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
BACK TO OUR REGULAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. Orders placed now will be delivered Wednesday January 7th and Thursday January 8th.
Orange Lentil Soup and Asian Noodle Soup available this week. We'll be working steady to keep our prepared meals in good supply. Certified organic AND local pork from Sonset Farm, Inverary. Best of all, we can offer this at a much better price than organic pork destined for the Toronto market (ie. Beretta's). See the Frozen Meat section on the website for details. Finally we are ready to offer FRESH BREAD, baked the morning of your delivery. We will be expanding our selection of home-baked breads - Cinnamon Buns this week. See the Baked Goods section of the website.
Bread/pizza dough will continue to be available; 50/50 whole wheat and 100% unbleached white flour available this week - with instructions to make Cinnamon Buns .
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 eight 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 from their most recent newsletter. Sustainable Food System: What Does This Mean?