Alberta Local Food | Alberta Local Food Week

Our Partners

Alberta Food Week would never be possible without the help of our featured partner organizations.

Alberta Farm Fresh Producers

Alberta Farmers Market

Alberta Open Farm Days

Open Farm Days Culinery Events

Alberta on the Plate

Alberta Agricuture and Forestry

SPECIAL Feature!

Gold Forest Grains

Our winning local food week pizza was made using flour from Gold Forest Grains. They are a small, family operated grain farm near Morinville. They have our own flour mill and produce, mill and sell their own flour products around Edmonton. Their flour is freshly milled daily and they grow heritage varieties of Certified Organic grains. In Edmonton they are at Prairie Mill Bread Co., Dauphine Bakery & Bistro, Old Strathcona Farmers Market, Wild Earth Foods, Earths General Store & Baker Bill (at market). Their flax is also pressed by Mighty Trio Organics into wonderful Flax Oil. Thanks for supporting this great local business!!

Wild Country Gardens - Wildwood, AB

Wild Country Gardens is a locally owned and operated fruit farm in the Wildwood Area.

The reason we participating in this event is that our farm is at the point where we are ready to open our doors to the public. It has been a long journey for us to get to this point. We started our farm 11 years ago with the dream to someday to have a Farm Store and have people come to us rather than always having to do the farmers markets and having local businesses sell our products.

We have beautiful half section of land that we have used to develop a home based business which offers: Fruit Orchard – over 700 assorted fruits trees and berry bushes, Garlic Patch, Tea Gardens, Honey Bes and more.

For the Alberta Local Food week we are having Farm Tours, sampling and a Farm to Table Lunch Event. Call for more information at 780-325-2207 or check out our Facebook page.

Lazy T Farms – Halkirk, Alberta

Lazy T Farms is a 5^th generation family farm located in Central Alberta who raise healthy animals taking your produce from Farm to Plate. A proud host for the 2019 Alberta Local Food Week, by Prairie Farm Project which is a group of young farms including Lazy T farm, Redtail Farm, and Lady’s Hat Farm. Join us for a farm tour where we will share the history of our 5th generation and what we are up to currently on our farm. the dinner will be prepared by chef Jason Barton-Browne, using local ingredients from the Prairie Farm Project. Dinner will be followed by entertainment and a campfire. Camping available.

Check our our website at https://www.lazytfarm.ca for details on this event and more.

Sundog Organic Farm

Our next vendor highlight from our local food week winner is Sundog Organic Farm. Sundog grows exceptional veggies in the heart of Sturgeon County, AB. 14 acres, 3 boys, 1 dog, 2 dedicated farmers They also offer a customizable farm box! As always thank you for supporting local! #ablocalfood

Prairie Gardens & Adventure – Bon Accord, Alberta

Plan to spend the day with us – there are over 50 fun farm activities for your family to enjoy! Holders of the Growing Alberta Leadership Award for Community Spirit, and the Direct Farm Marketer of the Year awards, we’re proud to be located in Sturgeon County, some of the most scenic and richest farmland in the world! Don’t be fooled by our name, in our case it doesn’t say it all. Yes, you will make some farmyard friends but there’s also a corn maze, garden centre, a Klondike ghost town, and a whole host of indoor and outdoor adventure play for you to enjoy. So when we say there’s something for everyone, whatever the weather, whatever your age, it’s true! Why not come see for yourself? You provide the children and we’ll provide the fun!

A Proud Host for the 2019 Alberta Local Food Week Check out our Festival & Events for more information at www.prairiegardens.org

We’re just 25 minutes north on Edmonton!

Alberta Tilapia Aquaponics

Yes, Fish in Alberta!! We here at Alberta Tilapia Aquaponics are very excited to be part of the local food week August 11-18th 2019.

In this week we are going to do multiple food tours getting more people to taste the difference between normal imported produce and that of what is grown here at home in Alberta . We are hiring a chef just to prepare some food for you to taste, all the food he will be serving will be sourced right off our farm. We do have a commercial processing room on site that is licensed by Alberta health services.

Alberta Food Week allows us to be able to show and treat the public to a true farm experience that is thrilling with activities and local food. Being able to walk down the pathway in our tomatoes forest that tomatoes is 12 feet high, picking and seeing exactly how this high quality produce is grown. Being able to see fish up close touch them and interact by feeding them is an experience not many get to do.

More information go to our website at https://www.albertatilapia.com or our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/albertatilapia/

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9 ways you can show your love and support for Alberta Food any time of the year.

Here are 9 ways you can up your love and support for Alberta local food any time of the year:
Visit local restaurants that source local. Choose locally owned restaurants that are dedicated to using ingredients from local farmers, growers, producers and processors. If you don’t see on the menu where some of the ingredients come from, ask your server.
Eat with the season. Plan your at-home menus around what is in season in Alberta.
To market, to market! Grocery shop at your local farmers’ market and take the time to explore new products and vendors. Go beyond your grocery list and try something new!
Pick your own. Grab the kids or a friend, jump in the car and visit a U-pick. Think about stocking your freezer with berries so you can eat locally grown produce for weeks or months.
Ask for Alberta. When you are at the grocery store, look for local produce and local products on the shelf. If you don’t see anything local, ask for it.
Know where your meat is from. Buy your meat from a local butcher, market vendor or direct from the farm. Know where and how your meat has been raised.
Visit a farm. Many farms sell products at their farm gate, or even offer tours. Meet your rural neighbours.
Get on social media! Share how you support Alberta local food on social media, using the hashtag, #ablocalfood. A well placed tweet, post or story spreads the word about local food and helps a local producer or restaurant’s bottom line.
Open a child’s eyes. Give your kids or a child in your life the chance to learn about where their food comes from. Take the kids to a U-pick, visit a farm during Open Farm Days, or if you can’t leave the city, simply visit a local farmers’ market and teach them where those berries, burgers or chocolate milk come from.