Cookstown Greens: Resetting our Food Culture

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Beyond The Cart

The Big Carrot

6 episodes

4 hours ago

A podcast bringing you the why behind the products you buy. Host Kate McMurray, nutritionist and Outreach Coordinator at The Big Carrot, speaks with entrepreneurs, farmers, and healthy food system advocates to find out how we can feel better about filling our carts. From organic farming to cleaner skincare to GMOs and corporate control, we’re digging into real stories with real people to get the inspiration and information today’s shoppers need. The Big Carrot is a worker owned health food store that has been providing local, organic, non-GMO and sustainable options to Torontonians since 1983

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Cookstown Greens: Resetting our Food Culture

Beyond The Cart

32 minutes 6 seconds

2 years ago

Cookstown Greens: Resetting our Food Culture

Kate talks to organic farmers Vicky and Mike Ffrench of Cookstown Greens. You might wonder why your organic products cost more. In this episode we dig into that and learn about the day to day reality of being an organic farmer, the importance of building community and eating seasonally.
Cooktown greens is a family run certified organic vegetable farm located one hour north of Toronto in ESSA Township, the French family has been farming the 100 acre land since 1988 and offer a year round selection of delicious microgreens and root vegetables.