Welcome to Ironwood Gardens.
This site is for the gardener and those who eat from the garden.
Why not challenge yourself to eat locally and discover all the food that's
available in from Ironwood Gardens and Leeds county in eastern Ontario.
Local food benefits
- Reduce your carbon footprint.
- Fresh food often picked the same day
- Better nutrition and health
- Builds the local economy and social fabric.
- Better tasting
Why is local food is sometimes more expensive?
- Farm workers live with the same cost of living that you experience.
- Local food is generally better quality. You would not hesitate to pay more
for an automobile or a garment if it was superior in quality. Fresh food is no
different.
- Economy of scale. Generally speaking, the more you grown, the less
expensive it is to grow.
The earth is where our food come from. It is becoming abruptly clear that the
existing practices of agriculture and food distribution are probably not
sustainable.
