Gilbert Farm is now certified organic.
Although they may not be certified organic, many of our farmer vendors use organic, biodynamic and sustainable farming methods.Today, however, we would like to give a a big shout out to The Gilbert Farm. They achieved their certified organic status earlier this year. Congratulations!
If you would like to read more about organic agriculture, click here to find out what the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has to say. The benefits go far beyond healthy food for you and your family; they extend to ground and surface water quality, and increased health and safety for farm workers, to name just a few.
You can find out more about the Atlantic Canadian certifying body for organic producers, ACORN, at http://acornorganic.org/