“Farm Gate” provides meals made with care

By Ben Baldasero

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For those who may be tired of food from chain grocery stores, Farm Gate To Your Plate is a delicious, local, alternative.

Farm Gate opened in 2007, after owners Andy and Lisa Sproston sold their Grimsby escarpment farm.

Andy ran and managed the store along with a small team, including the couple’s daughter, Emily.

Andy died from COVID-19 complications in January 2022, while the store was closed down. It re-opened last September with Lisa returning to help out.

Farm Gate is dedicated to providing fresh, GMO-free, pro-

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duce and ready made meals to all customers.

“We’re a certified kitchen”, says Lisa.

“We prepare things such as sandwiches, homemade pies, and ready meals.”

They also provide an assortment of home- made jams, salads, soups, and a selection of organic meat.

“After selling the farm, we kept in touch with other people with the same farming ethics as us to provide meat,” explains Lisa.

“All of our chicken comes from an organic farm, and our pork and beef comes from a Fenwick farm-