Thank you to all who participated in my recent workshop entitled, Putting the Iron Back in the Iron Chef: the Community Food Audit at Work.
For those of you who didn't get to attend, here are the results from the audit. Click on tabs to get more detailed information.
Feel free to pass this along to friends, family and people in the food industry you feel would benefit from the information.
The Guelph Farmer's Market
est. 1856
4 Gordon Street at Waterloo Avenue
Open Saturdays from 7am - 12pm
80+ vendors - see below for list of some vendors
Operations Manager - Lucy Meyer
519 837-5628 ext. 526
Market phone
519 822-1751 ext. 2244 (during the week) ext. 2630 (Saturday)
CSA Farms that service Guelph
1. Ignatius Farm
Farm Coordinator - Heather Lekx
519 824-1250 ext. 275
Member share prices for 2006
595.00 - full share
345.00 - half share
deposit 100.00 with 3 payments per year
Feb. 1 Full 165.00/ half 85.00
Apr. 1 Full 165.00/ half 85.00
Jun. 1 Full 165.00/ half 85.00
pick up at farm
2. Fourfold Farm
Farm Coordinators - Mark and Sandra
519 843-6822
Member share prices for 2006
820.00 - full
580.00 - half
340.00 - quarter
payments negotiable. Pick up at the farm or at a Guelph depot
3. Whole Circle Farm
Organically certified working towards Demeter certification.
Contact: Johann & Maggie Kleinsasser, Ph/Fx.519-856-1384 earth1st@golden.net
Guelph Farmer's Market Vendors
WOW Café
Raw foods, organic and local produce, inovative/conscious food
Carin Reinhart
Greenfields Farm
Organic produce exclusively. Provide a wide array of fruits and vegetables from the farm and source off the farm for a more diverse offering.
Cedarvale Farm
(519) 824-8832
Free run chickens and eggs
Eramosa Elk
519-856-0041
Locally farmed Elk
Fourfold Farms
Variety of baked goods in winter and some produce from the farm, but restricted due to season.
Monforte Cheese
@ Health for You stall [Pauline Creedy] Vendor
877.437.5553 Toll Free
Local/Organic Meat and Dairy
Rowe Farms
Proprietor - John Rowe
farming and butchering antibiotic/hormone free meats (sourcing meat from approx. 30 local Mennonite farms)
519 822-8794
Mappleton's Organic Dairy
Proprietors - Martin de Groot & Ineke Booy
519 638-3481
Organic Meadow
1866 767-9694
Grocery Stores with Local Foods
The Stone Store
519-821-2120
14 Commercial Street,
Guelph, ON N1H 2T7
Guelph Community Gardens
Two Rivers Community Garden
Huron Street, Guelph - Ward 1
Coordinator - Tara Tranor
Guelph Enabling Garden
Riverside Park
Speedvale and Woolwich
School Food Resources
Farm to School programs
School board members
Healthy Food in Schools Initiatives
Community Food Resources
G.U.T.S. – Guelph Union of Tenants and Supporters
North East Corner of Wyndham and Woolwich
519 830 8743
guelphunionoftenants@yahoo.ca
GUTS is committed to creating alternatives that increase self-sufficiency. GUTS offer free community meals, advocate for community gardens and free public space.
Guelph Community Health Centre
176 Wyndham St.N., Guelph,
(519) 821-5363 fax: (519) 821- 6148
email: info@gchc.on.ca
website: www.gchc.on.ca
Programs run by GCHC
*Ontario Early Years
Offering workshops on subjects relating to healthy snacks, meal time battles, the abc’s of baby food, breastfeeding, feeding dynamics and child weight.
*ABC's of Baby Food
Monthly workshops for parents to learn about the introduction of solid foods, textures, allergies and homemade versus store bought baby food. Gain "hands-on" experience making fresh food for babies.
*Garden Fresh Box
Spiritwind Christian Centre’s
Guelph Food Bank
100 Crimea Street,
Guelph
Offers food hampers for individuals and families in need, counselling, advocacy on behalf of clients and referrals to community agencies. Charitable receipts are provided. Budget, employment and nutrition counselling is provided along with food reference guide. 7-1380
Office Phone 519-767-1380
Fax 519-824-1640
E-Mail guelphfoodbank@spiritwind.com
Primary Contact Rev Marilyn Worobec, Pastor and Director
Alternate Contact Kim Campbell, Operations Manager
CSA Food Bank
640 Gordon Street
Corner of South Ring Road and Gordon St.
Above the CSA Bike Centreiversity Food Bank
Welcome In Drop In Centre
23 Gordon St
Guelph, ON N1H 4G9
The Welcome In is a place where people can receive low cost nutritious meals as well as friendship and support through the care and support of people who will "listen and hear".
Planet Bean – Fair Trade Retailer
Guelph Fruit Tree Project
Coordinator - Olivia Brown
