{"id":12836,"date":"2010-07-23T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:03:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:03:35","slug":"farm-friday-evergreen-brick-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/23\/farm-friday-evergreen-brick-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/IMG_0702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12837\" title=\"brick works farmers' market\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/IMG_0702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/IMG_0702.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/IMG_0702-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Farm Fridays\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-farm-friday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<em> <\/em><\/strong><em>Evergreen Brick Works Farmers&#8217; Market<\/em><strong><br \/>\nLocation: <\/strong><em>The Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Date &amp; Time: <\/strong><em>Saturdays, 9-1<\/em><br \/>\n<strong># of booths: <\/strong><em>65<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Contact: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ebw.evergreen.ca\/whats-on\/farmers-market\/\"><em>Website<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brick Works farmers\u2019 market isn\u2019t just a market for veggies and fruit; it\u2019s designed to be a family-oriented outing, complete with puppy in tow. With kids\u2019 eco-craft programming every week, prepared food vendors and the ravines to explore, this market doesn\u2019t fall short of things to keep one interested.<\/p>\n<p>With around 65 vendors, the market caters to crafters, bakers, masseuses and other independent businesses as well as farmers and butchers. The market has 55% of their vendors as farmers and the rest are like-minded community organizations, a rotating schedule of about a dozen crafters and prepared foods such as <a href=\"www.buddhafoodha.com\">organic hot dogs<\/a>, organic French fries, crepes, honey, <a href=\"www.mustardmaker.com\">Koslicks mustard<\/a> and even organic dog food.<\/p>\n<p>Arlene Stein, programming director for Evergreen, says that she hopes the market becomes well-rounded to the point that it can be a one-stop shop for groceries. There are currently a few gaps that they are hoping to fill, including chicken, cured meats and Ontario produced grains. Also in the future, and once the Brick Works are officially open in September, the market will no longer be seasonal. For the past four years the market has run from May to October, but starting in November there will be an indoor winter market geared at providing greenhouse farmers, or those with acceptable cold storage, a place to sell their products.<\/p>\n<p>Stein says that the market is centered on the design of European markets, designed to be lively and robust. In a building that is a destination for many in the first place, entertainment is \u201canother layer\u201d that adds to the warm and community feeling that is created upon walking into the historic building. Buskers and musicians are welcomed at the market, upon acceptance from market staff and volunteers, and the resident violinist Alana plays upbeat tunes that fill the space.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The market tries to maintain that their 65 vendors are organic, or as close to organic as possible. For many the certification process can be arduous, but market managers and ambassadors maintain that those who aren\u2019t certified are practicing sustainably by visiting their farms on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>Evergreen\u2019s huge net of volunteers is what makes the market truly successful, says Stein. They have about 20 volunteers who regularly work for the market on Saturdays, whether they are parking attendants, creating kids\u2019 programming such as last weeks re-purposed newspaper paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9, or welcome hut ambassadors explaining who Evergreen are and providing information on the site, as well as the city-owned property behind it.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteers also blog, twitter and facebook about the market, creating a community outside the community and keeps people excited about what\u2019s to come the following week. Beyond that, says Stein, they\u2019re not in dire need of marketing. Approximately 3,000 people come through the Brick Works every Saturday and a handful of vendors sell out of product before the market even ends.<\/p>\n<p>Stein adds that finally she would love to see some kind of programming for fixed income families, like farm bucks, that would help educate more of the public about the benefits of locally grown produce and introduce them to their local farmers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-farm-friday-600.gif\" target=\"_blank\">spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-farm-friday-600.gif<\/a><\/div>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Evergreen Brick Works Farmers&#8217; Market Location: The Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave. Date &amp; Time: Saturdays, 9-1 # of booths: 65 Contact: Website The Brick Works farmers\u2019 market isn\u2019t just a market for veggies and fruit; it\u2019s designed to be a family-oriented outing, complete with puppy in tow. With kids\u2019 eco-craft programming every<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/23\/farm-friday-evergreen-brick-works\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4086,"featured_media":12964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21759],"tags":[15627,635,15628,15624,15626,162,9691,6785,636,15625,15623],"class_list":["post-12836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-alana","tag-ambassadors","tag-arlene-stein","tag-director-for-evergreen","tag-even-organic-dog-food","tag-farm-friday","tag-food-vendors","tag-gif","tag-ontario","tag-violinist","tag-welcome-hut-ambassadors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/23\/farm-friday-evergreen-brick-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Name: Evergreen Brick Works Farmers&#8217; Market Location: The Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave. Date &amp; Time: Saturdays, 9-1 # of booths: 65 Contact: Website The Brick Works farmers\u2019 market isn\u2019t just a market for veggies and fruit; it\u2019s designed to be a family-oriented outing, complete with puppy in tow. 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