Emo Farmers' Market

NEW!!!!!!!!

Emo Farmers' Market
Every Saturday
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Under the Grandstand at the Fairgrounds in Emo.

All locally made, baked or grown products...Come out to support our vendors and help our market grow.

April 10th - Food Security Gathering

Clover Valley Farmers' Market

Great Season planned for 2013!  We need more Vendors!!!

Clover Valley Farmers' Market saw an upswing in sales and customers in 2012, and this trend appears likely to continue in 2013.  The growing interest in local food bodes well for our Farmers' Market.  As a result, we need more vendors!

The Farmers' Market offers:

• A great value on Advertising:  The Market uses a variety of advertising to promote its vendors' products: radio, newspaper, billboard, black mobile sign and sandwich boards.  Our presence on our website, Facebook and Twitter continues to expand.  Best of all, if you are a vendor in front of hundreds of people every week at the Market, you create the most effective advertising of all...word of mouth!  You get to interact directly with customers to promote and sell products.
• The Market Store continues to expand and attract market patrons, so we offer competitively priced at 25%.
• A comfortable, convenient venue: You are safely out of the hot sun or rain with tavles set up ready to fill with products.

Seasonal Registration Deadline is April 12th:

• Book a space for the full May through October season!  Vendors can save $144 by paying the seasonal fee.
• Book a single Saturday. By booking in advance you ensure advertising coverage.

Contact Deb Cornell, Manager at:

Phone:   807-486-3409

Email:   rrelk@tbaytel.net

EASTER MARKET:  Thursday, March 28 - Noon to 6 pm & Saturday March 30 - 9 am to 1 pm.

See you at the Market !!!

Easter Market

RRFA Spring Dinner

Rainy River District 4-H Awards

The Rainy River District 4-H Awards will be held on Friday, March 2, 2012 at the Millennium Hall in Stratton.  Dinner will begin at 7:00 p.m..

Please call and confirm your attendance with Kim Dessere at 807-483-5412.

Food Security Gathering

Increase access to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate foods for ALL!

THURS.  MARCH 8, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Lunch will be provided)
EMO INN--Emo, Ontario
Cost: FREE

Food is a basic human right.  Everyone has the right to access enough safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food in a way that promotes self-reliance and social justice.  This is known as food security.   Unfortunately, food insecurity is a problem in Northwestern Ontario.

What can you do to help?
Get in the know...about the root issues and what can be done.
Get involved in your community...food security is not just a poverty issue; it is a much larger issue that involves the whole food system and affects every one of us.

Food Security: It's Everybody's Business

Join us for an interactive day to learn about food security and share ideas about how we can increase food security in the Rainy River District.

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in increasing access to food in the Rainy River District, health promoters, health educators, community health representatives, local food enthusiasts, producers and farmers.

Limited Space!

To register, please call Siobhan Booth at (807) 482-2211 by March 2, 2012.

Wild Food Workshop

Rainy River District Stewardship presents:

WILD FOOD WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 3, 2012
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the Devlin Hall

Workshop is $25 per person.
Tickets available at the Devlin Municipal Office, Betty's in Fort Frances, Wood's Quality Bakery in Rainy River and Emo Feed Service or email rneilson@tbaytel.net

Wild food Lunch is free.

Heritage Luncheon

There will be a Heritage Luncheon on:

Friday, February 17th, 2012
11 am to 1 pm
Emo United Church
3 Roy Street

The $8.00 Menu includes:
Hot & Hearty Casserole
Salads
Dessert Coffee

There will be Bake Tables with homemade goodies.
Proceeds in support of the Pioneer Museum, Emo

Sponsored by:  Womens' Institutes of the Rainy River District

Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair

The 2011 Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair is being held August 18-20 at the Emo Fairgrounds in Emo.

The parade will be held on Saturday August 20th. All participants are asked to assemble on Front Street in Emo at 10:30. Judging will take place at 11:00 a.m. sharp. The parade will proceed up to the Fair grounds at 12 noon. All information about participating in the parade is in the fair book which can be viewed HERE.

ADVANCE MIDWAY TICKETS:
Fort Frances - Wilson's Stationary & Rainy Lake Sports
Devlin - Devlynn's & Greensides
Emo - Tompkin's Hardware, Village Variety & Cloverleaf Shop Easy
Barwick - Barwick Village Restaurant
Stratton - Stratton Restaurant
Rainy River - Rainy River Drug Store

Advance midway tickets are on sale until Thursday evening August 18th - $28.00 a savings of $5.00.  Gate admission is $3.00 per person per day.  You do not need advanced midway tickets to enter the fairgrounds.  You can pay your $3.00 admission at the gate.


For complete fair information, please visit their website at http://www.emofair.com/

Market Days

Calling all artisans, musicians, crafters, greenhouses, furniture makers, veggie growers and fund raising groups to come show and sell your wares on the Great Canadian Main Street Market Place.

Every Thursday thru September we will have a tent set up in front of the Fort Frances Museum where you can show people what you have to offer. The BIA will be taking care of the advertising for the month of June so it is absolutely free! Take advantage of this great opportunity!

We are hoping to make this a big weekly event throughout the summer months and eventually have the market extend throughout the downtown area.

By having this event on a Thursday, we hope to catch people before they take off to the lake for the weekend and also encourage the tourists to stop as they are travelling through our beautiful area.

All you have to do is bring your table, chair, and goods to sell. Set up time would be 8:30 a.m. with hours from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.  You are of course welcome to stay a bit longer if you wish. We want to keep this as simple as possible for the organizers and exhibitors. If you have any suggestions we are very happy to hear them!  We want this to have a fun and friendly atmosphere and look forward to getting to know you and see all of the wonderful things you have to show and sell.  For special interest groups, this would be a great opportunity to sell your tickets or raise money for your cause.

For more information and to pre-register please call Richard Boileau at McTaggarts (807) 274-5371

Thursday June 30^th will also be a good opportunity as the street will be blocked off for Mall Days in conjunction with Fun in the Sun.

Music, Fish fry, Stock cars and a Retro car show are a few of the things we are hoping to have along with the Market Thursday exhibitors.  We are hoping restaurants will put out some tables for people to enjoy the great outdoors.  The possibilities are endless!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Rainy River Meats Inc.

Peggy Revell Photo
 Fort Frances Times

(Excerpt from the Fort Frances Times)

http://www.fftimes.com/node/242691

Rainy River Meats Inc. co-owner Marg Irvine showed where the sirloin tip had been removed from the hindquarter of local ‘AA’ beef, which the business has been processing since its start-up last month in Emo. It’s been a busy first month for the plant as its owners look to promote meat raised by local farmers and get it onto the plates of people across the district.