Meet the Farmers

Great people who care about produce
We welcome tours of our farms for groups of 10 or more. Contact one of our Market Managers for details and to request dates.

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Art Farm

Warkworth, Ontario
Lenni Workman
705 924-1078

Vegetables, herbs, plants, and flowers.
Art Farm has a stall at the Cobourg Farmers Market.


Ellenberger Farms
Bancroft, Ontario
Henry & Janet Ellenberger
613 337-8824

Seed potatoes, potatoes, beef, and pork.







Harry Farms

Stirling, Ontario
Dave Harry

I have lived on the farm since 1955 and have been farming organically in the hills of Hastings County since before the turn of the century. I grow mainly field crops including (spelt, soyabeans, rye, red clover, buckwheat, barley and open pollinated corn).




Maple Brae Farm


Picton, Ontario
Ken and Joan Marisett
(613) 476-5758


Maple Brae Farm is a certified organic farming operation located on the fertile northern shores of East Lake, just a few kilometres east of Picton, Ontario. Ken's father, Walter Marisett, owned the farm previously, but Ken and Joan purchased the property back in 1965. In those days the main crops were tomatoes, peas, pumpkins and sweet corn grown for the local canning factories, along with oats, barley, wheat, clover and alfalfa for farm livestock feed. As the small local canning factories declined in the late 70's, the Marisett family gradually changed their cash crop over to grain corn and expanded the livestock portion of the farm to include a large dairy herd along with beef, hogs and poultry.

Then, back around 1990, Ken and Joan started to question some of the practices of modern agriculture. They became concerned about the environment and the health of the soil and in 1995 began phasing out the use of chemical sprays and fertilizers in favour of more environmentally friendly farming techniques. All application of chemicals to the land ceased in 1997 and the farm was certified organic by OCPP (Organic Crop Producers & Processors Inc.) in the year 2000. The livestock was sold off and the Marisetts began concentrating entirely on the growing of organic grains and produce. Ken and Joan have always had a deep love and respect for the world they live in as well as a lot of concerns about where its heading.

The 1 acre vegetable garden yields a bountiful harvest of fresh organic produce sold at the farm gate as well as at their daughter Christine's store, County Sunshine. Onions, cabbage, kale, leeks and cucumbers make up the bulk the garden, with a few other odds and ends for the farm root cellar.










Porcupine Creek Farm


214 St. Marks Rd., Marmora, Ontario
Phone - (613) 395-1166

We grow OCPP certified quality culinary and medicinal herbs on our 100-acre farm near Stirling, Ontario.


With these herbs we make various tea blends, dried and fresh culinary herb blends, and herbal body care products for the whole family. We also sell our herbs in bulk. Some of our medicinal herbs are wildcrafted on our farm.

Railway Creek Farm
Madoc, Ontario
Elly Blanchard
613 473-2889

At the south edge of the Canadian Shield and along Railway Creek is an organic vegetable farm. Elly, the grower, believes that growing food organically is the only way to ensure good health for the body and spirit.

Elly’s mother bought the farm, north of Madoc in 1989. And from 1993, Elly has been growing vegetables organically on less than 2 acres of the 46 acres. She began selling from the farm in 1993 and at Campbellford Market from 1994 to 1996. Then she and her mother continued with Belleville Farmers Market starting in 1995 and joined Madoc Farmers Market in 2002. In 2001, the vegetable gardens began their process of being certified organic by OCPP.

To challenge herself, Elly experiments with new varieties as well as heritage ones to find crops that will do well in her area and under the varying weather conditions. She carefully selects varieties that do well and that taste good. She also saves seeds from as many crops as possible each year to ensure the use of organic seed. She applies different growing methods, such as mulching and crop rotation. With modern equipment and technology, new and old research, and knowledge sharing has made vegetable growing easier.

Railway Creek Farm main crops are garlic, carrots, leeks, asparagus, spinach and a few raspberries.

The desire to grow organic produce is in Elly's blood, inherited from her grandmother and her grandmother before her. It has become a family tradition. Elly and her partner are raising two children, who one day will carry on the tradition in their own way.

Elly will be managing the Belleville Farmers market in 2009.


Reachview Farm and B & B.

Picton, Ontario

Achim Mohssen-Beyk
mobeyk [at] kos [dot] net
www.reachviewfarm.ca


Our 249-acre farm is located in the northeast corner of the Prince Edward County with views of the Adolphus Reach.
It is a sample of the original landscape of the region. Rolling fields, hedgerows and mixed bush are home to wildlife, like owl, deer, wolves and coyotes.
We began our farm operation in March 2003 after moving from Germany to Canada.
The early Ross Eaton dairy farm became a certified organic Farm in 2004. The Farmland, the livestock and all crops are certified organic through OCPP.
We grow certified organic cash crops like Soybeans, Oats, Barley, Spelt and Wheat.

We raise:
  • Tunis sheep
  • Nubian Goats
Our sheep and goats are grass fed. Our animals eat only what our fields provide or certified organic feed grains which we grow and mill ourselves.
We operate an off-grid B&B powered by solar and wind year round. We offer farm tours and information packages on renewable energy.
We are expanding our vegetable fields to 1.5 acres, producing raspberries, strawberries and other vegetables.
We support actively the organic movement in our region and nationally.

Achim will be managing the Brickworks market in 2010.




Thyme Again Gardens
Carrying Place, Ontario
Lorraine Schmid
Lori Aselstine
613 394 1139
thymeagain [at] sympatico [dot] ca

Welcome to Thyme Again Gardens, our diverse 115-acre certified organic farm in the quaint community of Carrying Place, in picturesque Prince Edward County. Since 1997 we have been working towards creating a sustainable family farm operation, including growing and grinding our own grains for animal feed, harvesting renewable energy sources to meet our electrical and heating needs, and planting and harvesting fruits and vegetables in accordance with biodynamic principles.

A myriad of creatures, large and small, call Thyme Again Gardens home. We raise heritage breeds of beef cattle, chickens, turkey, pigs and sheep for food, as well as for the sheer joy of their companionship. Add a donkey, some geese and a few barn cats, and you’ll soon see why we enjoy being outside surrounded by our animal friends.

Our one acre market garden features heritage tomatoes, eggplant, okra, oriental greens, and many other unique vegetables, grown largely from seeds harvested from our previous year’s crops.

The food that we produce supports our involvement in the Quinte Organic Farmers’ Co-operative, our growing CSA program (providing weekly in-season vegetable and meat orders to participating families), and most of our culinary needs for an expanding Bed & Breakfast.



Wooler Dale Farm

Wooler, Ontario
John & Anne van der Heyden
613 398-6421

The van der Heyden family with our four daughters has been growing vegetables for 20 years. Nestled in the Murray Hills of Northumberland County, we are located midway between Toronto and Kingston. The Wooler Dale Farm is situated on 18 acres of loamy clay soil. Our fourteen year crop rotation and compost system is essential to the sustainability of the highly fertile soil. We have White Button mushrooms available year-round as well as field-grown in-season vegetables. Our main in-season crop is Asparagus. All of our fresh produce is picked, packaged and delivered directly to customers by ourselves. Our certified organic farm is completely self-sufficient. Sustainable farming is accomplished through growing a variety of crops, composting, and family effort. One of our main interests is to introduce families to our fresh produce so they too can enjoy a healthy lifestyle and to promote a clean environment








Earth Haven Farm

Aric Aguonie
1619 Vanderwater Road
Thomasburg, Ontario, Canada
K0K 3H0
613-478-3876

info [at] earthhaven [dot] ca

 

We are a mother/son farming operation.

We are new to the area and new to farming, however, both of us have been working towards this dream for a very long time. Our passion combined with our convictions, hard work and dedication are sure to make our farm everything we dreamed of.

Alongside our Scottish Highland Cattle, we have chosen to raise Australian Cattle Dogs; not as a kennel; not as show dogs; but as helathy, loving, working, family pets and companion.

More info about us will be posted soon.