Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market

Market Notes

Our 2021 season is over.  Back May 2022!

Here are the faces of our 2021 volunteers who gave their time to market operations.  Big love to them. Special shout out to the spectacular volunteer coordinator/wrangler Tory Healy who had her work cut out.

We are no officially in hibernation mode.  Socials and emails will not be checked super regular.  If you have an inquiry, the best first mode of contact is on the CONTACT page of this website.  Use appropriate form.

Massive thank you our dedicated & hard core vendors. They held the fort & towed the crazy line during the past 2 years to bring the community honest food each and every week – rain or shine. Connect directly with our 2021 vendors to inquire about any off-season support sales link here  Market Purveyors

Gratitude to our fantastic patrons – you know who you all are xo – for your continued support and making the market the success that it is.  Upside of COVID operations and controlled entrance/exit, we got a head counts: 25, 188 people entered and 24,976 were counted out. Doing the math and there’s 212 lost souls remaining at the location, lol.  Maybe they’re going to over winter at the location and miraculously show up next year? Actually, the number have to be taken with a grain of salt. Small inaccuracies and we couldn’t catch the people that breeched the soft barrier, in and out!

Please support year found farmers’ markets. Connect with them directly for details: links below!

Dufferin Grove farmers’ market | Evergreen Brick Works farmers market | Sorauran Market | The Round House farmers’ market (by the Steam Whistle Brewery) |Wychwood Barns farmers’ market (The Stop)

Tuesday Oct. 26th is final day of 2021!

Come one come all to see us off to the off-season.  Lots of fresh local produce and artisan foods to stock up on.  Many of our vendors do some off season sales, so please connect with them directly tomorrow in person or via our Purveyors page on this website.

   

    

Community Fridges TO at the market

Encore! Oct 5th and 12th.
Community Fridges TO are back by popular demand! Your donations from the month of Aug. were directly effective in contributing to food security in our city. So, let’s do it again a few times in the final month of our season. Easy peasy, buy extra produce on your market shop & drop off at their donation table just outside the EXIT
        
Want to volunteer, have a skill you can offer? Email them directly to offer your time to help them do their work, cf.416.to@gmail.com

About Community Fridges Toronto:

CFTO is a Toronto based volunteer driven community initiative with a network of fridges and pantries that offer free food to combat food insecurity. Necessities like fresh produce, whole meals, pantry goods, personal care items can be accessed by anyone at any time of day, no questions asked, without enrolling in a program and free from the stigma associated with food insecurity.’  Motto: Take what you need, leave what you can.  Currently there are 7 active fridge locations. The nearest is at 870 Dundas West (and Manning, NW corner) and hosted by Hamers Coffee.

Email cf.416.to@gmail.com to connect.  

Shout out to Leia Bryans for the lovely graphics for this campaign and to Joy & the @CF__TO team for all that they do

Market accepts donations to help with our expenses.

As of this post, it’s a mere 7 more market days remaining of the season! Time flies! Final is Tuesday Oct. 26th, 2021. Come each and every day to shop for local, fresh product and to support our vendors.
 
This post is our blatant campaign push asking for donations to help buffer the budget. Know that the funds will not be squandered! Look for donations bins at the ENTER and EXIT accompanied by the han san and a friendly volunteer.  Alternatively, you may e-trans to info@tbfm.ca (auto deposit) from the comfort of your home at anytime.
 
Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market is run by community volunteers. There is no organization or company/corporation or city/government infrastructure behind us. It is run sustainably with vendor stall fees covering our hard expenses.

What kinds of things did/will we use the donations for this season?

– hand sanitizer (from Spirit Of York)
– more masks
– more hi-viz vests
– replacement wheels for our wagons/dollys
– general supplies/repairs to equipment
– produce for Community Fridges TO and will again with their encore visits Oct. 5th and 12th.
– season end appreciation picnic for volunteers!
 
Thank you to all that have donated thus far! Amazed at the occasional twenties that have showed up! Wowzy. Much gratitude for your patronage and generosity. 

Call out for Sept & Oct Volunteers!

It’s our fall call out for volunteers.  We are looking for a handful of dedicated fun loving people for Sept and Oct commitments to finish off the season in style!

Go to the ‘volunteer info‘ on this website. Please read the important details before you fill our the online application form.