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Farm Happenings at Main Street Urban Farm
On Farm Conference, 2021
EFAO Conference week
While we plug away at our work here on the farm this week we are also plugged in to the Ecological Farmers' Association of Ontario (EFAO) conference taking place online for the second year in a row. While we are disappointed not to be with our farmer friends, we are once again1 read more »
Sunchokes galore in Nov 2021
While we dig, we get a lot of questions about how to eat sunchokes. The answer is stunningly easy: any way you'd eat a potato. Steamed, sauteed, deep-fried, roasted, steamed, baked, or raw. Not everyone eats potatoes raw, but we suggest everyone try sunchokes raw. The nutty, sweet crunch is compell1 read more »
Coolers and heaters 2021
As we wake to more mornings of frosty glory, sparkles on roofs and roads, cabbages and celery, Winter draws near. Time for soups and scarves, sunny windows and sipping tea. But also, coolers changing to heaters.
A few years ago we bought a prototype walk-in cooler from Feris Build Tech, a bui1 read more »
TIME CHANGE: 4-5PM pickups from Nov 11th
Now the clocks have changed veggie pickup time at the barn has changed to 4-5pm. If you can't make it by 5pm no worries, we will leave your share out for you.
We are glad for several dry clear days over the weekend because it expedites our fieldwork. The major factor which slows us down1 read more »
Extended season 2021, welcome!
Welcome to our extended season. We're glad to have you eating along with us as we provide Kingston-grown produce fresh to you for November-December 2021. We encourage you to get to know and enjoy your brassicas, such as cabbage and radish. They are our cold-climate friends. They grow well in the co1 read more »
About the farm
A decentralised urban farm in downtown Kingston Ontario, Main Street Market Urban Farm has been run by co-farmers Tim & Tracy Lyon since 2009. We grow vegetables and mushrooms on several city centre plots. And, we also grow the connection between eaters and farmers, eaters and the earth. We fell in love with farming and the food we grow when we tasted the fruit straight from the field. You can get it delivered right to your door by bicycle! Our growing methods follow organic principles in our intensive, market-garden style beds.
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