Ltd, LaSalette ·         Rhubarb – Barrie Hill Farms, Barrie Family Size gets all of the above in larger quantities, for some items, and the additional following items: ·         Button Mushrooms – Sharon Mushroom Farm, Sharon ·         Green Peppers – Leamington, Ontario   We tried the strawberries first.... 06/27/2012

Buy locally grown food, produced using environmentally friendly methods by socially responsible farmers!Reduce your "carbon footprint" by eliminating the long distances your food has to be transported! Taste the difference between locally grown food rich in nutrition and picked ripe vs traditional grocery store fare!Carron Farms in Holland Marsh, a certified Local Sustainable farm, offers a variety of packages that will supply you with local farm fresh produce on a weekly basis for twenty weeks beginning Thursday June 20th, 2012.... or you can help support Jacob Food Box Program, a local project to help give fresh vegetables to those in need.Find out more at Carron Farms or by e-mailing contact@carronfarms.ca Join this years Harvest Share Program online or by emailing: harvestshare@carr... 05/27/2012

Greenbelt - Holland Marsh from Manifest on Vimeo. Located about 50 km North of Toronto on the east and west sides of Highway 400 immediately north of Highway 9, Ontario's Vegetable Basket is the source of some of Ontario's best Carrots, Celery, and Onions as well as specialty items as Water Spinach, Asian Radish, Chinese Broccoli and so many more fruits and vegetables. The incredible soil is the first thing you notice. Originally swampgrounds, this land was drained by the creation of dykes and canals in the early 1900's to expose incredibly fertile "muck soil". Click on Halland Marsh for history, photographs and information on the drainage system employed to keep this valuable land viable. If you are driving by on Hwys 9 or 400, exit on Canal Rd and sample some of the many fruits and v... 09/10/2011