Ancaster Farmers Market

Pierogi Me! is a gourmet frozen food shop in Ancaster making homemade pierogi, soups and meals from scratch, including plant-based, gluten-free and nut- and peanut-free options. Its retail store is at 665 Tradewind Drive.

• Gluten-free
• Prepared food
• Polish

Superior Meats is a family-owned Barrie company founded in 1994 by Mike DeMaria. It specializes in artisan European dry-cured meats and imported specialty cheeses, carrying on a DeMaria family tradition of preserving and curing meats that began with Giuseppe (Joe) DeMaria in Siderno, Italy. Mike and Krisztina DeMaria sell salami, smoked meats and hard-to-find cheeses at the Barrie outlet and at farmers' markets.

• Cheese
• Meat

Fenwick Berry Farm is a first-generation family farm in Fenwick, in the heart of the Niagara Peninsula, run by Dave and Christine Klyn-Hesselink since 1999 on close to 150 acres. They grow strawberries and raspberries from the end of May into October, blackberries and blueberries from mid-July to mid-September, plus cherries, peaches, nectarines, apples, sweet peas and sweet corn, using raised beds, trickle irrigation and biological pest control. Pre-picked berries are sold at the wholesale barn at 1760 Balfour Street, and the farm sells at farmers' markets from June to mid-October.

• Produce

Flat Rock Cellars is a winery at 2727 Seventh Avenue in Jordan, Ontario, on the Twenty Mile Bench of the Niagara Peninsula. It makes Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling in Reserve and Estate tiers, plus the Twisted blends, in a five-level gravity-flow winery, and is one of 12 certified sustainable wineries in Ontario. The winery offers tours and tastings with cheese and charcuterie plates.

• Wine

Smoke & Moonshine food truck menu includes tacos, smashburgers, poutines, southern fried fish and chips, and ribs, plus sides such as fresh cut fries, creamy coleslaw, and cornbread with maple bourbon butter.

• Prepared food

SnaxCo is a small Burlington cookie company built around unexpected flavours rather than a plain chocolate-chip cookie. Founded in March 2023 by baker and CEO Joanne McFadden after she settled in Burlington in late 2022, every flavour is tested and tweaked in-house.

• Bakery

Homemade artisan dog treat baker!

Gourmet Cinnamon Bunz. Baked fresh every time. Made from scratch.

• Bakery

Rymel Farms. Your local growers. Est. 2025.

• Produce

Fairweather Brewing Company is a Hamilton craft brewery that opened in May 2017 in a revitalized warehouse in the Ainslie Wood neighbourhood. The brewery makes hoppy IPAs, stouts and porters, continental lagers, and fruited and oak-aged beers from its 10,000-square-foot production facility and taproom at 5 Ofield Road.

• Beer

Frozen Lemonade wid a likkle twist. Frozen & full a vibes. Come chill di island way!

• Prepared food

Abbraccio is an Italian-Canadian bakery in Guelph that makes refined Italian-inspired pastry and dessert in small batches. The name means embrace, and the menu centres on amaretti, cookies, crostata and other treats rooted in Italian home baking and old-world pastry craft, using quality ingredients and time-honoured techniques.

• Bakery
• Italian

Libby is the creative force behind Challe Family Farms. She puts her heart and soul into her baking, preserves, eggs and flowers. Challe Family Farm is located at 667 Concession 5 West, Milgrove Ontario, L0R 2H2.

• Bakery
• Eggs
• Flowers
• Preserves

The JC Cattle Co raises premium Speckle Park beef on the Chalmers family farm outside Milverton, Ontario. Three farmers built the business around local, high-quality beef: cattle are grass- and grain-finished without added steroids or hormones, processed at Peel Meat Packers in Drayton and cut and wrapped by Yungblut Meats in Tavistock. The farm also follows a nose-to-tail approach, with bone broth, tallow products and skincare.

• Meat

At LumberJack Pizza, we Guarantee Perfection. Showcasing a diverse range of fresh medium-sized, oven-ready pizza options. Made with the freshest local ingredients in Southwestern Ontario.

• Prepared food

Foundry Ice Cream work with local farmers, including those at Waterdown Farmers’ Market, to source seasonal ingredients wherever possible. Many of the flavours are available exclusively in summer using local fruit, herbs, honey, butter, botanicals, maple syrup, pumpkins, cider, nuts, etc.

• Prepared food

Liberty Way Farm is a 21-acre working farm at 1050 Hwy. 5 W in Dundas, co-founded in 2021 by Krystal Wall and Jeff Varcoe. It grows more than 30 varieties of organic vegetables, herbs, fruits and nut trees using regenerative practices in living soil, and welcomes visitors to the farm to learn about where food comes from and reconnect with the land and community.

• Organic
• Produce

Scratch made soups & pies locally sourced seasonal ingredients.

• Bakery
• Prepared food

We are a small family farm nestled along the shores of Lake Erie in Norfolk County, Ontario. We specialize in producing black currants, as well as our own line of black currant jam and cordial.

• Preserves
• Produce

Founded in 2019 by Thomas and Kendra after travel to 42 countries, Tijuana Tom's House of Hot Sauce brings global flavours to artisan hot sauces ranging from bright citrusy Japanese-inspired to smoky Mexican-inspired.

• Prepared food
• Japanese
• Mexican

AP Bakery is a Brantford bakery run by Priya and Amrish Kumar Goyal, with a shop at 175 Lynden Road, Unit A8. Priya learned to bake sourdough, bagels, pretzels and cookies while studying at Fleming College in Lindsay and working at Mickael's Café Libraire, and the couple started baking on their own in November 2022. They make sourdough loaves, bagels, pretzels, baguettes, brioche, challah, cinnamon buns, croissants and shortbread cookies, and sell at farmers' markets around the region.

• Bakery

Gigi's Foods is a Milton, Ontario maker of small-batch vinaigrettes, handcrafted since 2014 with fresh, local ingredients and no added sugars or preservatives. The dressings are vegan, sugar-free, dairy-free and gluten-free and double as marinades. Owner Lauren Di Crescenzo is expanding the line and its distribution.

• Gluten-free
• Preserves
• Vegan

Sweet Nutritionista began so people can enjoy healthy vegan treats without additives or artificial colours. Founder Geazul is a University of Waterloo kinesiology graduate (human nutrition minor) and Certified Nutritional Practitioner who also completed Humber College's Baking and Pastry Arts Management Program. All products are plant-based and organic, allergen friendly, vegan, gluten-free and nut-free.

• Bakery
• Gluten-free
• Organic
• Vegan

LumberHeads Kettle Corn has been made since 2013 from non-GMO corn glazed with organic cane sugar, sea salt and canola oil. The company started out popping fresh at Ontario farmers' markets and school fairs, and it now also sells in grocery stores across the province. The popcorn is made at its own facility in Milton, which employs local students. It is gluten-free, peanut-free, and free of dairy and eggs.

• Gluten-free
• Prepared food
• Vegan