The Market This Week: Thursday, July 11

 

 

Check out what’s on at the East Lynn Farmers’ Market this Thursday 3-7pm!

On top of the yummy local food vendors this week we have:

  • Kids’ Tent: 
    • Dentonia Park Nursery School will have a craft for the kids. Dentonia Park Nursery School uses play-based learning methods to build independence, knowledge and basic life skills for its students. As a contributing member of the East York community for over 30 years, their Co-op nursery school program has helped many families begin their academic journey.  @dentonianurseryschool
    • SBG Toronto, a Brazilian jiu jitsu school in East York, will be doing demos and providing information on their programming
    • Face Painting
  • Community Wellness Booth:
    • Staff from Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) will be on hand discussing the construction activity currently underway to build the new eight storey Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre. They will also have information about their second annual Michael Garron Hospital Cup: Kick the Stigma fundraising soccer tournament www.kickthestigma.ca. Last year they had 32 teams come out to play with just under 300 players, in addition to the tournament they have a community festival that takes place in Monarch Park with live music, bubble soccer, face painting, kids activities and a beer tent
  • Flat Rock Cellars will be offering wine tastings
  • Live Music By Patrick O’Neill

 

This Week’s Scheduled Vendors

AUSTIN’S FRUIT & VEGETABLE 

5th TOWN CHEESE 

SUN-RAY ORCHARDS  

THE POP STAND 

MAD MEXICAN 

BOLO SOUP 

CEDAR HEDGE FARM 

DUNDAS PARK KITCHEN 

GODELIE FAMILY FARM 

SHARMAN’S PROPER PIES

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3:00-7:00 p.m. between June 6 – October 17 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter

 

The Market this Week: Focus on Fitness

The market has a lot in store for this Thursday 3-7pm!

On top of the yummy local food vendors this week we have a focus on fitness in our Community Wellness and DECA tents:

  • DECA Tent Lillian Salmon will be talking about her recently published book called Living Slim: A Canadian Woman’s Way. Lillian says: “East Lynn Farmers’ Market was launched by a tiny group of intrepid Canadian women filled with idealism, hope, and a profound determination to make the world a better place, starting in their own backyard. I’m thankful, and I couldn’t think of a better place to introduce this book to my community.”

And if you like your fitness paired with more fun, we’ve got you!

  • Kids’ Tent: Face Painting 4:30 – 6:30 (Note: we are looking for more face paint volunteers! if you are interested, speak to Rebecca or Kelly in the face paint tent or email therebeccagreen@gmail.com)

This Week’s Scheduled Vendors

AUSTIN’S FRUIT & VEGETABLE 

5th TOWN CHEESE 

SUN-RAY ORCHARDS  

THE POP STAND 

MAD MEXICAN 

BOLO SOUP 

CEDAR HEDGE FARM 

DUNDAS PARK KITCHEN 

GODELIE FAMILY FARM 

SHARMAN’S PROPER PIES

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3:00-7:00 p.m. between June 6 – October 17 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter

 

The Market This Week: Stock up for your Canada Day Celebrations

The market’s got a full line up with a lot in store for this Thursday 3-7pm!

On top of the yummy local food vendors this week we have:

  • Kids’ Tent: The YMCA of Greater Toronto will have a button-making activity for the kids and info on their new facility. In 2020, they will open the Toronto Kingston Road YMCA — a 60,000-square-foot Centre of Community located in the Beaches neighbourhood, near Kingston Road and Victoria Park Avenue.
  • The YMCA will also be offering family fitness class demos at 3pm, 4pm, and 5pm
  • Community Wellness BoothOrganizers from the East York Canada Day Festival will be at a table to let you know what to look forward to this July 1st
  • WineryChateau des Charmes offering tastings
  • Live Music By Rachel Melas – Old Time, Ragtime and Klezmer with Hobo Soles

 

This Week’s Scheduled Vendors

AUSTIN’S FRUIT & VEGETABLE 

5th TOWN CHEESE 

SUN-RAY ORCHARDS  

THE POP STAND 

MAD MEXICAN 

BOLO SOUP 

CEDAR HEDGE FARM 

DUNDAS PARK KITCHEN 

GODELIE FAMILY FARM 

SHARMAN’S PROPER PIES

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3:00-7:00 p.m. between June 6 – October 17 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter

Market this week: Pride!

For the 4th year in a row, DECA Pride is pleased to present Pride at the Market!

This Thursday, June 20 from 4-7pm at East Lynn Park, here’s what’s in store (note that the farmers are there starting from 3:00pm onward):

Art Activityshow your pride and make your own flag to represent yourself / what you are proud of, hosted by the fantastic creatives at Create Art Studio, located at 1801 Danforth (this amazing studio has it all, classes, camps, parties, corporate events!)

Photo booth & more!  Monarch Park Collegiate’s Queer Straight Alliancewill set up and run Pride photo booths (rainbow and pink) for all the photo ops. They will also be handing out stickers, sunglasses and wristbands (generously donated by TD Bank!), and will have a “Count the Skittles” contest going throughout the market. 

You can find out more about the QSA on their instagram https://www.instagram.commpcqsa/ and blog https://mpcqsa.wordpress.com/

Music: The fantastic Coe Hill Girls are back with us for another year and will be filling the park with their awesome jams from 5-6pm

Story and craft: TRANSvolution, a local trans group, has teamed up with our friends at Silly Goose Kids to host readings of Rory’s Rainbow at 4:15 and 5:15pm, followed by a related craft. (See poster below) This beautiful story talks about identity expression, gender stereotyping and acceptance and is not widely available in stores.  Stop by Silly Goose at 2054 Danforth after the event on Thursday to buy your copy AND you’ll receive a special LoveisLove package.

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Huge thanks to everyone participating and to Heather at corbin creative for the gorgeous poster design. 

Details and updates can be found via our Facebook event so rsvp and invite your friends and neighbours:
https://www.facebook.com/events/435178817322061/?ti=ia

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The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3-7:00 p.m. between June 6 – October 10 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter.

East Lynn Farmers’ Market Starts This Week!

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market starts on Thursday, June 6th!

fresh vegetables at the market

We are excited to have some of our favourite vendors returning and to welcome some new faces too!

Each week the market will host:

  • Farmers selling their in-season produce

  • A local winery offering tastings and wine for purchase

  • A community wellness booth

  • Live Music

  • Children’s activities, including Face Painting

 

Returning Vendors

AUSTIN’S FRUIT & VEGETABLE

5th TOWN CHEESE

GODELIE FAMILY FARM 

ROYAL ROSE GARDEN 

SUN-RAY ORCHARDS

THE POP STAND

MAD MEXICAN

BOLO SOUP

 

New This Year!

CEDAR HEDGE FARM

DUNDAS PARK KITCHEN

OAK RIDGE PARK SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

REAL PIES

 

ONTARIO WINE!

This year we’ll see a rotating selection of Ontario wines for sale and sample.  Wineries confirmed for 2019 are:

  • CHATEAU DES CHARMES (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario)

  • FLAT ROCK CELLARS (Jordan, Ontario)

  • TAWSE WINERY (Vineland, Ontario)

DECA founded the East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market in 2008. DECA volunteers continue to support its growth and overall success, including hosting face painting, kids crafts, running kids activities and a variety of other events, such as Pride at the Market.

DECA partners with Farmers’ Markets Ontario to bring fresh, local fruit, vegetables, meats, dairy products and more.  Read more about what it means to be a Certified Local Farmers’ Market.

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3-7:00 p.m. between June 6 – October 17 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter.

 

Last Farmers’ Market and Candidate Meet and Greet

Thursday, October 11 – last East Lynn Farmers’ Market of 2018!

EastLynn_Candidates_at_Market

The last market of 2018 is happening on Thursday and it is one that you do not want to miss. Stock up on all the beautiful food still available in October!
We have a special guest vendor this week, Dunbar Organic Farms.  In addition to their organic vegetables, they will have their free-range organic chickens (frozen) for sale.
In the Community Wellness Tent, Savage Falcon Energy Crystals will be offering a crystal grid display and energy clearing body work.
The farmers and vendors make the market possible, but it is our volunteers who make our market special. Thank you!
And thanks to all of you who come to the market and support our farmers. We do our best, and are always happy for new ideas and new people continue to help us make weekly magic happen for our wonderful community from June-October!
Get in touch if you want to be more involved for next year – there’s lots of cool ways to contribute.
DECA has arranged a candidate meet and greet at this week’s market, from 3:00-6:00pm. This will be a chance for market-goers to chat up City Councillor candidates (Ward 19) and TDSB Trustee candidates (Ward 16). We don’t know who exactly is coming or not so you’ll have to just come and see!
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Our Ward 19 Councillor Candidate Q&A blog series is now completed and we are grateful to the 10 Candidates who responded to these six questions from the DECA Board:
1. What makes you the best person to represent the Danforth East area?
2. What do you think is the most pressing issue for this area, and what is your plan to address it?
3. Who do you support for mayor, and why?
4. DECA took the position that changing the ward boundaries during the election was undemocratic. What do you think about that?
5. We expect that our area will see a lot of development in the next four years. What do you think about that?
6. How will you contribute to a more diverse and representative Council?
Here is what they said (click on each name to go to the candidate’s answers):
Advanced voting began today and continues through this Sunday at Beaches Rec Centre (6 Williamson Road), Secord Community Centre (91 Barrington), or at City Hall (100 Queen St W) from 10am-7pm. Otherwise, election day is October 22!

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3-7:00 p.m. between June 7 – October 11 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter. If you’d like to volunteer as a cookor a DECA Booth helper please connect!