The Local Basket Launch

Saturday May 11 marked the launch of The Local Basket, an online market and service that will deliver Locke Street Farmers Market products starting in June. This platform will allow you to buy local and sustainable fresh food online and have it delivered to your door with a zero environmental footprint.

Market vendors & volunteers interact with locals about the Local Food Basket launch.

We’re excited for the 2013 season and cannot wait to see you on our opening day. Join us – June 15, 2013 from 9am-1pm.

LOCKE STREET FARMERS MARKET 2013

Heading into its fourth year, the Locke Street Farmers Market is made up of a small but growing number of vendors. Our market is presently on Saturdays from 9am-1pm on the corner of Locke & Herkimer. Our opening day is June 15, 2013.

The Locke Street Market selects vendors that grow or make food within 50km. Vendors have a commitment to sustainable food and in many cases organic food. And there is a preference for artisanal products.

Our Vendors:
Manorun Organics (organic vegetables), Backyard Harvest (urban-grown organic vegetables), From These Roots (preserves), La Primavera Farms, Coffeecology, Richardson’s Farm (fruits and vegetables), Jerry’s Berries (raspberries), Featherstone Farms (meats).

Launches Inaugural Local Food Venture On May 11, 2013

Local businesses bring food to your door. The Locke Street Farmers Market and THAAT bicycle delivery collaborate to bring you The Local Basket. The launch of this program will allow you to buy local and sustainable fresh food online and have it delivered to your door with a zero environmental footprint.

One of the challenges of local and high quality food is finding it. You could drive from farm to farm to get really fresh food or you could go to the Locke Street Farmers Market every Saturday morning from June through October –but now you could have the market come to you. The Local Basket delivers food via bicycle throughout lower Hamilton from Westdale to Ottawa Street. To order from the online market go to www.thelocalbasket.ca.

The Local Basket will be delivering Locke Street Farmers Market products starting in June which is when the market opens – some of the products available include organic meats, artisanal bread, fresh roasted coffee, fruits, vegetables, flowers, honey, jams and preserves.

Come and join us at 10:00am on May 11, 2013 for a local, organic and fresh food experience. The gap between urban and rural has never been so small.

We Need You To Spread the Word!

The Locke Street Farmers Market is growing and we are looking for vendors to be a part of the market for the 2013 season and beyond.

Heading into its fourth year, the Locke Street Market is made up of a small but growing number of vendors. Our market is on Saturdays from 9am-1pm. on the corner of Locke and Herkimer. Our opening day is June 15, 2013.

New vendors may include local honey, cheese, prepared foods, artisan breads, chicken, pork and tree fruit.

All vendors should be familiar with our guidelines – please review here: http://lsfm.wordpress.com/vendors/

Please send your application to lockestfarmersmarket(at)gmail.com.

The Market is hiring a part-time market manager!

Consider joining the Locke Street Farmers Market as our manager!

Experience: good knowledge of farmers markets and local food, social media capable, strong networking skills, competent and motivated to promote the market, some knowledge of computer graphics

Role: market set up, market promotion, managing social media, working collaboratively with community organizations, attending market vendor meetings, finding new market vendors, special events organizing.

This is a 25 week contract starting in April. 6 hours per week. 15.00 per hour
Please send your resume to lockestfarmersmarket@gmail.com by March 20th.

Locke Street Farmers Market is looking for Volunteers!

The Locke Street Farmers Market is growing and we are looking for key volunteers to be part of the organizing committee for 2013 and beyond.

Heading into its fourth year, the Locke St Market is made up of a small but growing number of vendors and we are looking for folks to help us with various tasks.
As a volunteer, you’ll get to know some great local farmers, some of the fantastic local businesses and have an opportunity to see the behind-the-scenes action that make this market work.

We are looking for volunteers that have the following:

• Farmers are busy, busy folks so we are looking for volunteers that are team-players as well as self-starters. 
• Folks who are keen on the local food scene.
• As with any great relationship, strong, effective communication skills go a long way.

Duties include:

• organizing Taste of Locke (a kick-off event for the market, we have local businesses offering appetizers featuring ingredients from the market)
• connecting with vendors 
• social media updates
• attending meetings (mostly in the winter)
•  help with distributing materials like postcards, etc.
• networking with organizations like FMO, etc
• other duties that come up

Contact: Russ, from Backyard Harvest / russohrt@yahoo.ca

Locke Street Farmers’ Market officially bids farewell for 2012

Richardson’s Farm was at the Holiday Market hosted by Art Alley on Sat. December 15th, and that marks the last day that a market vendor will be selling on Locke Street for the year.  

But thanks to great support, we’ll be back in June 2013!

See you then!