Freshness from Two Beets Farm customized for Hintonburg Connection Residents

Two Beets Farm makes healthy eating convenient with fully personalized organic vegetable baskets

A variation of this post was first published on the Westboro Connection blog.

Busy lifestyles are the reality for most of the residents of Hintonburg and Westboro. Juggling a variety of responsibilities makes it hard to focus as much attention on healthy eating as we’d all like. Our new Discover Local partner, Two Beets Farm, makes healthy eating the new norm with their online vegetable farm-stand initiative. Customers can simply go online, pick and choose what they would like to add to their fresh vegetable baskets and collect them at their convenience.

The novel initiative by Diana Beirnes and Nic Gosselin emphasizes the positive and special relationship people have with food. The origin of their farm makes for a fascinating story. Talking after an ordinary day at work, they mentioned abandoning their stable life and corporate jobs in Toronto to explore nature. As avid outdoorists, they wanted to use this time to bike, hike and travel, camping in their trailer along the way. They had no idea that the trip was going to transform their lives.

To make their journey fun and affordable, they’d decided to visit farms along the way. Ultimately, they chose to stay back at a farm in Quebec for one full season and understand the basics of the work. That experience made them reaffirm their passion for food, healthy eating and impacting people’s lives in a positive manner. They were influenced by the lifestyle, food and the collective experience of sharing the opportunity with other farmers. As Diana said, “Quebec promotes local farmers by providing opportunity and resources to new businesses. That’s how we rented our first half-an acre of land.”

Diana and Nic were undoubtedly apprehensive about the various uncertainties they would have to face. Their strong partnership enabled them to overcome every hindrance and made them more confident in their pursuit. In fact, their name Two Beets Farm derives from the idea that they both are two beats to a tune – music being another reason for their happy union.

Two Beets Farm encourages healthy lifestyle

Nic and Diana believe in making the community feel supported in their healthy lifestyle choices. They want to do so by simplifying and spreading knowledge about the nutritional value of food. Diana and Nic hope to build special relationships with people and contribute to their lives in a meaningful fashion. This is also why they are proud to be associated with the Discover Local program. In their opinion, empowering and joining hands with other local ventures will surely uplift the whole community.

About Discover Local

Discover Local is an exclusive program for our residents, created to better acquaint them with their neighbourhood and the many local businesses and services therein. It’s all about discovering what makes their local community so vibrant, inspiring, and livable. From cafes and restaurants to retailers, gyms and beyond, we invite you to discover local – there’s a whole neighbourhood waiting to be discovered!