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The Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market on Saturday drew an eager crowd given a hands-on opportunity to experience where some of their food comes from.
Horses and a dairy cow were among the rural critters who ventured into the urban core for a guest appearance at the weekly market.
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“We wanted to bring the farm to the city,” Lynnette Bain, vice-president of tourism programs and development with Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island said.
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“It was a unique idea we had this year to raise awareness about some of the agricultural traditions and history and bring it to the middle of the city.”
Situated at the corner of Pelissier Street and Wyandotte Street East, visitors enjoyed a handful of activities focused on agriculture, animals, and machinery.
The objective of the event was to familiarize people with the agricultural products grown in the region but also to teach children where their food comes from.
“Farmers feed us, they feed our city,” said Bain. “The downtown farmers’ market is a testament to how important food is to the core.”
Vicky Morrison, a dairy farmer at Bally Bright Farms in Essex County, said the connection between urban and rural communities is getting weaker.
“It’s important for us as farmers to recognize that we need to bring the farm to the city,” Morrison said. “If we want to interact with the urban population and show them what we do, we must bring it to them.”
Visitors from outside the region, including a family visiting from the Dominican Republic, were in Windsor for Saturday’s farm festivities.
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