The Western Fair Farmers' and Artisans' Market is a cornerstone of our business, hosting both our green grocery and our organic juice bar. Check out this colourful community hub on Saturday mornings from 8-3, and make sure to say hi to Jen, Joel, Aaron, Meg, Ellie and Jeff working downstairs at the grocery and upstairs at the juice bar!
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Green Grocery
Visit our green grocery retail space every Saturday at The Western Fair Farmers' and Artisans' Market for all your organic grocery needs! This is where it all started for On The Move. Many customers of our grocery will recognize Jeff's sister Jen, without whom OTMO would never have gotten off the ground. At the green grocery we stock everything from fresh local produce and fruits, to organic grains and dried goods, to natural dairy products. Make sure to try our free-run Gingerich eggs and our line of fresh and dried herbs from Heritage Line! We have recently added a line of organic/natural kitchen and hygiene products as well. In addition to this, we also cater to all our vegan customers with a range of offerings from pizza to rice milk ice cream!
As with all our efforts, our main focus in our green grocery is on certified organic produce and products, with a special emphasis on local or fair trade. We have new products every week, and we always take our customers' tastes into consideration when ordering!
New this month: coconut water, jarred pickles, new lines of chips and crackers, boxed soups, new lines of cereal, Kombucha iced teas
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Juice Bar
Visit "The Movement" Juice Bar on the second floor of The Western Fair Farmers' and Artisans' Market every Saturday from 8-3 to experience the fresh juice revolution in London! As London's only organic juice and smoothie bar, we are proud to offer you a selection of tried-and-true favourites such as the energy-packed Engine 86, the spicy but sweet Sikorski Slammer, and everyone's favourite, the Slap Me Silly Smoothie. Sick of the same? Our energetic juice bartenders whip up new healthy and delicious concoctions every weekend to keep it interesting! Feeling particularly drained? Drag your lazy bones down here and try a shot of organic wheatgrass. It'll give you a jolt even your morning caffeine can't compete with! "The Movement" is a relaxing space perfect for meeting friends, hanging out with the kids, or reading about the local food movement.
Don't miss this Saturday Market treat!
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CSA Program
Community Shared Agriculture (CSA), is a form of alternative food network that is structured on a socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farming operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production. CSAs usually consist of a system of weekly or biweekly delivery or pick-up of vegetables and fruit, in a vegetable box scheme. This past summer marked our very first experiment with the CSA program, and we are pleased to announce that it was a great success! Our Fall CSA Program with Triple Cord Farm in Aylmer, ON kicks off October 15! Check back here throughout the winter to keep updated on the Summer CSA sign up options and availability.
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Our Roots
OTMO was founded four years ago by Jeff Pastorius, a then-recent grad of Huron University College's Global Studies and Philosophy Program. A pervasive concern with sustainable food politics soon had him obsessively hunting down, with the help of his friend Dan Hilton, local organic farms. Organic veggies stole his heart and cast him on the turbulent but rewarding path of produce!
Our first incarnation was as a small outdoor market booth offering a selection of local organic food. Soon after we established a home delivery system (read: Jeff and his mom Jeanette filled boxes and delivered them in his friend`s tiny car). Many thanks to Jeanette for your years of help! That fall, we secured a permanent retail location on the main floor of The Western Fair Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market. In the spring of 2010, we built a dual-use space on the second floor of the market. (see the great pic of Jeff and his sister Jen at one of the many Farmer's Market boothes OTMO has been apart of over the years, above).
The Western Fair Market has become our home base. The dual-use booth we added upstairs, serves as our production space with a custom built walk-in cooler (we used old doors, air conditioners, bike parts and lots of insulation!) and a beautiful community-designed and built organic juice bar. Four years have flown by, and we are ever-grateful to our families, friends, community, and of course our customers for keeping us busy and constantly reminding us of our love for healthy, local, organic food.
