THE FARM BOX WITH WEEKLY OPTIONS, NOT COMMITMENTS!
sharon@frontstepfarms.com or call us 905-237-2141
Announcing Our 2021 Farm Box,
now with the "right sized" options and flexibilty that you have been waiting for!
Flexibility for members and the Farm.
First Box of 2021 Set To Launch Thursday April 15th
Membership fee for 2021 is $25.00
EACH FARM BOX CONTAINS A SELECTION OF SEASONAL FRUIT, VEGETABLES, MICROGREENS, PRESERVES, FERMENTS, BAKED GOODS & THE OCCASIONAL SURPRISE!
The 2021 Sizes Are:
THE SINGLE $28.00/box: right-sized for the live-alone foodie
THE EMPTY NESTER $35.00/box: right-sized for the couple who likes to eat well
but not waste fresh food.
A FAMILY AFFAIR $42.00/box: right-sized box of fresh food for a family of four.
We will NOT be requiring advance payments for 10 or 20 weeks.
Every Friday by 2pm an email communication to members will list the box options available.
Payment will be required by Sunday evening for either
a Thursday (2-7pm) pick up or a Saturday (8am-noon) pick up.
Pick up locations are at our Maple or our Niagara on the Lake farm.
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Specialty Vegetables
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Fresh Vegetables
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Mushrooms
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Fresh Fruit
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Herbs
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Microgreens
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Baked Goods
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Jams and Jellies
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FARMING IN BOTH NIAGARA & YORK REGIONS, ONTARIO, CANADA!
WE ARE EXPANDING OUR FARMING OPERATIONS IN 2021
HELP WANTED:
OFF SITE MARKET MANAGER
ROUTE DRIVER
FOOD TERMINAL PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST
ASSISTANT GREENHOUSE MANAGER
ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUIT SPECIALIST
SEASONAL
FULL TIME
PART TIME
VOLUNTEER ROLES
Starting wage for 2021 is $17.81/hr or higher,
based on experience & commitment of time.
If you have a positive attitude, but no agricultural experience,
we are willing to train and provide you with development opportunities.
We are hands-on owners who provide our team with resources & support;
we expect to prove that local food can be produced with our fellow citizens.
IF YOU CAN:
Get up in the morning, arrive on time, stay off your phone, not text & drive, treat others with respect, understand that you are a member of a team that is bigger than any one individual, learn from your mistakes, and contribute to a better food system in Canada, then we are interested in talking to you.
WE WILL WELCOME A TIME TO DISCUSS WHY YOU WANT TO WORK ON A FARM BEYOND A DAY OR TWO.
Send your resume in confidence to eat@frontstepfarms.com
855 Line 1 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada
Our new greenhouse production for 2021 allows Front Step Farms, Inc. to begin 52 week a year production of local food. The goal of having all 4 acres of greenhouse structures in weekly, seasonal or extended season production within three years will be with locally based employees.
We can't do it all ourselves so we are leveraging our extensive farm network.
Our fields will be planted with new small fruit, stone fruit crops and vineyards beginning in 2022/23 by working closely together with several like minded farmers we have known for many years.
1126 Line 8 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada
We are utilizing space located here for propagation, growing space, lab, heat room and cooler space to enable ourselves time to design and build the needed infrastructure at 855 Line 1.
11490 Bathurst Street and other Vaughan farms.
Our home farm for the near future will convert into two main crops being garlic and small fruit. Our retail will continue to operate at this site for now and will be one of the locations for the Weekly Box Program.
Our Mission:
Front Step Farms, Inc. to produce products in a viable way.
How We Grow:
We embrace cultural techniques that we can rely upon as farmers to be viable. We employ traditional conventional farming, organic practices and pesticide free techniques. We are not certified organic or make any claims to be, we will inform you of any methods used to produce products from our farm.
Our History:
We have a long family tradition of farming in Ontario, Canada dating back to the early 1800’s when our ancestors migrated from United States after briefly settling there from Scotland. Many different crops and livestock have been produced over the last nearly 200 years by the previous five generations, today we continue on as the sixth. The diversity of our family experience in farming has enabled us to provide to others fruit, vegetables, meat, flowers and other specialty products derived from our production. In 2020 and beyond, we are changing our focus of what we produce, how we produce and where we produce products that our valued customers can use to sustain and improve their health.
Our gratitude for taking the time to learn about us.
M.J. Watson, 6th Generation Ontario Farmer