Eating Locally Just Got Easier and More Exciting!
In the spring of 2017, we started our Love Local Box Program. Our idea was to bring you a box of assorted local items to showcase the talent and quality of our local producers! We started with a partnership with Superior Seasons to bring you locally and Ontario grown produce and products to compliment our boxes. Our next subscription involved a partnership with Freshwater Cuisine (Walleye Wings) to ensure each box will contain a new sustainable local fish meal each month.
Our subscriptions were offered to all members and delivered on the 3rd Tuesday of the month to our hub locations.
Not all of the items included in the boxes were available to members on our site, or were only available in limited quantities! This was a chance to guarantee your purchase of some amazing local products and at a great price! Enjoying local couldn’t be easier!
Look below for a list of our past subscription boxes and recipes! Stay tuned for more subscriptions coming your way!
Thanks for loving local!
Fall 2017 Box Meal Contents (subject to change)
With this subscription, our goal was to take our boxes one step further, and offer you complete meals in your box, complete with recipe cards, meats, vegetables, and pre-measured sauces and spices. No need to plan meals or shop, your box will have you covered for three complete dinners (for approx. four people). We teamed up with Freshwater Cuisine (Walleye Wings) to ensure each box will contain a new sustainable local fish meal each month. Not only that, but the day after you receive your box, you can catch chef Jay preparing this meal, created by him, live on his show Lake to Plate at 3pm Wednesdays, or on YouTube any time to follow.
November
- Freshwater Cuisine wild rice stuffed tulibee (northern fish) with squash
- Hearty veal stew
- Hagen’s marinated pork chops & wild rice
December
- Freshwater Cuisine: Northern Pike
- Fifteen Minute Beef Chili
- Brule Creek ginger cookie & scone mix, and flavoured popcorn
January
- Freshwater Cuisine: Mullet
- TBD
- TBD
What did our happy subscribers find in their 2017 Spring Love Local Boxes?! Look below and click on items to see recipes for your local products!
The Love Local Boxes project of spring 2017 offered a variety of local products chosen just for you every month! Signing up for the ‘Love Local Box’ program gave you monthly access to both local and Ontario grown produce and products. Each purchase provided 3 months of local boxes containing a variety of delicious and nutritious items (9-12 items/box).
Our first Love Local Box subscription provided members with amazing ingredients and products to create tasty locally inspired meals. Our first box was breakfast themed with lots of yummy local products to make your breakfast even better! In April, we brought you an Italian inspired box (pizza and pasta) with lots of delicious products to compliment these meals, and in May, it was fishing themed, to celebrate the opening of fishing season! See below for box details and tasty recipes for using the box’s’ products!
March Love Local Box – Breakfast Theme!
Belluz Farms – Carrots
100km Foods Inc. – Beets
100km Foods Inc. – Onions
Wolfhead Coffee – Coffee
Honey Mill Farm – Eggs
Brule Creek Farms – Bran Muffin Mix
Tim and Carolle Eady – Garlic
Canadian Pure Wild Rice – Wild Rice
Comfort Table Bakery – Rye Bread
Cloverbelt Country Meats – Breakfast Sausage
Algoma Highlands Wild Blueberry Farm – Blueberry Jam
April Love Local Box – Italian!
Ontario Natural Food Co-op – Diced Tomato
The Black Oven – Fresh Sourdough Pizza Crusts
Rainy River Meats – Pepperoni
Thunder Oak Cheese Farm – Mild Gouda
Big Lake Pasta – Pasta
Brule Creek Farms – Pizza Crust Mix
Crazy Good Spice – Grace’s Favourite Spice Mix
Ontario Natural Food Co-op – Taco Chips
Pickles and Jams -Salsa
100km Foods Inc. – Onions
Belluz Farms – Carrots
May Love Local Box – Fish Fry!
Walleye Wings Inc. – Original Crumbs
Kuppers Bakery & Restaurant – Flax Bread
Wickens Lake Sunshine – Fresh Hydroponics Lettuce
Northbound Moose Co. – Popcorn
Zephyr Organics – Jerusalem Artichokes
Root Cellar Gardens – Parsnips
Pristine Gourmet – Red & White Kidney Beans
Boreal Berry Farm & Winery – Haskap Wine Cordial
Ontario Natural Food Co-op – Natural Oat Bar
Hunter’s Ridge – Walleye Butter
Busters BBQ – Mild Blueberry BBQ Sauce
Be sure to stay tuned for your next opportunity to be involved in the Love Local Box!!
