Ottawa Farm Fresh

10/07/2026

🥕 The day you’ve all been waiting for is here - voting for the Crazy Carrot Contest is officially OPEN! 🥕

We received more weird, wacky, and wonderfully creative submissions than ever this year, and they definitely did not disappoint! 🤪🥕

How to vote: Scroll through the entries and leave a comment on this post with the number of your favourite carrot. Every comment counts as one vote! 🥕❤️

Votes from Facebook and Instagram will be combined, and the entry with the most votes will win a $30 gift card to the Farm Store! 🎉

Voting closes Wednesday, October 14, so get those votes in before the deadline!

Contest disclaimer: This contest is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or affiliated with Instagram or Facebook. By participating, you agree to release Instagram and Facebook from any responsibility related to the contest. Instagram and Facebook are not responsible for the administration of this contest or the selection of the winner.

10/06/2026

🍂 We’ll be closed October 11–21 🍂

We’re taking a little break at the Farm while we get the Farm Store ready for the colder months.

The week after Thanksgiving we’ll be completely closed for shopping and CSA collection while we give the barn a seasonal refresh and move most of the Farm Store into the heated rear area. Why? Cozy vegetables, cozy staff, cozy customers!

We’ll reopen Thursday, October 22 with our new Fall & Winter hours:

Thursday: 11am–6pm
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: 10am–3pm

Mark your calendars!

10/05/2026

10/04/2026

🥬 SAUERKRAUT MAKING WORKSHOP 🥬

Saturday, October 10 | 11am–12pm

Love sauerkraut? Want to learn how to make your own at home? Join Emily for a fun, hands-on fermentation workshop!

✨ Learn the basics of cabbage fermentation
🥬 Make your own batch of sauerkraut
🫙 Take home your own jar to ferment
💡 Get simple tips for successful fermentation at home

Your ticket includes all ingredients + a quart mason jar.

Ready to get fermenting? Book your spot and dive into the world of homemade fermentation!

www.ottawafarmfresh.com/collections/farm-fresh-events/products/sauerkraut-workshop

10/03/2026

Carrot Fest is on and we'd love to see you! 🥕🥕🥕

10/03/2026

🥕🎉 CARROT FEST WEEK 2 IS TODAY! 🎉🥕

We’re back in the field today from 10am–2pm at Ottawa Farm Fresh, and there are still LOTS of carrots waiting to be pulled! 🥕🥕🥕

So… what is Carrot Fest?

It’s exactly what it sounds like: a carrot party! 🥕🎉

Come get your hands dirty, volunteer alongside your community to help us bring in the carrot harvest. Or grab a bag or box and pick your own carrots to take home! 🥕🥕

Bring the family. Bring your friends. Bring your carrot-pulling enthusiasm.

We’ll see you in the field today!

📍 Ottawa Farm Fresh: 2811 Ramsayville Rd.
⏰ 10am–2pm TODAY - Saturday, October 3
🚙 Carrot Fest Parking: Please park in the lower field toward the train tracks. Head past the regular entrance down the hill and follow the parking signs.

Schedule:

10am–2pm - Carrot Harvest
Yep, you guessed it: thousands of pounds of carrots to harvest! Bring your pulling muscles.

11am–2pm - Food from .table

Live Music - DJ Wild Milo

9am–3pm - Organic Farm Store ($$)
Stock up on Farm Fresh goodness while you’re here.

www.ottawafarmfresh.com/blogs/latest-from-the-farm/7th-annual-carrot-fest

10/02/2026

🥕 Carrot Fest Parking 🥕

If you’re coming for Carrot Fest, please park in the lower field, towards the train tracks.

If you’re coming from the city, pass the regular Farm Store entrance, continue down the hill, and follow the Carrot Fest parking signs. If you reach the railroad tracks, you’ve gone too far!

Our main parking lot is not large enough to accommodate all of our Carrot Fest visitors, and we need to keep those spaces available for Farm Store customers and visitors with mobility issues.

Thanks for helping us keep parking easy and accessible for everyone!

10/02/2026

🥕🤪 CRAZY CARROT CONTEST at Carrot Fest! 🤪🥕

One of the BEST parts of picking carrots is discovering the wild and wacky ones hiding underground 😂🥕 You really never know what you’re going to get!

A carrot with two legs? A twisty little root? Something that looks suspiciously like an animal? We want to see them all!

📸 Here’s how to enter the Crazy Carrot contest:

🥕Find the funniest, weirdest, wildest carrot you can here at the Farm while harvesting at Carrot Fest tomorrow (Oct 3)
🥕Take a photo of it
🥕Email your photo to us OR share it on social media and tag us!

We’ll choose the 5 funniest/wildest carrots, and then it’s up to YOU! Those five finalists will go head-to-head in voting on Instagram and Facebook.

The winner gets a $30 Farm Store gift card!

So keep your eyes peeled while you’re picking… because the craziest carrot you've ever seen might just be hiding right beneath your feet 👀

Entries close Monday, October 5