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Ontario strawberries available until frost?
It’s true…let’s celebrate the “day neutral” strawberry! While “June bearing” strawberry plants flower according to day length, day neutral plants continue to flower and produce fruit as long as it’s...
What are garlic scapes and what should I do with them?
Garlic scapes are weird squirrelly green stalks that grow from the garlic bulb at this time of year. The stalk often includes a bud, which would flower if left on the bulb. Scapes are usually...
Foodland Ontario
Do you recognize this logo? Does the jingle “Good things grow-whoa-whoa…in Ontar-iii-ooo” ring a bell? The Foodland Ontario program dates back to 1977, with a mission to promote the great taste,...
Meet Our Suppliers! Harriston Packers
Kurt Oelschlagel founded Harriston Packing Co. in 1967 after coming to Canada from Germany and settling in Harriston, Ontario. Kurt's family upbringing in the German meat trade, combined with his...
How to Grill the Perfect Steak
Three Tips for the Perfect Steak About half an hour before grilling take the steak out of the fridge to bring to room temperature, sprinkle generously with kosher salt. Sear the steak over high heat...
Local Food Week June 3-9, 2024
This week (June 3-9) is Local Food Week in Ontario! While every week is local food week at Fraberts, this is a week marked specially by the province to celebrate and promote Ontario farmers and...
Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads are the furled fronds from a fledgling fern (say that five times fast!) They are harvested from ostrich ferns, which grow wild in wet areas of northeastern North America in early...
Happy 150th to the Ontario Agricultural College
This year we celebrate 150 years of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph! Aggies have been called upon to show their Aggie pride today by sharing photos in our iconic...
Meet our Growers!
Paula and Dave started Salad Days Farm in 2016 near Belwood, just 10 minutes northeast of Fergus. They grow organic vegetables ranging from their famous salad mix to spinach, swiss chard, kale,...
Happy Earth Day!
Every day is Earth Day at Fraberts Fresh Food! Many may not know that Chef Derek and I actually come from environmental science backgrounds - Derek was an aquatic toxicologist and I have an M.Sc....
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