Vrolyk Farms

10/08/2026

🍠 Let’s talk SWEET POTATOES!

You’ve already seen us digging this year’s crop and bringing them into the curing room…but what makes sweet potatoes worth adding to your dinner table?

Besides being delicious, they pack quite a bit of nutrition into one vegetable!

🍠 They’re an excellent source of beta-carotene, which our bodies convert to Vitamin A
🌱 They provide fibre
🥔 They’re a source of potassium
💪 They contain Vitamin B6
🙌 And they’re naturally very low in fat

But one of our favourite things about sweet potatoes is just how many ways you can use them.

Try them:
🔥 Cubed and roasted with olive oil, salt & pepper
🥔 Baked whole — just like a regular baked potato
🍟 Cut into wedges or fries
🥣 Mashed with butter, salt & pepper
🥗 Roasted and added to salads or grain bowls
🌮 Added to tacos or burrito bowls
🍳 Cubed and fried up with eggs for breakfast
🦃 Or, of course, made into your favourite Thanksgiving sweet potato dish!

Simple roasting method:
Cube them, toss with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and roast at 425°F for about 25–30 minutes, until tender with those delicious browned edges.

So now we want to know — are you a SAVOURY sweet potato person or a SWEET sweet potato person? 👇

Our Ontario-grown sweet potatoes are available at the Farm Store! 🍠

10/07/2026

It’s Ontario Agriculture Week! 🌱🚜

Around here, agriculture looks like muddy boots, busy harvest days, potatoes being washed and bagged, and vegetables making their way from our fields to your tables.

As a third-generation family farm, we’re proud to be part of Ontario agriculture—and grateful to share what we grow through our farm store, the farmers’ market and the businesses we supply.

We also get to bring you products from other farmers and food makers who put so much care into what they do. There are a lot of hardworking hands behind the food on our shelves! 💚

With Thanksgiving coming up, it’s a lovely time to appreciate what’s grown and made close to home. Every visit to a farm store, purchase at a farmers’ market and choice to buy Ontario food helps support the people behind it.

Thank you for supporting our farm and making local food part of your everyday lives. We’re thankful to grow for this community.

Deeply rooted. Proudly growing. 🌾

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10/07/2026

10/03/2026

Saturday morning at the market! 🍂🥔🌽

October is such a great time of year for local produce — we still have some of those late-season favourites hanging on, while the tables are filling up with all the hearty fall vegetables we’ve been harvesting from our fields.

And with Thanksgiving just over a week away, it’s a pretty good time to start thinking about what’s going on that dinner table! 🦃

Come find us at the Sarnia Farmers’ Market this morning and stock up on fresh, locally grown produce straight from our farm.

📍 Sarnia Farmers’ Market
⏰ Today from 7 AM–1 PM

Or stop by the Vrolyk Farms Store today from 9 AM–4 PM!

Fresh from our fields to your table. 🤍

10/01/2026

🍠 Come along for sweet potato harvest!

Harvesting sweet potatoes looks a little different than harvesting our regular potatoes.

We use an old harvester to gently lift the sweet potatoes and bring them to the surface, where they can be picked up by hand. Freshly dug sweet potatoes have very delicate skins, so the goal is to handle them as carefully as possible and avoid cuts and bruising.

But getting them out of the ground is only the first step!

From the field, they’re brought into our curing room, where we keep them at around 85°F for 14 days. Yes — 85 degrees! 🔥🍠

That warm curing period is an important part of the process. It helps heal small scrapes and nicks that happen during harvest, toughens the skins for storage and helps develop that familiar sweet potato flavour.

Here in Ontario, timing harvest is important too. Sweet potatoes are a heat-loving crop and very sensitive to cold, so once fall arrives, we’re watching the temperatures and working to get them safely out of the ground before frost and cold soil can cause damage.

It’s one of those crops that takes a little patience — even after it leaves the field!

Once these have had their two weeks in the curing room, they’ll be ready for the store. ❤️

📍 Vrolyk Farms Store
Monday–Friday 9am–6pm
Saturday 9am–4pm
Sunday closed

10/01/2026

🌱 WE’RE HIRING! 🌱

We’re looking for another friendly face to join us at Vrolyk Farms Store!

This is a part-time, year-round position of approximately 2–3 days per week, with 4–5 hour shifts, Monday through Saturday. Shifts will be primarily mornings, and some flexibility in availability is preferred.

We’re looking for someone who:

🥕 Knows their seasonal produce
😊 Is friendly, outgoing and enjoys helping customers
🌻 Has an eye for displays and takes pride in keeping the store clean, tidy and inviting
💡 Takes initiative and isn’t afraid to share ideas to help improve the store
💪 Can lift up to 50 lbs
🕷️ Isn’t afraid of dirt, spiders or the occasional spider web!

The position includes customer service, stocking and arranging produce, creating displays, general cleaning and tidying, and helping with the everyday jobs that come with running a busy farm store.

This could be a great fit for someone looking for a few enjoyable shifts each week who likes staying active, meeting and chatting with people, and taking pride in creating a welcoming place for our customers.

Interested in joining us?
Please bring your resume in person to Vrolyk Farms Store by October 10th during store hours:

📍 Monday–Friday: 9am–6pm
📍 Saturday: 9am–4pm
Sunday: Closed

We’d love to meet you! 🌱

Deeply Rooted

09/28/2026

🥔 Last week, we showed you potatoes being washed, sorted and bagged at the farm. Today, we’re taking you back one step to show you how they get out of the ground!

The harvester lifts the potatoes from the row and carries them up on moving belts. As they travel along, much of the loose soil falls back into the field. Our crew keeps an eye on the potatoes, picking out stones, vines and other bits that come up with them before the potatoes drop into the wagon.

From here, they head back to the farm—the same potatoes you saw going through our wash line and into bags the other day. It’s a lot of work between digging a potato and setting a bag on the store shelf, and we love getting to show you more of that journey! 🚜

You can find our potatoes at Vrolyk Farms Store, 1567 Michigan Line in Sarnia. We’re open Monday–Friday, 9–6, and Saturday, 9–4. We’re also at the Sarnia Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, 7–1.

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09/26/2026

Saturday morning at the Sarnia Farmers’ Market! 🌽🍅

We’ve brought tomatoes, fresh sweet corn, kale, and more from the farm. Come see what’s in season and say hello—we’re here until 1 pm!