Check out these photos collaged from Summer market days. The farm stand has an amazing diversity:
Leafy greens and diversity salad.
New garlic and onions – some braided!
Yes, tomatoes are out – farmers have them in every colour and size. Heirloom tomatoes. Other nightshades as well – lots of pepper, hot pepper, eggplants, potatoes and even okra.
Gourd family abound – cukes and zukes, and winter squash too!
Japanese squash kabocha at Chi Garden table, simmered or roasted, how about kabocha chai ice cream? This winter squash does not need peeling as the skin is thin and soft.
Bitter melon and luffa: Bitter melon and eggs stirfry is our favourite way to prepare, and this recipe looks good and simple. Luffa or loofah, yes as in the spongy scrubber luffa, is edible and delicious when young, and simple to prepare, as in this and silky luffa recipe with tofu.
Raw honey from Capital Bees! Have 500g and 1 litre jars.
Jam from Nanabush Food Forest – new varieties!
AND – we reuse the glass parts of all jars – honey, jam, ferments, oil, etc. Bring them back to the Chi Garden table where they are gladly accepted.
Capital Bees – certified natually grown raw honey (find them at Chi Garden table)
7 Hues EcoFarm – Ferme aux sept couleurs – Curly Endive (Chicory), Fresh garlic, Pink Celery, Purple Napa Cabbage, Sweet and hot peppers, Beans, Kangua magic melon, Zucchini, Green Onions, Water Spinach, Beets.
Nellai Farms – onions, fresh young celery stalks, bush beans, jalapeño peppers and fragrant genova Basil.
Earth and Heart Organics is on social media! Go ahead and give them a like. They have potatoes, pepper (hot ones too!), and squash ready.
Cadence Ecological Farm has cucamelons (picture below!), cucumber, zucchini, kale, sweet peppers, hot peppers, okra, carrots, beets, and lots of microgreens! The garlic is still drying, but will be available soon!
Nanabushi Food Forests – excellent low-sugar jam from forest-grown fruits and berries (at Chi Garden table).
Chi Garden has specialty veggies and ferments, and mushroom oil. August specialty:
– Heirloom snap beans – Specialty pole beans developed 500 years ago in NE China near Siberia. They are dongbei youdou – snap beans (not stringless French beans) and horticulturally they are common beans – Phaseolus vulgaris var. chinensis Hort. They were developed for their protein-rich (20%!), fleshy, tender, and snappy pods, and need longer cooking – minimum of 10 minutes above 100 Celcius to rid of antinutrients found in all common beans.
– Garlic chive scape (a once-a-year treat) – sweet, tender, wonderful on its own stir-fried, and goes well with any protein.
– Diversity salad with edible flowers. First flush of Japanese squash – kabocha. First harvest of bitter melon!
Starting from July 10th, Just Food Farm Stand 2022 summer outdoors markets will be open weekly on (most) Sundays from 10am – 1pm.
Farm Stand poster 2022 – diverse farmers, diverse products, all ecological, all local.
Fresh and diverse vegetables and herbs. Berries, jams, and jellies. Fermentation (kimchi, hot sauce) and preserves. Maple syrup and maple butter. Raw honey and bee products. Lamb and lamb products. Mushroom products. Seasonal food offerings are made from farm-fresh produce.
Direction: Turn left from Innes bypass onto Innes Road, to Blackburn Hamlet, about 200 meters on the left you will find us set up outside on Innes Road. Across from soccer/baseball fields in Tauvett Park. Google map location.
We open from 10am-1pm on Sundays from July – October 2022*.
due to long weekend schedule, we will not set up on July 31, September 5 and October 10, to allow farmer vendors to take these holidays off.
This weekend was filled with excitement and surprise.
After the Just Food Farm Stand on Sunday, we came home to unexpected guests. When we opened the barn door our dog, Mirissa was running around all excited. We followed her and to our amazement there were twin lambs (males)! It was from a first time mom, Braye. We adore this ewe, she is so friendly and we knew she would be a good mom because her mother is an exceptional one.
After we set up the pen to put the mother and lambs in, we encouraged Braye to walk in the pen with her lambs. Once that was done, I ran into the house and grabbed as many towels as I could to wipe the wet ones down. We were a little concerned for the lambs because that night was going down to -19. We were going to use a heat lamp, but the circuit breaker tripped and would not reset—of course on a Sunday night! So, we did a last rub down, covered them in straw (when they were lying down) and left the barn with our fingers crossed. The first 24 hours for lambs is the most crucial time. They can get cold very quickly and it can be fatal.
Needless to say, I did not have the best sleep. I woke up at 4 am, got dressed, put on the headlamp, and went to the barn. As soon as I opened the door I heard the lambs. Yay! Then …I heard new lamb calls and Mirissa came running to me and jumped up and then quickly ran to another corner of the barn. I went to investigate, and sure enough, twin lambs (male & female)! This time it was Braye’s mother, Alderney. Again, we did the same thing, rubbed down the lambs and covered them with straw. The temperature was -19 and warming up to -8. The electrician arrived that morning to fix our outlets.
All in all, lots of excitement for a while, then the calmness of the barn returning to some form of normal. Last night we slept well knowing that the lambs nursed all day and were completely dry, so everything should be okay. The lambs tend to sleep on each other to stay warm and sometimes they are at their mother’s head or cuddled behind her.
Today, I walked into the barn to see lambs jumping around in their pen and I laughed. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera ready for that, but I did manage to get a couple of cute shots.
Our popular holiday market has returned this Holiday Season!
Opens two weekends.
When Saturday and Sunday, Dec 4-5, 11-12, from 11am – 2pm.
Where 2391 Pepin Ct (in Blackburn Hamlet), inside Just Food Community Farm’s Big Red Barn.
About Eight farms will use local ecological ingredients to create food and holiday gifts! Herbal tea, fermented products (kimchi!), lamb products, freshly-made baked goods + food items, jam and jelly, ancient grain and corn chips, honey and bee products, mushroom products, gourmet salt, and much more! COVID rules apply. Please wear a mask while inside and follow public health advisories.
Farm Stand OPENS on Sundays, October 3, 17, 24, 31. November 14 and 28th, from 11am to 1pm.
Christmas market coming soon!
Farmers of Just Food Community Farm are happy to be back and to serve you and your family good, healthy, and nutritious local produce and food! Runs every Sunday during October except for the Thanksgiving weekend. We welcomed new startup farmers joining the farm stand in 2021. Follow us on facebook and instagram – @justfoodfarmstand.
Our popular Sunday farm stand is a community spot, to meet farmers, buy direct from organic veggies, natural honey, yummy preserve such as kimchi, jam and jelly and mushroom oil, lamb cuts, sausage, ancient corn chips, and much more.
WHERE@ Just Food Farm Stand is located inside Just Food Community Farm, 2391 Pepin Ct, in Blackburn Hamlet community. Take Innes bypass, turn onto Innes Road, make an immediate turn into Pepin Ct. We will set up at the corner of Inness and Pepin.
Farmers of Just Food Community Farm are happy to be back and to serve you and your family good, healthy, and nutritious local food! Runs every Sunday from July 11 – October, we welcome new startup farmers joining the farm stand in 2021. Follow us on facebook and instagram – @justfoodfarmstand.
Our popular Sunday farm stand is a community spot, to meet farmers, buy direct from organic veggies, natural honey, yummy preserve such as kimchi and mushroom oil, lamb sausage, ancient corn chips, and much more.
WHERE@ Just Food Farm Stand is located inside Just Food Community Farm, 2391 Pepin Ct, in Blackburn Hamlet community. Take Innes bypass, turn onto Innes Road, make an immediate turn into Pepin Ct. We will set up at the corner of Inness and Pepin.
WHEN
OPENS Every Sunday from July 11 to October. 10am – 2pm.
COVID rules apply
We follow public health rules and advisories.
Vendors will wear masks.
Please use sanitizer at the door before entering.
Please keep appropriate distance.
Vendors and Products
Capital Bees – Honey from Capital Bees can be ordered from Chi Garden store. For other bee products visit their online store.
Our 2021 Spring-Summer Just Food Farm Stand is open!
We, Cadence Ecological Farm, Chi Garden, Capital Bees and Flat Earth Farm are happy to be back and to serve you and your family good, healthy, and nutritious local food! Coming July there will be more farmers joining the farm stand. Follow us on facebook and instagram – @justfoodfarmstand.
Feburary Market – 11am – 1pm, Sunday Feb 14th, 2021
March Market – 11am – 1pm, Sunday, March 14, 2021
April Market – 11am – 1pm, Sunday, April 11, 2021
May Market – 11am – 1pm, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Seedlings for sale from Greens Creek Organic Nursery. Order HERE.
May 30 Market – 11am-1pm, Sunday. Seedlings for sale from Greens Creek Organic Nursery. Order HERE.
COMING UP: June 20 Market – 11am – 1pm, Sunday.
SUMMER MARKET OPENS on July 11 and runs through October. 10am – 2pm, every Sunday.
COVID rules apply
With lockdown and stay-at-home order, we will open as essential services, and strictly follow public health rules.
Please wear a mask (mandatory).
Please use sanitizer at the door before entering.
Please stand 2 m apart.
Please follow maximum # of customers. Only 1 family per vendor table.
Consider Ordering Online
We strongly suggest that people order online. We will have two lines. One for online pick up only…that one will be served first, and the other for people who did not order online.
@ Just Food Farm Stand will be hosting a Holiday Market in the coming weeks, every Sunday from 11am-1pm at Just Food Community Farm, 2391 Pepin Ct. starts November 22nd and runs through December 20th, 2020.
OVER 100 Local flavours products and great holiday finds including Microgreen, Veggies (for as long as possible we will supply fresh carrots, sunchoke, diversity salad…), Lamb products (leg of lamb, merguez and fine herb sausage, lamb chops, rack of lamb), Fermentation (kimchi, sauerkraut, hot sauce, kale kraut mountain style and many other specialty products), Honey and honey products (honey, lip balm, lotion bars, and candles), Herbal products (herbal teas, herbs, finishing salt, dried bouquets), Ancient grain corn Chips, Maple Syrup and maple butter, Low sugar Jam, Jelly, Preserves, mushroom blend and spice blend, and much more!
All Ecological and Handcrafted! Over 100 products!
Just Food Community Farm has ample free parking, and is accessible by bus 25 at Tauvette/Innes stop (5 minutes walk).
Check out our location on this aerial view showing our Holiday Market aka Winter Farm Stand location in the spacious Green House.
(photo credit @Ron St. Louis of Capital Bees)
Some of the products at the Holiday Market. Our farmers are organic and use ecological practices. Our food is local and handcrafted – some of the best in Ottawa!
Veggies, fermentation such as kimchi and mountain-style kale kraut, and mushroom oil from the Chi Garden;
Lamb products such as sausages and chops, ancient grain corn chips, maple syrup and maple butter by Flat Earth Farm
Just Food Farm Stand 