The Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market mandate is to support and increase access to fresh, local, sustainable, naturally grown and certified organic agriculture. To educate the community in the food they eat, the source from which it comes and how it is grown and/or prepared. We like slow food, not fast food and eating at hearth and home with your loved ones.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AUGUST BASKET DRAW WINNER! Yay Russell! Wow, look at that cute basket overflowing with market goodies. We believe he left a happy man ;-) Onward to shopping and entering for September's draw...
BASKET DRAW of farmers' market goodies! To be eligible just spend $20 or more at market and you can enter. Here's how it works....
The vendor will offer the entry slip to eligible customers. Next, clearly write your email address on the back and place it in the box at the organizers tent. If the vendor has over looked a slip for you, because they do get busy, come on over to the organizers tent and for one and/or if your spending is shared over a few vendors, not to worry, Carolyn or Ally will 'eyeball' your market shop to verify.
The draw will happen on the last Tuesday of month. Remaining draw dates Sept 27 and Oct. 25, 2016. Baskets will be pre-filled with market goodies by management and must be accepted as presented. By entering the 'basket draw' contest, the winner(s) agrees to pre-arranged pick up of winning basket by the two following market days of monthly draw date. VQA wine is excluded.
Thank you! Now you've got some shopping incentive....if you needed any. OH and you get a super cute basket to boot! Easy peasy to strap onto your bike too.
Like our facebook page Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market for weekly newsy stuff and other related and interesting information. For the hottest news of what's arrived on the farmers/vendors tables on market day, best follow us on twitter @TBFarmersMarket NEW this year, being our 10th and all...follow us on instagram @TrinityBellwoodsFM where we post a few unfiltered images post market day. Visit Toronto Farmers Market Network as a great resource for all FM's in Greater Toronto.
WALKING YOUR BIKE THROUGH THE MARKET - PARKING YOUR BIKE SHOPPING AT THE MARKET
We know it's uber convenient to bring you bike with you right up to the stall. But it's not always the safest approach - seen many a bike topple over in crowded stall area, there's lots of small people around and we don't want anyone to get hurt from shopping at a farmers market - yikes. Simple solution, just lock up your wheels, lay it down on the grass or with the kick stand or LEAN it agains a mature tree. You bike will be fine. Thank you!
Looking for some tips, check out this fun article
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LEAVE A BAG / TAKE A BAG PROGRAM starts this season.
To further our commitment to our environment, we will be implementing 'leave a bag/take a bag' for FREE. Which means, any extra clean re-useable shopping bags (paper handled ones are good too!) that you have at home (we know you have some) bring them to market for others to use. If you forget your bag one time, help yourself to a bag. Return it, keep using it. No worries.
Please only donate CLEAN bags, especially free of pet hairs re: people with allergens. Thank you.
Interested in volunteering for the upcoming 2016 season? It's a great way to help sustain market operations.
Please consider this;
Volunteering for the Farmers Market gives you the opportunity..
• To learn where your food comes from
• Get to know some of the producers
• Discover local food and how to eat seasonally
• Join a dedicated group of volunteers who care about what they eat & enjoy some outdoor park time.
SHIFTS: market operates rain or shine
- morning set up of signage i.e. sandwich boards, banner
- organizers' set up 12:30pm to 2pm; tent and pylons to reserve vendor parking
- help vendor load in 2pm to 3:30pm
- help vendor load out 6:30pm to 7:45pm
You may commit to any time frame that works best for you i.e. 1, 2 or 3 months at any point of season or the entire season. Anything is possible, we honestly appreciate the hand.
If you would like to join our volunteer team, send us an email through our contact page or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alternatively, if you can't volunteer on the day of market, there are other ways to contribute to the market e.g. flyer distribution, painting things, handyperson stuff, social media, outreach. None of those? Perhaps you have a particular skill? Let us know. We'll put you to good use if we can ;-)
Scott Cinello - for partnering with me to get this whole ball rolling into what the market is now.
Kent Price - shelves/coat rack for the market shed..and other ongoing maintenance stuff.
Martha Malloy and Connor - x4 promotional sandwich boards (they are awesome)
Veronica Park - design of our new promo postcard for 2016, and winner of the design contest 2015.
David Ginsberg of the White Squirrel cafe - rallied a handful of businesses to donate funds towards replacement our wagons/dolly that had gotten stolen from the old shed. (unsolicited and very thoughtful)
David Johnston - tbfm.ca website master (who responds to my every self-induced admin panic)
Nativity of the Mother of God - letting us store our equipment in their garage while we waited for our new shed. And generally being wonderful neighbours.
Claire Midgley (lettering) & Ed DeSousa (background) - painting our 'Vendor Parking Only' sign
Bob Pritchard - painting our 'slow down' cyclist signage, soon to be 'dismount cyclist' sign in 2016.
Also to every volunteer that has made and makes the committment to come out on a regular basis to help set up/wrap during the season! You people are awesome and continue to make running the market sustainable.
Notably from the above group is Gay Couillard, who has been volunteering since our inaugural year, 2007! An amazing source of consultation and great conversation.
Thank you to the City of Toronto, Parks and our Councillor Mike Layton for their continued support of our volunteer community run farmers' market.
FARMERS' MARKET THIEF ALERT This guy tried to steal one of our vendors money on June 23rd, 2015. Fortunately our vendor was quick and caught him red-handed. Unfortunately he was gone by the time police arrived. Please, keep your eye out for this person next season. Go to our facebook page and share it and/or retweet. He's about 5ft 8in, maybe 150lbs. He's hit Wychwood Barns a few times. Police have this image.
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TBFM is an initiative of the Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park.