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July 31, 2025

Our healthy, home-cooked meals and snacks will hit the spot on those nights when you're just too tired or busy to cook. No mass-produced recipes with weird ingredients here. Just good food, made in our own kitchen, from the same healthy and mainly local ingredients you'll find at Fresh From The Farm...

June 30, 2025

After 25 years of deeply dedicated and committed service, Jovanka has retired.


Jovanka has been a steadfast and caring presence, embodying the values that make our store such a special place for our community. Her warm spirit, tireless work, and genuine care for both her teammates and countless...

June 30, 2025

As we celebrate our beloved country, we recognise that we live and work in territories of the Wyandot, Haudenosaunee, and Michi Saugig Nations. As beneficiaries of a violent history of colonisation, we acknowledge our responsibility to uphold treaty relationships and so seek to be guided by...

January 10, 2025

Dear valued customers:
With hearts full of gratitude, we—Jacqui and Tim—are excited to announce a new chapter for Schmucker’s Fresh From The Farm. After 28 wonderful years, we are thrilled to share that our son, David, will now be leading the family business.
 
David’s Commitment:
Having worked...

December 15, 2024

We are the FIRST PLACE winner in four categories: Best Butcher/Meat shop ~ Best Organic Food Store ~ Best Specialty Food Store ~ Best Independent Grocery Store!

Thank you for your support since 1996!

May 21, 2024

Our weekly sales are part of our commitment to you to help deal with the increasing cost of food. Sometimes the sale helps us balance inventory. Other times it is part of our efforts to make top quality local food a bit more affordable. 

While the major supermarkets' profits have increased...

November 27, 2023

On their idylic small farm 45 minutes north of Toronto, three generations of the Schmucker-Braun family raise pastured free-range chicken with local feed. From Spring through Fall.

Whole and parts:

  • Breasts, boneless.
  • Thighs, boneless.
  • Drumsticks.
  • Legs with Thighs.
  • Wings.
  • Carcasses...
October 28, 2023

We partner with Ontario Amish and Mennonite farmers along with local organic growers to provide you with amazingly fresh and delicious sustainably-produced fruits and vegetables, grown without all the pesticides you've come to expect in supermarket produce, and close to home so they are picked at...

October 8, 2023

We've been awarded FIRST place in:

Independent Grocery Store

Specialty Food Store

Butcher/Meat Shop

Second place in Organic Food Store

Thank you Toronto!

September 10, 2023

Sunshine, fresh air, healthy feed and natural foraging make for happy, healthy turkeys — and happy diners around your Thanksgiving table!

At Fresh From The Farm, we offer two varieties of turkey, both from small Old Order Mennonite family farms and both incredibly fresh and delicious: the tried...