Vendors Planning to be at the Village Market Saturday February 4, 2012

Above: Farmer Jim Giffen and a helper harvest local organic baby greens from an unheated greenhouse all winter long. Get yours at the Village Market. Top Right: Farmer Mike Lanigan discusses the finer points of organic beef with one of his many loyal customers.

Farmers and Growers:

FARMER: Mike Lanigan will be featuring a large array of home-grown organic vegetables, as well as organic beef from his own certified organic herd and a good selection of organic fruit. Mike will also have some imported produce to complete the selection during those times of year when a complete range of local organic produce is not yet available. Last Saturday was the first market Mike had missed in over a decade. He needed the break. Mike returns this week Jan 14th.

FARMER: Country Meadows Farm: Angelo sells organic olives and olive oil from his family farm in Greece, as well as dried mountain oregano. Angelo and his partner Linda also raise fresh organic heritage vegetables and goats at their local family farm near Queensville, Ontario.

FARMER: Bio-Visions Farm (Henk Verhoeven from Grand Valley) will be at the Market this Saturday with local bio-dynamic meat from his farm near Grand Valley Ontario.

FARMER: Jim and Maureen Giffen, from Minesing (north of Barrie), will be at the Market regularly now until the end of April. Jim and Maureen have a mixed farm with animals and greenhouses and root vegetables. Their vegetables are certified organic but their meat is not certified. They say this is because of difficulties in finding a suitable slaughterhouse. One of the star attractions at their table is local organic baby greens from their own greenhouses, all winter long. Yes, and they have several kinds to choose from including mustard greens, spinach, kale, leaf lettuce, mixed lettuce and claytonia.

GROWER: Elizabeth Foers is usually at the Market every week with organic sprouts and wheat grass as well as juices or smoothies made with sunflower sprouts and apple juice. Elizabeth's are quite possibly the best sprouts to be had in the GTA.

FARMER: Gaille Lieberthal, from Guelph will be offering an array of Certified Organic meats, (LAMB, BEEF, CHICKEN). dairy products, Organic, Raw Milk Cheeses, organic grains, coffee, baking, deli meats, maple syrup and more this week. 905-854-2697. A lot of what Gaille sells is not from her own farm and IS certified organic. However the maple syrup, which IS from her farm is not certified organic.

FARMER: Deer Valley Farm (est. 1991): a small, family-operated farm in Dufferin County, Ontario. This is how they describe their practices: "Deer Valley Red deer and Elk are free to roam year-round where they graze on organic pastures seasonally. In winter they are fed organic hay, grain & minerals. No genetically modified organisms, chemicals or growth promoters are used in rearing the animals or on the land. A biodynamic approach to farming and rearing of their livestock is the reason their venison is not available during fawning season." Deeer Valley offers a variety of venison cuts, burgers and sausages. For more information about nutritional benefits of venison, recipe ideas or inquiries: www.venison.ca Custom orders (for delivery to the market) can be made by email to: order@venison.ca Deer Valley expects to return to the Market February 4th, 2012.

Baking and Prepared Foods:

BAKER: Vitold Kreutzer will be here again this week with his usual range of breads, cookies, muffins and brownies made with mostly organic ingredients.

MAKER, RESELLER: Oli Ullman will be at the Market this Saturday, selling salt lamps and body ecology diet foods. Here's here schedule for the next while: February 4th.

CAFE, BAKER: ARWK (Steve and Cecille), who sell fresh baking and ready to eat roti and other Carribean-style delicacies, will be at the market January 28th.

CAFE: Mayda Baghboudrian usually has a range of vegetarian entrees as well as pita sandwiches, salads and take-home items like hummus as well as raw cakes and other treats.

CAFE: Clay Pot Catering, Indian Inspired organic and natural Cuisine by Mrs. Abbas. For details please call 905-420-8558 (if busy please leave a message) or visit us online to view her full menu at www.claypotcatering.com, Email: info@claypotcatering.com. Click here for info on prepared luches for a week

BAKER, CAFE: Gluten Free Products from Molly B's will be at the Market this week. Products include fresh crepes, crepe mixes, fresh baking & jams. Latest gluten free innovation from Molly B's is a line of gluten free breads! Eventually they may be at Whole Foods but they're available here now.

Makers, Resellers, Crafters and Therapists:

RESELLER: Osoleo -- Dael Wilson should be at the Market this week with juice and apples. Note: some of Dael's fruit is organic but others are not. The others are typically wild, or IPM. IPM stands for "Integrated Pest Management", a system which does use some chemical sprays, although their aim is to keep that to a minimum. I'm told the reason there are so few Ontario grown organic apples available is that apples are hard to grow organically in the Ontario climate. So often the choice is between local IPM apples or organic apples from B.C. or even farther afield. Hopefully someone will figure out soon how to grow organic apples in Ontario, but for now not many folks are doing it. Currently Hulda is looking after Dael's table for him while he is in Guatemala for the winter.

MAKER: Della May plans to be back at the Market with handmade Native Indian crafts some this week.

RESELLER: Carmen Duggan will be at the Market this week with raw dog food and pet supplements.

RESELLER: Joe Malfara will be at the Market this week selling devices to reduce the harm of EMF emissions from cellphones as well as other tools for healthy living. Joe is back from Brazil now, and he expects to be at the Market this week, Dec. 24th.

MAKER: Hulda Gislason will be at the Market this Saturday selling homemade healthy chocolate bars in mint and orange flavours. Hulda's chocolate treats include such good for you ingredients as Noni juice and green superfoods. Talk to her for full details.

MAKER: Margaret Mackintosh will be at the Market this week. Margaret usually features a wide selection of skin care products which she makes herself. See her website at www.beaulance.com

RESELLER: Chaim Gilad will be at the Market this week with special coffee and other products containing beneficial mushroom extracts. Note: This coffee is not certified organic.

RESELLER: Honeycombe botanicals will be at the Market this week with beeswax products from skin creams to pollen to candles.

RESELLER: Susan Kliem will be at the Market this week with her Shaklee cleaning products.

RESELLER: Paul Ciaravella will be at the Market this week with food supplement products and health books.

MAKER: of Fur Hats, Gloves and Slippers, Gennady Shofman will be at the Market this week.

RESELLER, THERAPIST: Brian Gangel from New Millennium Living will be at the Market this week.

THERAPIST: Sole to Soul reflexology will be at the Market this Saturday.

MASSAGE PRACTITIONER: Honey Coleman offers on-site seated massage at the Market in the community room.

The following vendors will be away this week:

FARMER: Deer Valley Farm (est. 1991): a small, family-operated farm in Dufferin County, Ontario. This is how they describe their practices: "Deer Valley Red deer and Elk are free to roam year-round where they graze on organic pastures seasonally. In winter they are fed organic hay, grain & minerals. No genetically modified organisms, chemicals or growth promoters are used in rearing the animals or on the land. A biodynamic approach to farming and rearing of their livestock is the reason their venison is not available during fawning season." Deeer Valley offers a variety of venison cuts, burgers and sausages. For more information about nutritional benefits of venison, recipe ideas or inquiries: www.venison.ca Custom orders (for delivery to the market) can be made by email to: order@venison.ca Deer Valley expects to return to the Market February 4th, 2012.

FARMER: Achim Mohssem-Beyk, from the Quinte area will be back in March with organic vegetables and meats and eggs from his own farm.

FARMER: Family of Johann Steinbrenner (Hillsdale) will be back at the Market in January with honey from his their bees. The Steinbrenners have local Ontario honey from their own 600 hives of bees. They have several sizes (jars and pails) and varieties of honey including Linden honey.Their honey is local and unpasteurized but it is not certified organic. Although there is a protocol for certifying honey as organic we know of very few beekeepers who actually follow it, as some of the requirements have to do with the type of crops grown on adjacent lands.

FARMER: Monica Gennaro (from Stouffville) will be back at the Market in the spring with honey from her own bees.

MAKER: Eva Cabaca will not be back at the Market until Spring at least, with her popular prepared raw food items.

RESELLER: Christine Waddington will not be at the Market until sometime in 2012. Stay tuned.

MAKER RESELLER: Lavender Blue will not be at the Market this week selling lavender products.

FARMER: Carrville Community Garden will not be at the Market next Saturday signing up new members.

FARMER: Urban Harvest: will be back in the spring with organic bedding plants and seeds.

FARMER: Linda Kapeleris: Linda will be back at the Market with bedding plants next spring. Linda should be here all throughout May and the first week of June with bedding plants for your garden.

this page updated January 30th

The Village Market is open Saturdays ONLY
from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, all year round but we're closed Dec 31, 2011 for one Saturday

Getting to the Village Market by public transit from Toronto: Take the TTC Subway to Finch station. Then take the #88 (Bathurst) bus from Finch Station. Check the bus schedule at the York Region Transit (YRT) website. Get off at Teefy, cross Bathurst, and walk down from the Toronto Waldorf School's parking lot, down the footpath or down the drive to the school. The market is in the lower level of the school.

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