2006 Guide to Organics - Ontario farms, markets, & more!

Organic Dining

Sunny Cafe • 322 Bloor Street, TORONTO, ON

Located inside Noah’s Natural Foods at Bloor and Spadina, this deli café dishes up meals both vegan and organic, a rare find for those with food sensitivities. Offerings range from rice noodle salad, to pickled beets, to potato perogies (made with spelt flour). About 90% of ingredients are organic. Patrons fill up plates or take-out containers, and pay by weight. Twenty dishes every day — including homemade desserts, fresh organic vegetable juices, sandwiches, tofu burgers, spring rolls, pitas, fresh soup daily. Sugar, egg, and dairy free.

Organic Meat

SeldomSeen/Seldom Heard Farm SCHOMBERG

Organic Lamb, whole or a half,  butchered as you like it, AND delivered to your door.

Beretta Organic Farms • TORONTO

Delivery service of 100% certified organic meats. Beretta Organic Farms offers a full selection of custom cuts of beef, pork, chicken, and lamb. Delivery service in the Greater Toronto Area is free for a minimum order of $150. All meats are raised locally.

SEPTEMBER 17 MARKS THE 17TH ANNUAL FEAST OF FIELDS - ORGANIC FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL - Albion Hills Conservation Area, Caledon, ON

Sample the freshest, most succulent organic creations prepared by some of Toronto’s top chef’s and Restaurants while sipping on organic and local wines and beers at the 17th Annual Feast of Fields, September 17, 2006.

Florabunda Seeds • INDIAN RIVER, ON (Dirk Berghout)

Florabunda Seeds is a company dedicated to preserving old species of flowers, many of which are the parents of today’s modern hybrids, to help maintain a strong genetic plant base. All seeds are untreated and organically grown varieties are available.

WOW Foods • TORONTO AND GTA

 WOW Foods offers a great selection of 300 organic and natural foods for delivery to your home or office. Their mission is to help build a healthy food system by making organic and natural food more accessible and by building a larger regional market for local organic farmers. Try their popular pre-selected WOW Box of seasonal fruits and vegetables and enjoy the free weekly newsletter full of recipes and other useful information about organic eating. WOW Foods also delivers Earthdance.

The Big Carrot • TORONTO

This Canadian worker-owned natural food market specializes in a wide selection of organically grown, GMO-free, cruelty-free and environmentally safe products. Visit the Big Carrot Vegetarian Deli located inside the store, and the Big Carrot Organic Juice Bar at the foot of Carrot Common.

A directory of some of the organic farms with pick-your-own and farmgate sales, markets, stores, delivery services, suppliers, restaurants, and events in and around Toronto.

Beretta Organic Farms • TORONTO

Seldom Seen/Seldom Heard Farm • GTA

ORGANIC OUTLETS