Local Food in Windsor, ON

Perched at the southernmost tip of Canada, Windsor and Essex County enjoy the longest and warmest growing season in Ontario, making their local food scene exceptionally diverse and productive. Surrounded by Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, the region features a magnificent mix of massive, eco-friendly greenhouse operations, historic family fruit orchards, and creative boutique wineries. Windsor's local makers leverage this unique climate to provide the community with an abundance of fresh field vegetables, sweet lake fish, and artisanal goods. Local farmers' markets are bursting with color and life, serving as joyful neighborhood hubs. It is a sunny, highly collaborative food ecosystem where a deep agricultural history fuels a vibrant, modern movement for sustainable, direct food access.

The Windsor region includes cities and towns like Aberarder, Alvinston, Amherstburg, Arkona, Belle River, Blenheim, Bothwell, Brigden, Brights Grove, Camlachie, Caradoc First Nation, Chatham, Chippewas Of Sarnia First Nati, Colchester, Comber, Corunna, Cottam, Courtright, Deerbrook, Delaware of the Thames(Moravia, Dresden, Dutton, Emeryville, Essex, Fingal, Forest, Glencoe, Harrow, Highgate, Inwood, Kent Centre, Kerwood, Kingsville, LaSalle, Leamington, Maidstone, McGregor, Melbourne, Merlin, Mooretown, Mount Brydges, Nairn, Oil Springs, Ojibways of Walpole Island Fir, Oneida First Nation, Paquette Corner, Parkhill, Pelee Island, Petrolia, Pleasant Park, Point Pelee, Port Franks, Port Lambton, Puce, Ridgetown, Rodney, Rondeau, Ruthven, Saint Clair Beach, Sandwich, Shedden, Sombra, Stoney Point, Strathroy, Tecumseh, Thamesville, Thedford, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wardsville, Watford, West Lorne, Wheatley, and Wyoming.