Rowe Farms Blog

World Series Game Day Recipe (Let’s Go, Blue Jays!)

World Series Game Day Recipe (Let’s Go, Blue Jays!)

The Best Darn Ballpark Dog in the Universe (according to the team at Rowe Farms)

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Introducing The Rowe Farms World Series Giveaway!

Introducing The Rowe Farms World Series Giveaway!

The Toronto Blue Jays are in the World Series for the first time in 32 years, and we could not be more excited to see them win it all. In celebration of this historic season and how much we love this incredible team, we’re introducing The Rowe Farms World Series Giveaway. If you love baseball and local food as much as we do, this is something you don’t want to miss.

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A note of gratitude plus Thanksgiving reminders from Rowe Farms

A note of gratitude plus Thanksgiving reminders from Rowe Farms

Thanksgiving weekend is upon us, and the Rowe Farms team is ready to enjoy plenty of delicious food and good company in the days ahead. Let’s hope this glorious weather continues! The mix of sunshine, (slightly) cooler temperatures and gorgeous fall colours has been absolutely spectacular, and will be a real treat for anyone who’s cooking outside this weekend.

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Thanksgiving reminders from Rowe Farms

Thanksgiving reminders from Rowe Farms

Gobble, gobble—Thanksgiving is just over a week away! If you haven’t ordered your family’s favourite local products yet, please visit our holiday website to place your order now. Plus: we’ve got a free gift for pasture-raised turkey customers who choose in-store pick up! Read on for details, and please contact us if you have any questions or would like assistance placing your order. We’d be glad to help.

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Our recipe for hosting the perfect Thanksgiving dinner

Our recipe for hosting the perfect Thanksgiving dinner

With Thanksgiving just over two weeks away, many of our customers are in full planning mode: ordering a fresh local turkey, prime rib and other holiday favourites, planning the side dishes they’ll be serving alongside that delectable Ontario roast, and otherwise preparing to host family and friends. It’s a lot of work, but it’s all worth it in the end!

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Our Thanksgiving website is live!

Our Thanksgiving website is live!

This year, Thanksgiving falls on Sunday, October 12th. That’s just over three weeks away! If you’re ready to place your order for fresh local turkeys, delectable beef and pork roasts, Ontario lamb, flavourful hams and more, please visit our holiday website. It’s live and ready to take your order!

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5 cozy fall favourites to add to your dinner routine

5 cozy fall favourites to add to your dinner routine

Ok, we get it. The first official day of fall is over a week away, and a lot of people don’t want summer to be over. But let’s face it—the days are getting cooler, there’s a chill in the evening air, pumpkin spice is on the menu everywhere you go, and a serving of warm, delicious, fall comfort foods doesn’t sound bad at all. In conclusion: it’s basically fall, so let’s embrace it.

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4 easy, delicious school lunch ideas from Rowe Farms

4 easy, delicious school lunch ideas from Rowe Farms

The days are growing shorter, Labour Day has come and gone, and school is back in session. If you’ve got kids at home, this means you’re back to making school lunches five days a week from now until next June. (That’s a lot of lunches!) Even if your kids are old enough to pack their own lunch bags—one of the best parenting milestones, honestly—it means stocking the kitchen with family-friendly, school safe items that will actually get eaten. It can be a challenge, but your neighbourhood Rowe Farms market is here to help.

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Make the most of your Labour Day weekend with these BBQ favourites

Make the most of your Labour Day weekend with these BBQ favourites

Summer always seems to fly by—the stretch between Canada Day and Labour Day truly passes in an instant. Whether you’re ready for fall or clinging to the last few weeks of this gorgeous season, we hope you’ve got something fun planned for the long weekend. And if you haven’t made plans yet, might we suggest an end of summer BBQ?

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Farm tours, a culinary show segment and more updates from Rowe Farms

Farm tours, a culinary show segment and more updates from Rowe Farms

When it rains, it pours—but sometimes, that’s a good thing! We’ve had a busy couple of weeks at Rowe Farms and there’s no sign of things slowing down any time soon. Believe us, we’re not complaining. Between an exciting television appearance, some farm tour planning, summer holidays and the fall season ahead, there’s a lot going on at your favourite neighbourhood butcher shop (and it’s wonderful).

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Want to see where your food comes from? Join us at Hillview Farm this September!

Want to see where your food comes from? Join us at Hillview Farm this September!

If you’d like to know more about where your food comes from, how it’s raised and what regeneration looks like in action, we’ve got good news—you can now use your Solar Dollars to book a tour of Hillview Farm in Haldimand County! This is Cory Van Groningen’s own farm where he and his family raise cattle, chickens, ducks, lamb and more. The first tour of the season will be on Wednesday, September 3rd starting at 1pm with additional tours on September 10th, 17th and 24th. Each farm tour will be approximately two hours in duration.

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3 ways to cook pasture-raised duck breast like a pro

3 ways to cook pasture-raised duck breast like a pro

We love the summer months for plenty of different reasons—the sunshine and warm weather, enjoying beautiful nature in bloom, and endless meals cooked outdoors, for example—but one reason that will always make the list is our pasture-raised poultry.

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