YOU HAVE OPTIONS!
1. From June to December a weekly basket subscription is the way to go. The very best of the season and the best way to support your organic farmer. These baskets are fully customizable.
2. Not ready to subscribe long term? You can try us out! We have an easy 3 week option which gives you 3 deliveries in season of the best we have to offer! You can add kitchen items to these deliveries as well.
3. Year round every Saturday morning we are at Evergreen Brick Works Farmers Market and The Stop Farmers Market in Toronto. No need to purchase online unless you are trying to secure a large quantity of something high value (eg. 6 packs of perogies, flats of vegetables etc).
4. If it is currently January - May you may purchase off our online shop and pick up on farm Fridays 4pm or after (Norfolk County), or pick up at our farmer's markets Saturday mornings at Evergreen Brick Works or The Stop Farmer's Markets (Toronto). This is especially important if you need a large order of mulitple packs of perogies, pot pies and lots of winter veggies! If you require a home delivery of a large order of product contact us to see if this is possible during our off season. If we are able - we will :)
5. I just want some PEROGIES!! And fresh bread! Maybe some juice!
We can home deliver a minimum of $65 prepared foods within Norfolk County without a subscription. We can also deliver a minimum of $75 prepared foods in the GTA without a subscription. There is no minimum purchase if you pick up on the farm.
We cannot offer premium items such as strawberry flats, cases of romas to non-members at this time. We are a small farm and our premium items go to our members first. Another reason to support our farm and sign up for the veggie baskets ;)
Topping the best restaurant list two years running 2024/25 Canada's Top 100 The Restaurant at Pearl Morissette whom happens to be a supporter of our farm and actively purchases our organic produce for their menu. Some really cool chef's who run a Michelin 2-Star restaurant just chilling on our farm!
Proud organic farmers.
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We are a very proud small family farm producing under 100 acres of 30 different vegetable crops with well over 100 varieties - all certified organic.
We are raising 4 children and growing food that is as clean as possible is top priority. The ingredients we use in our prepared foods are always organic only. For example it would be way cheaper for us and profits would be much greater if we chose to use 'local affordable apples' in our juice and purchased from a local farm a couple roads over. We will not do that and instead opt for certified organic apples from farms further away, prioritizing local but seeking organic standards.
At Sosnicki Organics "organic" isn't just a label- it's a commitment we back up every single year.
We are certified organic producers (annually audited by Pro-Cert Organic Systems Inc), which means our farm follows strict national standards, completes detailed record-keeping, undergoes annual inspections, and maintains full traceability from seed to harvest.
This isn't a one-time process- it's something we renew and verify season after season.
Why does that matter?
Because organic should mean something you can trust. Certification ensures that what you're feeding your family is grown without synthetic fertilizers, harsh pesticides, herbicides, or GMO's- and that those practices are independently verified, not just promised.
When you buy from us, you're not just taking our word for it- you're seeding a standard that's been checked, documented, and upheld. (Jessie raised 4 babies over the past decade while maintaining farm records and keeping chronological logs of farming activities.)
That's the difference accountability makes.
Every input we use on our organic farm will be listed here and annually updated if any changes. Everything on this list has been approved for use by the organic certification board Pro-Cert Organic Systems ltd. We do not use any synthetic chemical fertilizers. We do not use any herbicides or fungicides. We use mechanical and hand weeding on farm to control weed pressure. You will notice our tomato selection will be very dire if there is a cold wet year, as we DO NOT use chemical controls for Blights and diseases. We do not use harsh pesticides to kill pests.
Entrust – a spinosad pesticide to control Colorado potato beetles. Annually applied to potatoes, tomato plants. Sometimes eggplant as well. Applications average twice per season.
BioProtec CAF – Aqueous Biological insecticide – bacillus thuringiensis used to control looper worms in Cabbage and brassica crops. Annually applied to cabbages, cauliflower, kale.
Cow Manure – for field fertilization. (Applied 120 days before any harvests)
Premier Pro-Mix Organic Herb and Vegetable Mix – to grow our greenhouse seedlings.
Actisol - Hen Manure Pellets.
Fish Fertilizer, Acadie / Actisol – for fertilizing greenhouse seedlings.
Duck Dirt - composted duck manure in greenhouses and on fields.
We DO NOT use Struvite wastewater manures on our farm.
The most common misconception about growing veggies organic is that because we do use some sprays, that we are simply the same thing as conventional. Ben and I were raised by conventional farmers. We have experience with growing acres and acres of veggies the conventional way. The way we grow our veggies now, certified organic, is completely different than conventional and the amount of chemical inputs, sprays we even do use that are permitted - is MOOT.
We do not believe in controlling every aspect of the growing season and grow a diverse variety of veggies to make up for our annual loses. Huge example is that when it is a cooler summer and our tomato field gets blight, we do not spray any fungicides, we lose the crop! We move on to other crops and explain to our customers that "it's not a tomato year". Another example is the we have been known to disc up entire carrot patches when they get too weedy as we do not use any type of herbicides whatsoever. One of the hardest things about growing strawberries is keeping the patch clean. We spend a lot of extra dollars and time in the strawberry patch weeding so we can have a strong 2 year crop of juicy, sweet berries! In fact - our strawberries are PROUDLY sprayed with absolutely nothing!
"We stay in business because we do not believe in growing vast acreage of just a few crops. We grow a vast variety and small acreage of many crops." - Jessie Sosnicki.
We work hard to adhere to certified organic standards for the customers benefit and are proud to go that extra mile always. We are not just local - we are proudly local AND organic!
The word organic is not regulated in Ontario and is often used very loosely.