Manotick "100 Mile" Dinner

Here is a list of some nearby farms and food producers to make your 100 Mile Dinner if you live in Manotick, Ontario. (100 mi = 160 km) Many of these farms sell at local Farmers' Markets listed below.

1. Vegetables (organic) - Bryson Farms, Shawville
2. Vegetables, Fruit - Rideau Pines Farm, North Gower
3. Cucumbers, zucchini - Sole Produce
4. Salad greens - Jambican Studio Garden, Osgoode
5. Tomatoes, cucumbers, vegetables - Suntech Greenhouse, Osgoode
6. Tomatoes, peas, corn, strasberries - Limeydale Farms
7. Corn, strawberries, raspberries - Cedar Hill Berry Farm, Almonte
8. Mushrooms - Continental Mushroom, Metcalfe
9. Garlic - Gino's Garlic Farm, Osgoode
10. Mustards, preserves - Mrs. McGarrigles, Merrickville
11. Organic products - Padgeberry Farm*, Osgoode
12. Raspberries - Miller Farm & Market, Manotick
13. Peaches, grapes, raspberries - Connaught Nursery, Cobden
14. Strawberries, corn - Ovens Berry Farm, Rideau Pines Farm, North Gower
15. Strawberries - Richmond Nursery Strasberry Farm
16. Berries - Dekok Family Berry Farm, Kanata
17. Cranberries - Upper Canada Cranberries, Greely
18. Apples, cider, jam, baked goods - Kilmarnock Orchards, Jasper
19. Apples, cider - Applehill Fruit Farm, Jockvale Rd.
20. Milk, Butter - Cochrane's Dairy*, Russell
21. Cheese - Les Brebis sur le toit bleu, Oxford Mills
22. Beef - Ottawa Valley Beef, Dan O'Brien
23. Beef - Fitzroy Beef Farmers
24. Meat, Game, Fowl - Bearbrook Farms
25. Elk - Elk Ranch, Carp
26. Flour, stone ground, Watson's Mill, Manotick
27. Bread - True Loaf Bread Co., Ottawa
28. Oats - Mountin Path Organics, Mountain
29. Maple syrup - Fulton's Sugar Bush, Pakenham
30. Honey - Halsall Honey *   Greely
31. Wine - Green Gables Winery, Oxford Station
32. Wine - Domaine Perrault, Navan

* delivers to surrounding area

• Farmers' Markets: Locals producers selling their food and products
• Carp Farmers' Market - 3790 Carp Rd. (Sat. 8-1)
• Kemptville Farmers' Market - 115 Water St. (Sun. 2-4 pm)
• Kenmore Farmers Market (Sat. 8-12, Jun - Oct)
• Main Street Farmer’s Market - St. Paul’s University, Main St. (Sat. 9-2)
• Metcalfe Farmers' Market - Metcalfe Fairgrounds, 8th Line Rd. (Sat. 8-12, May-mid Oct)
  
• Miller Farm & Market (daily July-Oct)
• North Gower Farmers' Market - 2155 Roger Stevens Dr. (Sat. 8:30-1, June-mid Oct)
  
• Ottawa Farmers' Market - Lansdowne Park, 945 Bank St. (Thu. 2-7, Sat.-Sun. 8-3)
• Stittsville Farmers' Market - Waldorf School off Stittsville Main St. (Thu. 3-7)
• Other Food Markets
• Organic Farmers' Market - Canada Care Medical Bldg. behind Canadian Tire, Bank & Heron (Sat. all year)
• Parkdale Market - Parkdale Ave. at Wellington (daily 7am-6pm)
• Byward Market - George & York St. (daily 7am-6pm)

Submit your favorite farm producer!

Related Information:

• River Health for waterfront residents
• Environmental Tips for Your Yard
• Recycling & Donating Directory

Links to other sites:

• Just Food Ottawa
• "Buy Local" food guide
• Ottawa Organic Growers & Markets
• SavourOttawa.ca (linking farms & chefs)
• GreenLivingOttawa.com
• Sustainable Living Ottawa East
• PureKnowHow.com - what's in your cosmetics?
• "..From the farm.." by Lori Gadzala
• City of Ottawa list of rural farmers markets and rural events

There is a new kind of farming called SPIN (Small Plot INtensive), growing crops in backyards or city plots. It takes advantage of low capital investment and quick rotation of crops to operate a viable vegatable business. [spinfarming.com, smallfarmcanada.ca/farmsystem.html]

Did you know that the average Canadian adult eats 3,500 mg of sodium (salt) every day? Did you kow that processed food contains about 10 times the amount of salt as natural food and is the source of most of the salt in our diet. Cutting salt intake by half would result in 10-20% fewer major strokes, 10-25% less heart failure, and 3-7% fewer heart attacks. [University of Calgary, Simon Fraser University] Lowering salt intake to 1,100 to 1,500 mg would mean 16,776 fewer cases of stroke and heart disease a year. [Canadian Hournal of Cardiology]

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