The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative is a networking project for local food producers and consumers, whereby local consumers can connect with and buy from local food producers.

If you live in the Upper Ottawa Valley and would like to buy and/or sell locally produced food through our monthly online ordering and distribution system, please sign up by clicking on 'Join' at the top of the page.

For more info on the co-op, download the OVFC Brochure.

Also, check out our listing of Upper Ottawa Valley Farmers' Markets for more local food buying opportunities in a town near you.

Sharing Organic Gardening Tips

The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative and the Ottawa River Institute is hosting a discussion on sharing organic gardening tips.

Saturday March 27, 2010
2pm to 4pm
Wesley United Church 275 Pembroke St E
Pembroke ON
(use William St Entrance)

• Bring your Organic Gardening Tips and Questions!
• Share Favourite Resources, Books, Websites, etc.
• Open Discussion, Q and A

Everyone Welcome!

The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative and the Ottawa River Institute gratefully acknowledge funding for this project from the Ontario Trillium Foundation

Seedy Sunday

Organic Heirloom seeds & plants, local food producers, gardening workshops, swap table, 100-mile local lunch and more!

Sunday, March 7, 2010
Free admission
Fellowe's High School, 420 Bell St., Pembroke
10am - 3pm

OVFC Annual General Meeting

Saturday February 13, 2010, 2pm - 4pm, at:
Wesley United Church, 275 Pembroke St. E., Pembroke.

2009 Coordinator's Report
2010 Plans
Financial Report
New Board Members Needed- please consider joining the Board!

The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative is pleased to present a one-day producer workshop:
Direct Marketing- Marketing your Products Directly to the Consumer

Saturday February 6, 2010
Time: 9:30 - 4pm
Cost: $30, includes lunch
Barr Line Community Centre, Douglas ON
The Direct Marketing workshop is presented by an experienced farmer of the Ecological Farmers' Association of Ontario.

Some of the topics covered in this workshop include:

• Nuts and Bolts of Direct Marketing
• Making a Living from a 1.5 Acre Market Garden
• Considerations for Direct Marketing Meat
• Direct Marketing Herbs
• Creating an Effective Display
• Pricing Your Products
• Promotion Ideas
• Keeping Quality through Storage, Transport, Handling and Display
• Marketing to Stores and Restaurants

Pre-registration is required.
To register contact Cheryl Keetch at 613-756-3884 or ckeetch@webhart.net, or Bob Dobson at 613-646-2488.

This workshop is made possible by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Co-sponsored by the National Farmers Union Local Chapter and the Ottawa River Institute.

Local Food Tips Exchange & Discussion

Neat CoffeeShop, Burnstown, Oct. 3, 2009
Click here for notes from the Discussion (131KB PDF)

Watch for our new "Local Food Buying Guide for the Upper Ottawa Valley"

The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative, in collaboration with the Ottawa River Institute, has produced a wonderful 17 page booklet for Upper Ottawa Valley local food lovers! The free guide includes listings, locations, and contact details for Ottawa Valley Food Producer Members, Farmers' Markets, Pick-Your-Own Farms and Local Food Producers across the Upper Ottawa Valley. A valuable resource for finding and purchasing delicious and nutritious local foods!

The "Local Food Buying Guide for the Upper Ottawa Valley" will be available at:

• The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative's information booth at Taste of the Valley, Cobden, Oct. 17th
• Ottawa River Institute's Home Energy Upgrade workshops across Renfrew County in September, October, and November 2009
• Community Resource Centre, Killaloe
• Grandma's Pantry, Killaloe
• Neat CoffeeShop, Burnstown
• Galilee Centre, Arnprior
• Kasha Natural Food Store, Pembroke
• Café Olé, Pembroke
• Fletchington Farm Stand, Cobden
• The Eagle's Rest, 5373 Centennial Lake Road, Griffith
• Barclay Dick & Son Farm Supply, 4139AB Hwy 60, Douglas
• Eganville Country Store
• Tanglewood Honey (Eganville)

Or you can download it in PDF form here:

• Cover pages (2.8MB)
• Pages 1 to 17 (1.2MB)
• Text only contact & location information for all listings (300KB)
• The map (21.7MB)

Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative Steering Committee on Sunday April 1st 2007 at Bob Dobson’s Farm.