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A Tmaflflmm (VI/m 1w Moving from St Clair to Stouffwlle the family dad experience a blt of a “culture shock' m the beginning. "Our daughter was so excnted that she would get to ride on a school bus. us also where we raise heritage breed pork and grassâ€"led beef. as well as chicken. We also have 15 beehlves so we make some honey as well It IS all certified organic but our main line of busmess IS the baby leaf salad greens With five premium blends of salads." forth trying to make something of the land. Once we moved. we decnded Meadow Sweet'would be a full-lime occupation." she explained. “Of the 65 acres. we've devoted one acre to hops. two acres to our greenhouses and four acres for heirloom vegetables. Part of the land Iwo years ago. the couple decuded that the “one day" had arrived. and they moved to Stoufiville. “It had been a cquple of years since 65-acre farm on Stouffville Road. In tow were their two children. seven- year-old Molly and 1ive-year~old Max. “My husband had a sales job he wasn't In love wrth. I was working In commercial real estate. He has always had a green thumb and we would say that one day. we were gomg to try and grow hops. one of the three ingredients that go Into beer." saud Melanue. Melanie Holmes and Sandy Griffiths gave up their corporate [ODS and a downtown lifestyle to move to a mun ”0“” com: cm _ , (iklfiifl‘ By Kinjal Dagli Shah ‘ommutnnq back Fmafflm (new 8a Semis Towns and The couple plans to host Lunch and Learn sessrons IhIS summer “People often have questions and we hope to answer them through thus program. For Instance. it you have a question about honey. you can come In for a three-hour sessron where a beekeeper grves you an overvrew on how honey l5 made and then you get to eat a honey» themed lunch." Write to Kin/d at kin/a/‘dagli‘ corn ‘We deliver as well and the neat thing IS that all the veggies are organnc and hewloom.’ "Every Monday. we would invite a different restaurant and a chef to come up to our farm for a tasting tour. They could then go and ple the herbs they liked and make dinner for us outsrde," she said, adding that the farm supplies a lot of salad to stores like the Village Grocer as well as restaurants. They also run a CSA (community supported agriculture) organic box program‘ which otters a selection of fresh vegetables grown on the farm. The couple also has a farm stand in the. summer and came up with an idea called Meadow Sweet Mondays. And my son thinks it's cool to be able to pick his own dinner. so he collects all our chicken eggs. But we did have some transationing to do. We have a round patch in the garden that we call a pizza garden. We divided it into pizza pieces and each kid plants a pizza topping that they get to grow and eat." said Melanie. THE SWEET LIFE Stouffw‘l/e Free Press - May 2075 - 9