The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative is a networking project for local food producers and consumers, whereby local consumers can connect with and buy from local food producers.

If you live in the Upper Ottawa Valley and would like to buy and/or sell locally produced food through our monthly online ordering and distribution system, please sign up by clicking on 'Join' at the top of the page.

For more info on the co-op, download the OVFC Brochure.

New Boost for the Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative Thanks to $89,700 OTF Grant

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Breeding Ferment: A Wild Fermentation Workshop with Sandor Katz

Monday, September 15
7-9pm at Algonquin College, rm. 205, 315 Pembroke St. E., Pembroke
Cost: $10

Come learn the history of, nutritional benefits of and simple techniques for making your own live-culture ferments, such as sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, yogurt, sourdough breads, and other fermented delicacies.

To pre-register: call or email Christina Anderman: christina@ottawavalleyfood.org, 613-757-3044

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Take advantage of other ways to buy fresh, locally grown and produced food and goods all summer, at your local farmers' markets

Pembroke Farmers' Market

Wednesdays and Saturdays
8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Wednesday May 21 to Saturday October 18
at the corner of Lake and Victoria streets, downtown Pembroke
www.pembrokefarmersmarket.com

Cobden Farmers' Market

Saturdays May thru October
8 a.m. - 12 noon
Cobden Fairgrounds

Renfrew Farmers' Market

Saturdays
7 a.m. - 12 noon
on Railway St. in downtown Renfrew

Killaloe Farmers' Market

Saturdays July through September
8 a.m. - 12 noon

Barrys Bay Farmers' Market

Friday evenings June through October
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Water Tower Park in downtown Barrys Bay

Combermere Farmers' Market

Saturdays mid-June to Thanksgiving
8 a.m. - 12 noon
Highway 62 at corner of Mill Rd., Combermere

Matawatchan Community Market

Matawatchan Community Centre
Saturdays all summer

Press Release, Feb 6, 2008 Download PDF

Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative – Focusing on Local Food!

The newly formed Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative Inc. (OVFC) will be having its first annual general meeting on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm in the auditorium at the Marguerite Centre (700 Mackay St.) in Pembroke. All interested parties and new and potential members are most welcome to attend!

Volunteers have been working for a year now to set up the OVFC’s Internet-based order/delivery system for locally grown and produced food. Bob Waldrop, the man behind the Oklahoma Food Co-operative, introduced the Internet-based ordering concept to local people in a February 2007 workshop at the Marguerite Centre. The volunteers involved in OVFC are keen on promoting healthy rural communities, environmental stewardship, social justice, vibrant local economies – and the availability of good local food!

“Food that has a story” is a key Bob Waldrop phrase. Many of us would like to know more about the food we eat: where it’s grown, how it’s grown, and how many miles it’s had to travel to reach our plates. “Localizing” the food system – by linking up local producers with local consumers – will have a number of positive impacts, from economic to environmental.

Anyone who wants to eat, buy or sell more locally produced food is encouraged to attend the OVFC AGM on February 17. Directors will be elected, new members invited to sign up, and the Web ordering system will be demonstrated.

You can contact the OVFC by calling Reuben Stone at (613) 281-2734, Janet McNeill at (613) 584-2101 or sending an email message to <info@ottawavalleyfood.org>. You can also visit <http://www.ottawavalleyfood.org>

For more information, call:
Janet McNeill at (613) 584-2101
Reuben Stone at (613) 281-2734.

Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative Steering Committee on Sunday April 1st 2007 at Bob Dobson’s Farm.