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Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE


Chair
Sam McLean
Peterborough (Wed) Farmers' Market
RR#1, 2191 16th Line of Smith
Lakefield, ON K0L 2H0

Phone: 705-657-1630
Email: smclean@mcleanberryfarm.com

Vice-Chair
Jenny Groenheide
Thunder Bay Country Market
P. O. Box 429
South Gillies, ON  P0T 2V0

Phone:  807-475-3138
Email:  wjjgroen@tbaytel.net 

Treasurer
Diane Garrington 
Kitchener Market, City of Kitchener
300 King Street East
Kitchener, ON N2G 2L3

Phone: 519-741-3400 ext. 3209  
Fax: 519-741-2767
Email: diane.garrington@kitchener.ca  

At-Large 
Tom Neufeld
St. Catharines Farmers' Market
R. R. #1
Vineland, ON L0R 2C0

Phone: 905-563-5993
Email: t.m.neufeld@live.ca

Secretary (ex-officio)
Robert T. Chorney
Executive Director
54 Bayshore Road, R. R. #4
Brighton, ON K0K 1H0

Phone: 613-475-4769
Fax: 613-475-2913
Email: fmo@farmersmarketsontario.com

Past Chair
Philip Powell
City of Ottawa Markets
101 Centrepointe Drive
Ottawa, ON K2G 5K7

Phone: 613-580-2424 ext. 25385
Email: philip.powell@ottawa.ca

DIRECTORS - EAST


Shaun Funk
Chesterville Farmers' Market
P. O. Box 83, 77 Queen Street
Chesterville, Ontario K0C 1H0

Phone:  613-448-4308
Email: info@redheadpantry.ca

 

Sam McLean                         
Peterborough (Wed) Farmers' Market      
RR #1, 2191 16th Line of Smith
Lakefield, Ontario K0L 2H0

Phone: 705-657-1630
Email: smclean@mcleanberryfarm.com    

Dan Sheedy
Pembroke Farmers' Market
1508 Micksburg Road
Cobden, ON  K0J 1K0

Phone/Fax: 613-646-7878
Email: mixes@themixcompany.com

 

DIRECTORS - WEST


Diane Garrington 
Kitchener Market, City of Kitchener
300 King Street East
Kitchener, ON N2G 2L3

Phone: 519-741-3400 ext. 3209  
Fax: 519-741-2767
Email: diane.garrington@kitchener.ca  

Christine Scheer
London Covent Garden Market
130 King Street
London, ON  N6A 1C5

Phone: 519-439-3921 ext. 229
Email: farmersmarket@coventmarket.com          

Ray Sheldon
St. Marys Farmers' Market
R. R. #3, 276347 27th Line
Lakeside, Ontario N0M 2G0

Phone:  519-283-6025
Email: peggysheldon@hotmail.com

 

DIRECTORS - NORTH


Ken Ferguson                                     
N.E.M.I. Farmers' Market
1700 Indian Mountain Road
Sheguiandah, Ontario P0P 1W0  

Phone: 705-368-2468
Email: kferguson@onlink.net 
Jenny Groenheide
Thunder Bay Country Market
P. O. Box 429
South Gillies, ON  P0T 2V0

Phone:  807-475-3138
Email:  JGroenheide@provincialalliance.com

Ted Smith
Gore Bay Farmers' Market
1065 Union Road
Evansville, ON P0P 1E0

Phone: 705-282-6255
Email: gypsyfamilyfarm@ontera.net

 

 

DIRECTORS - CENTRAL


Jim Harris
Orillia Farmers' Market
City of Orillia, 50 Andrew St. S.
Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Phone: 705-238-7955
Email: jh.inenviro@encode.com

Mary Margaret McMahon
East Lynn Park MyMarket
34 Keystone Avenue
Toronto, ON  M4C 1H1

Phone: 416-693-9276
Email: spargy@rogers.com                

Tom Neufeld
St.  Catharines Farmers' Market
R. R. #1
Vineland, ON  L0R 2C0

Phone: 905-563-5993
Email: t.m.neufeld@live.ca

 

 

The Ontario Farmers' Markets Strategy is working to increase the opportunity for consumers to buy local Ontario food directly from Ontario farmers at farms and farmers markets across the province. The Ontario Farmers' Markets Strategy is working to increase the opportunity for consumers to buy local Ontario food directly from Ontario farmers at farms and farmers markets across the province. Government of Ontario

                                                      

                               

Special features

Farmers' market finder & calendar
Search for market days and times by entering the name of your city or town or by entering the name of a specific farmers' market. Click here.

What's in season & how to use it
Find out what crops are in season now (or will be soon). Learn about Ontario produce and how to pick it and prepare it. Click here to go to the Foodland Ontario website. (It's amazing!)

Want to start a farmers' market?
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Click here to fill out our online questionnaire.

Join Farmers' Markets Ontario®
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Special events at Ontario markets
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