With the East Gwillimbury Farm To Fork Tour just two days away I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight why this tour is different from just popping into our farm to purchase produce.  First and foremost it’s your opportunity to meet me and put a face to a name!  We have worked hard to create an event that everyone of all ages can walk away from feeling they had a great visit, learned something new and had a fun time at our farm. 
 
When you purchase a wristband and join the tour we are offering you one 10lb bag of potatoes for just $2.00!  You can visit our one day special “Select Your Own Vegetables” section to pick our vegetables that complement my brand new recipe “Roasted Root Vegetables.”  We have created a new trivia game based on photos of animals taken around the farm called “Are You Smarter Than A Potato Farmer” that is guaranteed to delight you.  New for children under 12 is a free craft where they can create their own Thanksgiving table centerpiece using a pumpkin.  Back by popular demand we also have for the kids: a potato dig, free giant colouring posters and nature trivia boards.
 
 And of course our farm fresh produce will be available for purchase for your perfect Thanksgiving dinner including our new line of pumpkins and squash.  From local farmers we also have onions, turnips, field tomatoes, cabbages and much more.   There are many other activities going on at our farm on Saturday beyond the items I have outlined above, but if I told you everything that would ruin the surprise! Hope to meet you this weekend! To learn more about the tour and to buy tickets you can visit http://experienceeg.ca/farm-to-fork/  For our location, hours of operation and directions to the farm you can visit "Contact Us."

This video clip is of the tail end of our grading line.  Today we are packing new white potatoes that have already been washed and graded.  They are now sorted into two different packing lines. The line closest to the front holds our medium white potatoes that are mainly packed in 10lb bags for grocery stores and for sale at the farm door.  The line at the far back shows our large white potatoes packed in 50lb bags for restaurant delivery and wholesale at the Ontario Food Terminal.  To learn more about grading potatoes you can visit “What’s A #1 Potato Anyway?”