Local Food Sources

Other sources of info 

The next time you are tempted to go to WalMart for cheap food, consider this: 
The High Cost of Cheap Food
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Local Food Sources
CSA Farms   
Farms
Farmers Markets 
Organic Flowers
Orchards 
Restaurants, other
Retail

Farms (see also D.I.G. Local)

Orchards

Retail

Farmers Markets

Restaurants, other

*Retail Markets*

Phoenix Earth Food Co-op  
    1447 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo, Ohio, 419 476 3211
Our local Toledo, Ohio, food co-op, where I do most of my shopping. Started by vegetarians, but now provides a supply of good local pasture raised meat in the frozen food department.

Claudia's Natural Food Market, 
    5644 Monroe St, Sylvania, OH, 419-534-3343 
            (New location! Opens 5/7/07) 
    http://www.claudiasmarket.com/ 
    Claudia has a deli counter and tables where you can sit 
    and enjoy a healthy lunch. 
    She is also a great supporter of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
    Breakfast with Claudia

Bassett's Health Foods, 
    3344 Secor Rd, Toledo, OH, 419- 531-0334, or 1-800-783-7817
    and also at 4315 Heatherdowns Blvd, Toledo OH, 419-382-4142
    www.bassettshealthfoods.com 

Health Yourself - Herbs and vitamins - specializing in education
    10075 Fremont Pike (Rt. 20), Perrysburg
    (Across the street from Giant Eagle, by Walgreens)
    Vickie, 419-874-3355

Squeakers Vegetarian Cafe & Health Food Store 
    175 N Main Street, Bowling Green, OH
    419-354-7000

Zingerman's in Ann Arbor
http://www.zingermans.com/Index.pasp
Sourdough bread, artisan cheeses

*For Local Sources of grass-fed meat and milk in the Toledo, Ohio, area, contact Kris

*CSA Farms* 
(Community Supported Agriculture)
     Other info on CSA's

TenMile Creek Farm CSA
Fresh, seasonal produce
Robin Ford-Parker
Berkey, OH
419-829-5702
robinkay1@msn.com 

Seeds of Hope All Natural Farm CSA & Farm Market
Sponsored by Franciscan Earth Literacy Center
Sister Rita Wienken, Garden Manager
194 St. Francis Ave.
Tiffin, Ohio 44883
419-448-7485
Fax 419-448-7486 
www.earthliteracy.org 
Email: earthliteracy@sbcglobal.net

Friendship Farms
Susan Nilsson
9960 Berkey Southern Rd.
Waterville, OH 43566
419-832-0239
www.nilssonslandscape.com/FriendshipFarms.html
See also http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20858 

Shared Legacy Farms CSA  
 Kurt Bench
3701 S. Schultz-Portage Road
Elmore, Ohio 43416
Phone: 419-862-3576
bench76@hotmail.com
www.sharedlegacyfarms.com   
See Bench Farms

See also Riehm Farm

*Other Local farms*

Maumee Valley Growers www.maumeevalleygrowers.com 

Bench Farms/The Grainary
9151 Jerusalem Rd (Rt. 2 - a little over 5 miles east of Pearson Park)
Curtice, Ohio
419-836-9443  
www.BenchFarms.com 
They have an excellent selection of standard and unusual vegetable and flower seedlings in their big greenhouse, along with some organic fertilizers.

C/J Natural Meats (no pesticides, pasture raised meat & dairy)

Nothing But Nature Farm (Certified Organic)
Phil & Diane Sherry
9780 Rd 171
Oakwood, OH 45873 (near Defiance)
419-594-2438
nothingbutnature@hotmail.com  

D-K Cattle
2168 S. Kelso Rd
Pittsford, MI 49271 (South of Jackson, MI)
517-523-3313
Grass fed, pasture raised meat

U-Pick Blueberries (no pesticides)
Jill & Mark
15682 Albain Rd.
Petersburg, Mich
734-279-2308 - Please call first.

J & A Alpines
Janice Merritt
3053 CR 118
Fremont, OH
419-992-4652  jandaalpine@yahoo.com 
Free-range chickens, eggs, herd share plans - goats
http://oh.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/results.php?action=view&ID=616706&key=Processor 

K & P Farms
Prakash & Kyrman Thrombe
7150 Corduroy Rd (just west of North Curtice Rd)
Oregon, OH 43618
419-836-6300
Fresh eggs from natural raised chicken - free run, wild, scratch and eat. Goats and chickens on pasture.

 

Homestead Gardens - Produce & Herbs
Ed, Cheryl & Ben Lachowski  
      16394 Wapakoneta Rd
    Grand Rapids OH 43522
  Phone: 419-832-0215 (call them to get on their mailing list.)
 homestead12@verizon.net 

  • Specializing in Heirloom Vegetables.

  • Emphasizing freshness, supreme flavor and nutrition

  • Organic and least-toxic farming practices

  • Over 25 years of organic growing and research experience

  • Nurturing healthy soils, healthy food, and healthy people.

Products include heirloom tomatoes (40 varieties), oriental greens, amaranth, colored and fingerling potatoes, lettuce, radishes, beets, kale, Swiss chard, Malabar spinach, culinary herbs and 15 varieties of basil. They sell some of their produce at Phoenix.
He has worked at Rodale Institute. Very interested in promoting sustainable ag in area.

 

Omega Meats, by Graham Farms
Lindsay Graham
Grassfed Beef & Chicken
11415 Pollock Rd
Grand Rapids, OH 43522
419-392-6868 (call to order or arrange a visit)
lgraham57@metalink.net 

Richards Farm
Jim & JoDel Richards
18825 Pemberville Road
Pemberville OH 43450
419-287-4579
www.EarlyFoods.com  
pioneerfoods@verizon.net  

Sand Ridge Elk Farm
Fine quality meats, steaks, roasts, burgers
J.T. & Julie O'Neil, & sons Nathan & Jordon
9521 U.S. 20
Delta, OH 43515
Ph 419-923-5051
Fax 419-923-5052
oneilelk@powersupply.net

 

"Wooten Family Farms" 
 Chuck and Jill Wooten
4025 CR 92
Elmore, Ohio  43416
[This address is listed in Lindsey, OH in Expedia]
419-862-3055  or  419-344-4414
    cvwooten@wcnet.org
 This meat is available at Claudia's. The breed is Piedmontese. They are kept on pasture, but finished on corn.

Toad Hill Organic Farm
16261 Run Rd.
Danville Ohio 43014
740-599-9809

Timberlane Farms is a certified organic farm managing 100 cows on rotational intensive grazing. Grassfed beef is available at the present time, with eggs and milk from pastured cows now available through Claudia's Health Food Market in Toledo and other stores. The dairy the Dean's work with is Ohio Organic Family Farms, in Utica.

Timberlane Farms,
Jeff and Jackie Dean,
5285 State Rte. 101, Clyde Ohio, 43410.
419/547-7990
jackiedeanohio@yahoo.com 

E.A.T. Food for Life Farm
Dan & Nancy Kremer
Yorkshire Ohio
www.eatfoodforlife.com
E.A.T. Food for Life Farm is a 140 acre certified organic family farm located in northern Darke county near North Star, Ohio, a hour northwest of Dayton. 419-336-LIFE(5433).

Mulberry Creek Herb Farm
3312 Bogart Road,  •  Huron, Ohio 44839
Phone: (419) 433-6126  • Fax: (419) 433-6126
mulberrycreek@yahoo.com
www.mulberrycreek.com 

Natural Farms 
http://www.naturalfarms.org/
608-663-1060
2077 S. Stoughton Rd.
Madison, WI 53716
(source of raw milk cheeses used by some folks in our area - Look for North Farm cheeses at http://66.222.25.119/eStore.asp - very reasonable by the case - can be frozen)

Nourishing Meadows 
https://www.nourishingmeadows.com/home.php  
(source of Meadow Maid raw milk cheeses ) 
5564 York Road 
Versailles, Ohio 45380 
PHONE: (937) 337-8491 Ask for Paul 
E-mail us: info@nourishingmeadows.com

Farmstead Cheese Associates
 http://www.farmsteadfresh.com/   
P.O. 2 · Winfield, PA 17889 · 800-780-7303

Green Pastures Dairy
2353 Bromfield Road
Carlton, MN 55718
(218) 384-4513
cheese@greenpasturesdairy.com
Raw milk cheese source. Informative Website

Buckeye Grove Farm (cheese) http://www.buckeyegrovefarmcheese.com/ 
Jake & Dixie Scheiderer
50543 twp. 141
Beallsville, OH. 43716
Ph: (740) 926-1904

I found these sites at http://www.northfarm-coop.com/ 

Evergreen Acres
Baltic, Ohio (between Sugar Creek and Millersburg)
330-897-1178
They have beef broth for $7/gal.

Huffman's Produce
4645 East U.S. Highway 6
Pemberville,OH 43450
Contact Information:
Paul Huffman
(419) 287-3388

The Herb Lady - Evelyn Keil with
Louis Keil & Sons
9022 Central
Sylvania, OH 
419-829-6185
At Toledo Farmers Market on Saturdays

Luginbill Family Farm
Dean, Tim, Gary, Deric, Jacob
"Believing that the Creator's design is still 
the best pattern of the biological world"
 14162 Road 3
Pandora, Ohio
419-384-7212 
www.luginbillfamilyfarm.com   
 Naturally raised free range eggs, grass fed beef, pastured pork, free range broilers, free range turkeys.
They sell at the Perrysburg Farmers Market, Thursday afternoons in downtown Perrysburg.

*Farmers Markets*

Maumee Valley Growers list

Another list of Toledo area Farmers Markets

Toledo Farmers Market 
http://www.toledofarmersmarket.org/

Downtown (Market & Huron) - Saturday 8 a.m. until 2p.m.

Westgate - Wednesdays 3pm until 7pm

Shops at Fallen Timbers - Tuesdays 4pm until 8pm

Check website for details

 

Perrysburg Farmers Market
On Louisiana Ave in downtown Perrysbrug
Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Open May through first week in October
Contact Information:
Perrysburg Chamber of Commerce
419-874-9147

Bowling Green Farmers Market
Parking lot of Woodland Mall 
1234 N. Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio (on Rt 25 north of downtown BG)
Open every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. (rain or shine) until
November 22. We offer in season produce, organic eggs, corn fed and
hormone free beef, herbs, fresh organic salad mix, plants, and other
speciality items.
AOA (Area Office on Aging) Coupons accepted.
Interested vendors may contact Sara Melcher at melcher@wcnet.org for
information.

Fremont Farmers Market
440 East Poe Road, Suite 201
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Contact Information:
Mark Koeing
(800) 858-4678

Downtown Fremont Farm Market
134 South Front
Fremont, OH 43420
Contact Information
Gerald Gonya
(419) 332-0481

Genoa Farmers' Market
Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Town Hall parking lot

Lake Township Farmers Market
Lake Township Building
State Route 795 and Cummins Rd
Wednesdays, 3-7 p.m.

Sylvania Farmers Market
Augsburg Church
1342 W. Sylvania Ave. , Toledo, OH
Tuesdays - 3 to 7 p.m.

Riehm Farm Market
7244 North State Route 53
Tiffin, OH 44883
 (between Tiffin and Fremont, near Old Fort)
Contact Information:
Diane Moore
www.localharvest.org/listing.jsp?id=4019
419 992 4392
Schedule: Monday - Saturday June hours 10am to 5pm July hours 9am to 7pm August-Sept hours 8am to 7pm October hours MON-THURS 10am to 5pm FRI-SAT 10am to 7pm
More info at http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M4019
They also have CSA memberships.

Big Ten Market - artesianal cheeses, wine & beer, and more
Ann Arbor , 734-662-0798, matt@bigtenmarket.com , http://bigtenmarket.com/

Heritage Foods USA  - source of a variety of unusual traditional foods, including some from the Tohono O'Odham of Arizona
http://www.heritagefoodsusa.com/ 

*Orchards*

Apple Varieties www.pickyourown.org/apples.htm 

Goldrush - an excellent fall apple http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/pri/more38.html 

Witt Orchards
Robert & Carolyn Witt
8060 W. Titus Rd.
Oak Harbor, OH  43449
419-898-8115
Not organic, but reported to have high brix fruit

Johnston Fruit Farms
Dale Johnston, owner
2790 US 20 Alt (on Airport Highway, just west of Swanton)
Swanton, OH
(419) 826-1453
They are not organic, but are reported to have excellent fresh cider.

Bennett's Orchard (Their fresh cider is highly recommended, though not organic)
5647 Consear Rd
Ottawa Lake, Mich.
734-854-2956

Erie Orchard 
1235 Erie Rd. 
Temperance, Mich.
734-848-4518
Not organic, as far as I know

Macqueens Orchard
7605 Garden Rd. 
Holland, Ohio
419-865-2916
Not organic, as far as I know

Here is a source for raw, unpasteurized apple cider (you can even bring your own jugs): 
Schmitz Cider Mill
1526 Old Oak Harbor Road
Fremont, OH  43420
(Off State Route 19, just south of US 20 By-pass and across from Schiets Motorcycles and car wash)

Apple View Orchard
8505 St. Rt. 105 
Bowling Green, Ohio
Open seasonally from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
We have in-season produce, 20
different varieties of apples, pears, peaches, fresh pressed unpasteurized
apple cider, (pressed on site).
AOA (Area Office on Aging) coupons accepted.
For more information please call, 419-353-0086.

*Interesting Toledo Restaurants* 
     & other ready-to-eat food sources

Walt Churchills Market
Featuring Chef Bill Kolhoff
3320 Briarfield Blvd.| 
Maumee, OH 43537 
419-794-4000
Chef Bill prefers to use local and organic foods

Downtown Latté - Coffee & Conversation
44 S. St. Claire
Toledo, Ohio
419-243-6032
www.downtownlatte.com 

Organic Bliss
3312 Secor Rd (the Home Depot plaza across from Elder Beerman)
Toledo, Ohio
419-724-4888
[They do use vegetable oils 8-(  ]

Georgette's Grounds & Gifts
311 Conant St
Maumee, Ohio
419-891-8888
www.georgettes.org 
Our goal is to provide opportunities and meaningful income for people with disabilities locally and farmers and artisans around the world (Fair Trade).

Culinary Vegetable Institute
12304 Mudbrook Rd. 
Milan, OH 44846 
Phone: (419) 499-7500 Fax: (419) 499-7510 
www.culinaryvegetableinstitute.com 

Dexter's Jamaican Restaurant & Bar
1830 W Bancroft St
Toledo, OH 43606
419-472-2512
A neat place for ethnic food 

Egg & Honey - Hope for Home Dining
Amelia A. Contreras
419-340-8748
amelia@eggandhoney.com 
www.eggandhoney.com   
In-home catering

Kimmy's List - Need help with changing to organic foods?
Organic  Shopper
Kim  Collins
419-779-2177

Pam's Corner, Ltd.
Pam Weirauch, Owner
116 10th St., Toledo, Ohio
419-243-2081
www.PamsToledo.com 
Soups without MSG!

Organic Flower Bouquets

Regular commercial flower growers are heavy users of pesticides, and are best avoided. Here is a national source of organic flowers. Organic Bouquet was formed in January 2001 with the goal to establish the national market for organic flowers.
Organic Bouquet, Inc.
750 Lindaro Street, Suite 330
San Rafael, CA 94901
http://www.organicbouquet.com/ 
phone orders 1-877-899-2468

Other

Edwin 'Fritz' Gehring Honey
For local raw honey email edwin_gehring@yahoo.com or call 419.531.0507.
Fritz has been a beekeeper for over 25 years and is the apiary inspector for five counties in NW Ohio.

Waterville Bee Works