The Market @ The Village in Niagara on the Lake is pleased to announce that Farmers’ Market opens for the season this Saturday May 29th. On opening day @ The Market, you will find vegetable plants for your garden, hand-tied floral bouquets, fresh rhubarb, asparagus, microgreens, herbs, and a few other early crops. In addition, local bread, eggs, honey, maple syrup, maple butter, cheeses, butter, jams, jellies, baked goods, and take-home prepared soups and meals will be available every week. Although onsite food consumption is not yet allowed, beverages and food-to-go will be available. As per the Ontario Three-Step Reopening Plan, only food vendors will be allowed to sell at Market until we enter Phase One of the Reopening Plan. Once we enter Phase One, our artisans, antique dealer, and bath, body and home product vendors will be joining us!
We are looking forward to seeing our customers, and getting local foods into local hands in a safe, relaxed open-air shopping environment. We truly offer “food less touched’ – straight from the farmer or producer to your kitchen. As the weeks go by, you will be seeing more farmers joining our line-up as their produce ripens. Being a “true” farmers’ market means 100% local produce sold by our Niagara farmers. Sometimes this means being a little patient while waiting to eat the best fruit and veggies that Niagara grows. But it is definitely worth the wait!
The health and safety of our customers, vendors and staff are of the utmost importance to us. Physical distancing practices will be in effect at Farmers’ Market, and we would like to ask our customers for their patience and understanding. Below are listed the customer guidelines that will be in place until further notice.
Niagara on the Lake Farmers’ Market Customer Guidelines
For the safety of our customers, vendors and staff, the following guidelines have been established:
- Self-assessment for COVID-19 exposure and symptoms prior to entering Market area.
- All vendors, staff and customers must wear a face mask while in shopping area or waiting in line to enter the shopping area.
- Customers are required to sanitize their hands before entry to the Market area.
- Market staff will monitor the number of shoppers in the Market area to ensure adequate space to allow for physical distancing.
- We ask that customers refrain from handling goods on vendor tables.
- Cash will be accepted by all vendors, but where possible, cashless sales are encouraged.
- Customers are asked to maintain a safe physical distance of 6 feet from other shoppers at all times.
- One-way traffic-flow arrows will be clearly marked in the Market area.
- Customers may use reusable bags, but must bag their own purchases
- There will be no washroom facilities for customers.
ATM will be set up onsite for our customer’s convenience.
We are excited to welcome you all back to The Market and thank you all for your ongoing support.
The Market @ The Village; the place where Locals support Local.
Meet You @ The Market!
WEEK #1 – VENDORS FOR
SATURDAY MAY 29th
Bartel Family Farm will have: Rhubarb, Spinach, Sorrel, Coriander, Tomatoe plants, Eggplant plants, Basil plants, Thyme plants, Oregano plants, Sorrel plants, Cilantro plants, Annual, Perennial & Biannual cut flower plants, and OF COURSE hand-tied floral bouquets.
Bee Inspired Farms will have: their amazingly delicious microgreens. Featuring Sunflower, Speckled Pea, Radish, Arugula, Brassica Mix and Micro Basil. Bee Inspired will also have fresh organic salad mix, radishes, salad turnips and green onions.
Canalside Soda Company will have: delicious all-natural sodas in many flavours, including Ginger Beer, Tonic, Sparkling Water, Ginger Ale, Mint Lime, Citrus Sour, Vanilla Bean, Jalapeño Pineapple , and Natural Root Beer
Catanzariti Farm will have: early greens, and other crops
Cheese Secrets/Just Peachie Farms will have: farm fresh eggs, local and international artisinal cheeses, and new this year PicNic options
Gryphon Ridge Highlands will have: an amazing assortment of sweet and savoury jams, jellies and preserves
Lindsay’s Gourmet Compound Butter will have: delicious compound butters in many flavours, including Bearnaise, Roasted Garlic, Blue Cheese-Chive, Thyme Herb, Parmesan Reggiano-Garlic, Latin Spiced, Rosemary-Lemon-Garlic, and a Variety Pack.
PigOut Catering will have: Porchetta, Rotisserie Chicken, Slaw, Pulled Pork, and buns. All packaged to-go!
Small Scale Farm will have: farm fresh eggs, asparagus, maple butter, maple syrup, honey, and locally roasted coffee by the bag.
Sunshine Gardeners will have: Bell pepper seedlings, hot pepper seedlings, tomato seedlings, cucumber seedlings, succulents, asparagus & rhubarb, ready for you to plant in your home garden.
Sweets & Swirls Cafe will have: Egg thingies, coffee and tea, berry scones, ham & cheese quiche, chocolate cookies, carrot muffins, and various fruit pies.
Tracy’s Wine Jellies will have: 11 different wine Jellies and 6 different beer Jellies all made with local wine and beer. Tracy’s will also have six different no sugar added fruit spreads. Lots of different prewrapped gift packs for those special occasions!
Well Brew Co. will have: Kombucha – Fermented, Sour, Fizzy, Probiotic Tea. Serving bottled kombucha made from tea that has been blended in Canada. Offering flavours such as Tropical Tide (a Green Tea, Pineapple, Passionfruit Kombucha) Strawberry Storm (a Strawberry Hibiscus Kombucha)
Do you want to create restaurant-quality meals with ease? Lindsay will provide that for you with her Lindsay’s Gourmet Compound Butter options. Lindsay was cooking for friends and family; catering events and discovered she could save money and reduce her time in the kitchen preparing delicious food by having these buttery flavours, made with real butter, available in her freezer.
Simple applications like topping meats, fish, veggies to mixing with pasta and yes, even popcorn became an adventure for all the possibilities. They are endless!
Join Lindsay on Saturdays; she will be overly excited to share her experiences with pairing these delicious flavours with the dish you have in mind. She’s likely to inspire you with new dishes too!
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Phone number: 289-362-6342