Desert Lake Gardens supplies local, organic food to the Kingston, Ontario area. We feel this is the best food for people and the planet. Simply 'click' the 'order form' button to make your selections.
- local organic produce, meats, fish and groceries
- vegetables from our gardens
- vegetables, meat, eggs and other groceries produced by Kingston area farms
- free delivery
- prepared foods by Mill Street Café
Orders placed now will be delivered Wednesday March 10th and Thursday March 11th. Featured this week:
Watch for a NEW WEBSITE coming this spring!
Mill Street Cafe is back for regular Saturday night dining. New Dinners for ONE and Entrees now available.
NEW - GRASS FED CERTIFIED ORGANIC LOCAL BEEF We now have a full supply of this wonderful beef, straight from Sugar Hill Farm in Inverary. Pastured beef (grass fed) sustainably grown and is the tastiest, healthiest (much lower in fat) beef. You will notice the difference! Many individual cuts available. POSTED ON THE WEBSITE NOW!
ALSO NEW - LAMB from TOPSY FARM, AMHERSTVIEW
Daube of Beef. Traditional French Provencal dish, beef, carrot and shallots cooked long and slow with red wine, cognac and bouquet garni. Garlic mashed potatoes are the perfect accompaniment.
Lamb Babootie - back in stock (made with Topsy Farm organic ground lamb)
Soup this Week: Scotch Broth Soup and Squash, Sweet Potato and Celeriac Soup.
CARROTS, now available 2 ways:
CLEAN and ready-to-use (through our potato peeler) @ $3.25/bag; or straight from the root cellar ('dirty') @ $2.75/bag.
Looking for a good read? slow food - The Case for Taste written by the movement's founder, Carlo Petrini, helps the uninitiated understand why we place so much value on our food, and the enjoyment of it. Here is the foreward of this book, written by Alice Waters: foreward to Slow Food
Where do our groceries come from? A large percentage come from a Toronto-based co-operative (the Ontario Natural Food Coop). We have been members for over 20 years (personally for 12 years, and as a retailer for the past ten years). The mission and vision of the ONFC is to provide a sustainable food alternative. The "triple bottom line" makes choices that are not strictly tied to price, but "include broader criteria with more holistic implications". Here is a reprint of an excellent article. Sustainable Food System: What Does This Mean?