Welcome to Local Food
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
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Why Local Food?
Locally grown food is better for your health, better for the environment, and the right choice to support Alberta farmers and producers and the Alberta economy. We’re here to help folks “Get Local”. The average North American meal travels 2,400 km to get from field to plate and contains ingredients from 5 countries in addition to our own – that’s a lot of “food miles” – a term coined in 1994 by Britain’s ‘SUSTAIN’ organization. Local produce is the freshest produce you can buy. It is picked when it is fully ripe and delivered to you quicker than produce imported from another province, country, or continent. Choosing local food also contributes to our provincial economy and helps Alberta's 50,000 farms stay in business. When we buy a local food product, the producer receives a higher percentage of our food dollar (and at a farmers’ market or on-farm store, 100%!) |
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What is a Community Supported/Shared Agriculture?
For over 25 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer.
Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season. 
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Where can I find fresh, locally grown food in Clearwater County?
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Here is a list of the local food producers in the Rocky Mountain House area. Check back often for updates and new producers.
Emerald Farms Bob Baker
Produce they grow includes:
Potatoes, Carrots, beets, beans, peas, Swiss chard, parsley, some bell peppers, jalepeno, cayenne.
Pickles: asparagus, spicy asparagus, pickled carrots, spicy carrots, dill pickles, peppered dill pickled, spicy dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, sweet dills, pickled bell peppers, pickled cauliflower, tri veggie pickles, pickled snow peas, spicy snow peas, pickled beans, spicy beans, pickled beets.
Jams: Strawberry, strawberry rhubarb, raspberry, raspberry & blackberry, blackberry, blueberry, triple berry, apricot, peach, sunshine peach, blushing peach, nectarine, pear, spiced pear, black currant.
Jelly: Apple, apple & raspberry, crabapple, Saskatoon, grape, raspberry, chokecherry,
Relish: Rhubarb relish, zucchini relish, spicy zucchini relish, gusto, mucho gusto, hamburger relish, sweet pickle relish, carrot relish.
BC Fruit & Vegetables
Apricots, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, cherries, peaches, nectrines, pears. Gala, macintosh, sunrise, Granny Smith, transparent, honey crisp, spartan, apples. Concord grapes, prune plums, red Plums, black plums, a few other varieties of plums.
Contact: phone --- 403-895-0904
email --- [email protected]
Produce they grow includes:
Potatoes, Carrots, beets, beans, peas, Swiss chard, parsley, some bell peppers, jalepeno, cayenne.
Pickles: asparagus, spicy asparagus, pickled carrots, spicy carrots, dill pickles, peppered dill pickled, spicy dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, sweet dills, pickled bell peppers, pickled cauliflower, tri veggie pickles, pickled snow peas, spicy snow peas, pickled beans, spicy beans, pickled beets.
Jams: Strawberry, strawberry rhubarb, raspberry, raspberry & blackberry, blackberry, blueberry, triple berry, apricot, peach, sunshine peach, blushing peach, nectarine, pear, spiced pear, black currant.
Jelly: Apple, apple & raspberry, crabapple, Saskatoon, grape, raspberry, chokecherry,
Relish: Rhubarb relish, zucchini relish, spicy zucchini relish, gusto, mucho gusto, hamburger relish, sweet pickle relish, carrot relish.
BC Fruit & Vegetables
Apricots, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, cherries, peaches, nectrines, pears. Gala, macintosh, sunrise, Granny Smith, transparent, honey crisp, spartan, apples. Concord grapes, prune plums, red Plums, black plums, a few other varieties of plums.
Contact: phone --- 403-895-0904
email --- [email protected]
Bob & Helen's Fresh Vegetables located west of Caroline AB, pesticide and herbicide FREE.
Produce they grow includes: Rhubarb, green onions, white onions, spinach lettuce, beet greens, beets, radishes zucchini, cucumbers,
peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, transplant tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, beans green and yellow, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.
They sell at Market on Main, as well as the Town and Country Farmers' Market in the Legion on Saturdays and if you call ahead they sell out of their yard as well.
Contact: phone --- 403-722-3081
--- 403-845-0284
Produce they grow includes: Rhubarb, green onions, white onions, spinach lettuce, beet greens, beets, radishes zucchini, cucumbers,
peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, transplant tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, beans green and yellow, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.
They sell at Market on Main, as well as the Town and Country Farmers' Market in the Legion on Saturdays and if you call ahead they sell out of their yard as well.
Contact: phone --- 403-722-3081
--- 403-845-0284
Lenn Mason Berry Farm Located north of highway 12. Call ahead for directions.
Strawberries are first on the scene mid July then Raspberries, Honey berries, Saskatoons, Cherries and Currants.
U-Pick as well as a few Farmers’ Markets as the fruit is available. Pesticide and herbicide FREE!
Contact: phone --- 403-899-8594
email --- [email protected]
Strawberries are first on the scene mid July then Raspberries, Honey berries, Saskatoons, Cherries and Currants.
U-Pick as well as a few Farmers’ Markets as the fruit is available. Pesticide and herbicide FREE!
Contact: phone --- 403-899-8594
email --- [email protected]
EGGS
Vincent and Betty LePage, south of Condor. Free range, heritage --- 403-729-2980
Marty Winchell -- West of Rocky on highway 11 after the bridge, look for the sign. Farm gate sales only.
Sheila Holmes - 403 729 2139 text 403 506 4295.
Sheila EggLady(facebook) lives in the Centerview area north of Leslieville.
Vincent and Betty LePage, south of Condor. Free range, heritage --- 403-729-2980
Marty Winchell -- West of Rocky on highway 11 after the bridge, look for the sign. Farm gate sales only.
Sheila Holmes - 403 729 2139 text 403 506 4295.
Sheila EggLady(facebook) lives in the Centerview area north of Leslieville.
Honey
Maryanne Hayward -- located outside of Leslieville, AB.
Dandelion and wildflower honey available in Rocky Mnt House.
(text 403-396-0600)
Marty Winchell -- West of Rocky on highway 11 across the river, to the South. Clover honey. 403-845-2577
Maryanne Hayward -- located outside of Leslieville, AB.
Dandelion and wildflower honey available in Rocky Mnt House.
(text 403-396-0600)
Marty Winchell -- West of Rocky on highway 11 across the river, to the South. Clover honey. 403-845-2577
Meat
Pasture raised Chicken
Michelle Swanson -- (403) 844-3222, facebook, [email protected]
Grass Fed Beef
Pork
Marty Winchell -- 403 845 2577, facebook.
Lamb & Beef
Justin Wagner -- Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wagners-Livestock-Farm/229819480537414
Pasture raised Chicken
Michelle Swanson -- (403) 844-3222, facebook, [email protected]
Grass Fed Beef
Pork
Marty Winchell -- 403 845 2577, facebook.
Lamb & Beef
Justin Wagner -- Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wagners-Livestock-Farm/229819480537414
Hungry For More? Check out the links below.
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Alberta Farmers' Market Association
http://www.albertamarkets.com Open Farm Days - Come and meet your local Farmer! albertafarmdays.com
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Thanks for visiting, check back often for updates and new producers.