Farmers Market Aug 28th

Saturday August 28th marked the last Saturday in August. What a change we are seeing in the locally grown fruits and vegetables.  This weekend was the last of the local Ontario Blueberries.  As disappointing as this was to our market visitors, they were encouraged with the arrival of fresh Ontario Apples  including , Jersey Mac, Pollard and Ginger Gold.  We also welcomed a new vendor this week “Cody’s Cows”.  Owners Jeff and Shawna bring their local farm fresh meats and eggs Pre-Packaged for Delivery or Pick-Up.  For more information call 519-853-5320.  Omar Al-Hafidh is a caricature artist who is a regular at our market.  Omar will do children’s portraits for $5.00 and Adults for $10.00.  Check out more of his work on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/kerrfm .  The Kerr Village Farmers Market has come to the assistance of Bruce Ferrier of Treasure Island Books.  Bruce was given notice to vacate his location by  the end of August.  Bruce will be selling his books at the Kerr Village Farmers Market from now until Oct 9th

Come Visit Bruce Ferrier at the Kerr Village Farmers Market

 when the market waps up for the season.   Please plan on dropping by the Market to support Bruce’s initiative to sell his remaining books.  We have some exciting events comming up that we would like to tell you about.  On September 11th Kevin Flynn our MPP will be visiting the market  to present the Kerr Village BIA with a Grant from the Ontario Market Fund OMAFRA.  This grant is to assist the Kerr Village Farmers Market in promoting the benefits of eating locally produced fruits and vegetables.  The second and equally as exciting event is a  Vodka Cooking and Sampling event on September 25th hosted by the Wine Ladies www.thewineladies.com, Tag Vodka www.tagvodka.com and Chef Paul of Liaison College www.liaisoncollageoakville.com .  September is going to be an exciting time at the Farmers Market and we look forwad to seeing you their this Saturday.

Farmers Market Aug 21st

On August 21st we welcomed the return of Chef Paul Hoag from Liaison Collage. He prepared four recipes using Cameron’s Brewery Beer.      

Beer Cheddar Soup using Cameron's Brewery Lager

  Chef Paul used a Dark Ale, a Lager, an Auburn Ale and a Cream Ale in his recipes.  He prepared a Beer and Cheddar soup with the Lager garnished with Oxtails.  Then he prepared some wonderful Braised Pork Belly using the Auburn Ale.  

Braised Pork Belly using Cameron's Dark Ale

  Then for something sweet Chef Paul mixed Chocolate with the Dark Ale, and created cupcakes with chocolate icing.  With the Cream Ale, Chef Paul created an incredibly tasty beer bread sticks with Garlic.   

The flavours were incredible and the beers were perfectly matched to the recipes.  These recipes are available on the Liaison College Oakville website.  

In addition to this special event featuring Liaison College and Cameron’s Brewery, we also had GoodLife Fitness visiting the market this week.  GoodLife Fitness was giving away plenty of free gifts during the market. They also had a special draw for two BBQ Sets and a free 6 month membership.  Their tent was well attended and many fitness conscious market visitors signed up for their trial membership.  This week Donna Messer captured the excitement of the Market in her Blog Talk Radio broadcast. You can listen to a replay of this broad Cast by clicking here.  

Plan to visit the market each week for new tastes, new vendors and new experiences! You will want to plan to be at the market on September 11th when our MPP Kevin Flynn will be presenting the Kerr Village BIA with a grant from the Ontario Market Fund OMAFRA. The fund is in support of the promotion of buying and eating local farm fresh produce from within 100 miles of Kerr Village.

Kerr Village Farmers Market – July 3rd

The July 1st Canada Day weekend was a great day for the Kerr Village Farmers Market.  Not only were we supported by fine weather,  we had a large number of visitors from all over Oakville.  Our visitors experienced fresh picked Cherries and Raspberries from the Niagara Peninsula area.

Picking Raspberries for the Kerr Village Farmers Market

Picking Raspberries for the Kerr Village Farmers Market

Fresh Ontario potatoes and beans.  Organic Flax from Busy Liz’s farm in Campbellville.  If you are driving north on Guelph Line, be sure to stop at Busy Liz’s fruit stand in Campbellville. She has a large variety of fresh produce and is a wealth of information about healthy eating.  Our entertainment this week was provided by Rob Birmingham and John Restas.  They provided a welcome variety of 60’s though 80’s favorites.  We even had people dancing under the sunshine because the music was so great.  We are looking forward to more fresh cherries and raspberries this week and we will be searching out locally grown Blackberries, beans and cucumbers to ensure that there are plenty avaialble for you to pick up this Saturday July 10th.

Picking Raspberries for the Kerr Village Farmers Market

Picking Raspberries for the Kerr Village Farmers Market

Kerr Village Farmers Market Officially Open

Opening day June 19th, 2010 was a fantastic event.  The weather co-operated and by 10:00am we started to see a steady flow of returning and new visitors to the market.

I wonder if Dad would like this for Father's Day

The strawberries came from BerryFresh Farms in Niagara on the Lake.  They were picked fresh and brought straight back to the Kerr Village Farmers Market for our visitors to purchase.  Everyone who sampled these fresh strawberries bought at least two quarts.  The brilliant colours of the Peppers and Eggplant were too much to resist and we sold out very fast.   One of the highlights of the day was cookie decorating for Father’s Day.

A little more icing please!

Kids of all ages were able to use their imagination to create delectable creations out of Star Shaped sugar cookies.

Farmers participating in this years Kerr Village Farmers Market are:

Doug’s Honey Douglas Eiche
NetProduce William Serrano http://www.netproduce.ca
Goledie Farms Gary and Blanche Godelie
Our Fathers Farm Candy Goud http://www.ourfathersfarm.com
Andrew’s Scenic Acres Lauraine and Bert Andrews http://www.andrewsscenicacres.com
Morden’s Organic Farm Sandy Morden http://www.mordensorganicfarmstore.com
Schulz Farm Heinz Schulz
St. David’s Hydroponics Lawrence Van Den Oever http://www.stdavidshydroponics.com
BerryFresh Farms Dave and Christine Fresh

OMAFRA’s Ontario Farmers’ Markets Strategy
The Ontario government wants to see more Ontario grown food on the tables of Ontario families.  Learn more about OMAFRA’s Ontario Farmers’ Markets Strategy.  Read the Story…

Our next market day is Saturday June 26th.  We will have the Oakville Weavers and Spinners doing a demonstration and sale of their hand crafted works.

The Oakville Handweavers and Spinners Guild started in 1952 and since then, they continue to take part in many local community activities. demonstrating spinning/weaving at historical sites throughout Oakville, networking with Guilds in surrounding counties through workshops and seminars, participating with other local Guilds in textile exhibitions and providing individual and group instruction in weaving and spinning.  Come out and meet the members of the Oakville Handweavers and Spinners Guild.  For more information visit http://oakvilleweaversandspinners.blogspot.com/