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A&L Laboratories
Soil tests from A&L help us be sure we are providing the best quality food possible.
Applied Bionomics
Preditor insects are a fascinating aspect of our business.
Bio-Systems (no web site)
Click Bio-Systems for their brochure or click Food Quality for fascinating lecture notes.
Brix Studies
Brix is an objective way to provide a measurement of flavour and nutrition (or should we just say "quality").
Growing for Market
We all have a favourite magazine to read first. This is ours. Chefs will be interested in knowing what really happens down on the small farm.
Humber Nurseries
This huge nursery just North of Toronto is world class for many edible plants. A chef's paradise.
International Specialty Supply
They supply quality sprouting seeds. And the owner Bob Rust has taken the lead in Sprout Safety issuing periodic (quite technical) e-mail newsletters.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
This leader in supplying superior varieties for Market Gardeners has a wealth of information of use to curious chefs. After you take a look, please tell us what you would like us to grow.
Lee Valley Tools
Great garden tools. Of interest to chefs is a very inexpensive refractometer for measuring Brix levels in your kitchen or your receiving dock.
Richters Herbs
The largest herb seed/plant supplier in the world is only a short drive North of Toronto. Many chefs make an annual pilgrimage.
Silliker Canada Co.
We keep our food safe by periodically having this laboratory check for pathogens in our saladings. To date there have been no problems.
Soil Foodweb, Inc.
Soil is a very complicated living organism. This laboratory helps by confirming that we are steadily improving our soils.
Thompson & Morgan
Has a huge selection of flowers to help provide our Edible Flower Mix with a lot of interest.
TomatoFest
Has a great selection of heirloom tomatoes and high profile September tomato tasting event in California.
Vanden Bussche
Irrigation is important for consistent quality and availability. This company keeps us up-to-date with the latest technology.
Wild Garden Seed
This specialty vegetable grower has a special love for developing improved varieties. We support Frank Morton.
William Dam Seeds
We try to buy as much of our seeds from Bill Dam as we can. In turn he obtains special heirloom seeds from Europe, or new trials from Japan.
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