From Our Hands To Your Table

The next time you sit down to enjoy a meal, whether it be in the comfort of your own home, or in your favourite local restaurant, take a closer look at what’s in front of you.

From creation to consumption and each step in between, when you know the story behind your food, it will leave you with a better taste in your mouth.

From Our Hands to Your Table is a campaign created in partnership by Middlesex County’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Tourism Sarnia-Lambton, Middlesex-London Food Policy Council, Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership, Middlesex Federation of Agriculture and Lambton Federation of Agriculture.

Launched this spring, the engaging video series showcases producers in Middlesex-London and Sarnia-Lambton working together with restauranteurs to bring local dishes to life. The public can view each video in the series and learn more about each project partner and the importance of sourcing local ingredients on the campaign’s website.

The hope for the overall campaign was to inspire more businesses to collaborate with local producers and spark interest among consumers regarding the food that ends up on their table. It’s important to highlight these partnerships as it’s ones like these that keep the food sector in Southwestern Ontario thriving.

Quality food is closer than you think. Let’s dig in and discover a few of the local producers and restaurants that serve ingredients right from your backyard.

With a passion for farm-to-table, LOCA sources all of their cheeses exclusively from Great Lakes Goat Dairy – a local goat milk farm that produces a wide variety of premium cheeses.

We get an inside look at the partnership between Personal Touch Eatery and Catering and Dickenson Farms. Personal Touch Eatery brings flavours from around the world to Lambton County so that you don’t have to go far for great food.

Loca with support from Great Lakes Goat Dairy

Personal Touch Eatery with support from Dickenson Farms

Visitors to handstotable.ca are invited to further explore the culinary wonders of both Lambton and Middlesex counties with the option to view local fare maps.

The Locally Lambton Map is a collaboration between the Lambton Federation of Agriculture and the many hidden gems throughout the region. The map was created to highlight some of Lambton County’s food providers (and tourism attractions), giving people a chance to experience the country atmosphere they can’t find anywhere else.

From Our Hands to Your Table was made possible through the generous funding of OMAFRA’s Rural Economic Development Program and the tremendous commitments put forth by all partnering organizations.

From Our Hands to Your Table gives consumers the opportunity to discover locally-produced foods from fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, locally raised cattle and more and the restaurants that serve them.

~Taylor Rummell~
Ontario’s Southwest