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Ottawa Farm Fresh are here to help you on the path to new year's resolution success! Whether your resolution is to eat more vegetables, be more eco-conscious, support the local economy, or connect to the local community, we're here to keep you on track for months to come! By joining our Summer Abundance CSA you are setting yourself up for resolution success right through the summer and well into the fall.

Today marks the longest night of the yearThe sun will set at 4:23pm tonight, plunging us into darkness for about fifteen hours until the sun rises tomorrow morning at 7:40am. The modern world would have us believe that this time of darkness is something to be loathed - the bleak midwinter - a time filled with nothing but cold and darkness. A time to be endured, not celebrated. In a world where the schedule of our lives changes little with the rhythm of the seasons, these short days and long nights can be challenging. We are given little opportunity to...

Are you a holiday traditionalist, making the same classic family dishes year after year, or do you like to keep things fresh with new and exciting flavours? No matter your disposition, Jolianne is here to bring some Farm Fresh goodness to your holiday meals - whether that’s with a fresh take on a holiday classic or something you’ve never tried before.

There are few seasonings that are more ubiquitous than garlic. It’s an automatic addition to just about every meal in our house - Jonathan has even been known to slice raw garlic onto peanut butter toast! The ubiquity of garlic makes it easy to overlook the provenance of this simple root, one of the world’s oldest cultivated crops, but who wants to imagine a world without garlic?! Not us!