Forbes Wild Foods
2 Matilda St. M4M 1L9 Toronto, ON, Canada

Spring is here and that means soon we will see morels! Looking to find your own morels this year? Check out our latest blog post on how to find morels. https://www.wildfoods.ca/blogs/main/how-to-find-morels Or visit www.wildfoods.ca and check out the blog section where we have been loading up on cool wild food related content such as recipes and sustainability guides.

Spring is here, and one of the most exciting and delicious treats available is already popping up through Ontario. Over the next few weeks as temperatures slowly rise, more and more morels will start peeking out of the forest floor and hopefully fill your baskets. Looking to learn how to find morels? Check out our latest blog post. ... https://www.wildfoods.ca/blogs/main/how-to-find-morels

When mayapple starts to unfurl, morels are not far away. One of the great indicators for our spring bounty.

Found some Chaga yesterday. Normally harvest in the winter but sometimes they just fall off if you look at them.l, much like this wee little feller did.

The first of our wild leeks are in, these ones still have a little bit of soil on them, and small bulbs, however they have great brilliant green leaf and are perfect for cooking or replanting. We will have some at our markets this weekend and at 2 Matilda st. This week. Stop by for a pawpaw tree and grab yourself a few ramps!

Hop on this article and spruce up your knowledge about beer before Hops and the history of botanicals in brews. https://www.wildfoods.ca/blogs/main/beer-before-hops

This year we have some exciting new baskets such as our Local Ontario Basket and Bartenders Cocktail Basket, take a look at some of our curated selections perfect for indulging yourself and friends with. Check out www.wildfoods.ca/gift-baskets/ for more information.

We have updated this years gift basket offerings, with some new curated selections available such as with our Local Ontario Basket and Bartenders Cocktail Basket. Take a look at whats available and find some amazing Canadian wild foods to indulge yourself and friends with this season. https://wildfoods.ca/gift-baskets/

This week we have loads of number one Pine mushrooms, King boletes and Chanterelles. Chanterelles Boletus edulis Matsutake... Unfortunately we will not be at the first wychwood indoor market, but we will have lots available at 2 Matilda st. and at Brickworks on Saturday.

Forbes Wild Foods is hiring market staff! We are currently looking for someone for part time sales work at a Saturday farmers market. The candidate should be gregarious, outgoing and interested in food/food culture. You will be responsible for building and maintaining market displays/table, responding to customer’s inquiries and assisting customers with purchases. Duties also include weighing and calculating the price of fresh products, customer service, transporting market k...it. This job does require lifting of boxes that weigh upwards of 50lbs. The candidate will have some familiarity with cooking and act non-judgmental towards other people’s diets. Knowledge/interest of wild and indigenous foods as well as our product line are certainly assets. Compensation is $15 per hour + 5% commission on sales above $500 and 10% commission on sales above $800 + travel expenses. Sales typically average $700-$1100 depending on the week and what is in season. ( You make about $170 - $200 for the shift ) Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations. Must provide own vehicle and hold a valid G2 or G class driver's license, and be willing to work early Saturday mornings. This job may lead to more opportunities for commission based sales or hourly work at our new location at 2 Matilda Street. Please email applications and resume to [email protected] with Farmers Market in the subject line

The Golden Pacific chanterelles this week are super yummy. Find us at our markets this weekend or visit us at 2 Matilda st. this week.

This is our last lot of pawpaw. Come by today or tomorrow, or find it at markets this weekend. What doesn't sell will be processed for seed and frozen pawpaw pulp. 2.5 year old Saplings will be available April/May and the fruit will be available again next October 1st. (Give or take a day) #pawpaw #toronto

King boletes, lobsters and chanterelles this week.

We have the mushrooms you want for Thanksgiving.

We will have Pawpaw available starting Tomorrow October 6th at 2 Matilda St. 10am-4pm and at the Trinity Bellwoods farmers market. 3pm-7pm https://mailchi.mp/702651ca87f2/pawpaws-are-ripening-3310546

BLACK TRUMPETS OF DEATH! Lovely black trumpets - craterellus cornucopioides and craterellus fallax are an amazing autumn mushroom full of rich earthy and almost chocolaty flavour. These are an absolute delight that can be used in both savory and sweet dishes. Check them out this week at markets or from us directly.

Fall mushrooms this week Cauliflower mushrooms Blue chanterelles Golden chanterelles... Come visit us at our markets this weekend

This week in Fresh Fall Mushrooms we present Cauliflower mushroom Blue chanterelles Golden chanterelles... Come visit our markets this weekend

Ring around the blewits

Wood blewits, lepista nuda

Larch boletes, suillus grevillei. Often mistaken for a slippery jack.

Mushroom season!

If you love mushrooms, this is the week to visit us. Right now we have indigo milk caps, two types of hedgehog mushrooms, two kinds of lions mane, two kinds of yellow foot chanterelles, a puffball, hen of the woods, chicken of the woods and some birch boletes.... I'm probably forgetting something... Oh yeah, black trumpets! All of our mushrooms this week are harvested in Ontario. Super exciting time of the year! Click through the photos.