Buy Local Share Local collects over 1000 pounds of produce for food banks in Hamilton and Woodstock this weekend

Fresh Ontario fruit at Ottawa Street Farmers' Market

Thanks to generous Hamiltonians and Woodstock residents, food banks in these two communities will be able to give fresh, local produce to those in need this week. Fresh food drives at Ottawa Street Farmers’ Market in Hamilton on Friday and the Woodstock Farmers’ Market on Saturday collected just over 1000 pounds of produce from generous market goers and vendors.

Donation bin full of fresh produce for Hamilton Food Share

Even though Friday was incredibly hot, Ottawa Street Market saw a steady stream of customers all day long picking up their supplies for the weekend. Watching market goers on Friday I noticed many people were picking up supplies to make dill pickles. I decided to try pickling myself on Sunday, which turned out to be more of an undertaking than I originally thought. It took all afternoon to make 9 one litre mason jars of garlic dill pickles and I ended up with a few burnt fingers. But it will all be worth it (I hope) when I open up my first jar of homemade pickles in two to three weeks.  

This evening from 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Buy Local Share Local will be at Sorauren Farmers’ Market in Toronto and we will be at Riverdale Farmers’ Market tomorrow evening. Come on out, visit our booth and enjoy the amazing variety of fresh produce in season right now!  If you have any pickling tips or interesting recipe ideas using  Ontario produce let me know, I can always use a new recipe or ingredient idea!

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