This page was exported from Shelburne Free Press [ https://shelburnefreepress.ca ] Export date:Wed Jul 3 11:30:03 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Bring the kids to ‘Farm Day’ at the Shelburne Farmers’ Market --------------------------------------------------- It is Farm Day at the Shelburne Farmers' Market this Thursday, June 12 – the first Special Event of the 2014 season. Everyone is invited to come out and see baby farm animals, demonstrations, and some real big farm equipment. The open air market is located at Besley's Farm, 716 Victoria Street at the south end of Shelburne. Running weekly from 3–7 p.m., it's a great place to spend every Thursday afternoon or early evening from now until October 9th. This week at the Farmers' Market, Farm Day will feature even more fun for the family with over a dozen vendors as well as baby lambs, calves, bunnies, chicks, a demonstration bee hive - so everyone can learn where their honey comes from and farm equipment. Baker Magic Shows and Party Face will be there with magician Steve Baker, a face painter, balloon artist and a costumed fiddler to entertain the kids and add to the fun. Besley Country Market owned by Brian, Deb and Evan Besley will display a combine, tractor and planter along with a tractor and cultivator. Children can experience what it is like to sit up in the giant tractor and combine. The Besley's are a cash crop and market garden farm, growing crops such as soybeans, grain, corn, canola and wheat. The Besleys also grow for the market, including asparagus, green &yellow beans, strawberries, sweet corn, pumpkins, raspberries, beets, hydroponics tomatoes and squash. They sell their produce at their road side stand on Victoria Street at the south end of Shelburne at the same location as the Farmers' Market, and at the Orangeville Farmers' Market, as well as to several restaurants. Rebecca Landman of Landman Gardens and Bakery, located just north of Grand Valley, is a weekly vendor at the Shelburne Farmers' Market. The Landman farm has been in the family since 1969, with a primary business of dairy goats and Rebecca hopes to have little goat kids at Farm Day is the weather is suitable. “Recently we have become quite diverse,” explains Rebecca, “we grow two acres of vegetables which are sold through our CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) program, where customers own a share of the garden, and come to the farm once a week all summer long to pick up their basket of vegetables.” The Landmans also raise chickens, turkeys, lambs and pigs and have a farm store that is open Fridays and Saturdays from Easter until Christmas each year. In the Landman farm store, customers can purchase farm fresh eggs, preserves, produce, meat and baking. Rebecca's butter tarts and squares are a big hit at the market with both customers and vendors. You can find Landman Gardens and Bakery at the Shelburne market on Thursdays or in Elora and Orangeville markets on Saturday mornings. Visit their website at www.landmangardens.ca and their facebook page for more information! https://www.facebook.com/landmangardens Steve and Alisha Frizzell, who have a family farm at 475163 County Road 11 in Amaranth, are also regular vendors. On Farm Day they plan to bring baby rabbits and newly hatched chicks for all the visiting families to enjoy. They have lived on their farm for 6 years, and Alisha says every year they try and add to the farm to make it even better. Steve Frizzell grew up right next door, “so we knew this place was the perfect place for us to start our family and farming business,” says Alisha. The Frizzells specialize in beef, pork, chicken, rabbit, and eggs. Customers can contact them at 519 925-0386 to arrange orders. As a hobby, Alisha breeds chickens and sells chicks to those interested in backyard chicken keeping. To get started in the backyard chicken hobby, Alisha advises that you will need a chicken coop and an outside run where the foul can play, a dust bath outside, as well as “a feeder, a watering container, and access to grass and bugs to keep your chickens happy and healthy.” Just a sampling of over a dozen fantastic vendors at Shelburne's Farmers' Market bringing special attractions to Farm Day as well as fresh local produce every Thursday all summer long. The coordinators of Shelburne Farmers' Market have set a goal to develop a stronger local market for producers, growers and consumers within the area. “The market stresses the importance of supporting local businesses,” says Brian Besley, “while providing the consumer with the highest quality products that the region has to offer.” Farm Day is just the first of many Special Events Days planned for the whole family at Shelburne Farmers' Market this year, including Fire Department Day July 10th, Corn Roast Day August 14th, Potato Day on September 11, and Catapult Pumpkin Launch on October 2nd. For information on how to eat local, visit Ontario's own Shelburne Farmers' Market every Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. and on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/shelburnefarmersmarket By Marni Walsh Baby Bunnies will be on display on Farm Day at Steve and Alisha Frizzell's vendor booth at the Farmers' Market in Shelburne this Thursday along with many other baby animals, farm equipment, and a bee demonstration. Photo courtesty of the Frizzell's family farm at 475163 County Road 11 in Amaranth Twsp. specializing in beef, pork, chicken, rabbit, and eggs. --------------------------------------------------- Images: https://shelburnefreepress.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Farmers-Market-300x225.jpeg --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2014-06-12 10:16:48 Post date GMT: 2014-06-12 14:16:48 Post modified date: 2014-06-18 12:23:38 Post modified date GMT: 2014-06-18 16:23:38 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com