Better Options to Stay Healthy this May Long Weekend! The warm weather has finally arrived – birds are chirping, blossoms are blooming, grass is growing and we’ve got the flip flops out. This means the first long-weekend of summer is fast-approaching! Victoria...
TO LOCAL ARTISTS! The Big Carrot is excited to invite you to participate in a community-engaged permanent public art piece. The Big Carrot is looking for local artists to create an outdoor sculpture (or set of) to be erected at street level at the new The Big Carrot –...
Introducing Town Hall Medicine’s Microbiome Summit Genuine Health is proud to partner with University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy to offer Town Hall Medicine, a digital destination for the latest cutting-edge research on health and wellness. The aim of...
An update on Bill C-291 On Wednesday, in Ottawa, Members of Parliament voted down Private Member’s Bill C-291 for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. As a community, Big Carrot staff and shoppers actively supported this bill and its commitment to...
Seven years ago, I stood in the express lane at The Big Carrot. A gregarious middle-aged man with a silver beard said my total and, within the same breath, connected it to a historical fact. To this day, I don’t remember the number or the fact, but I do remember the...
Every year we allocate a certain percentage of our community giving funds and direct them into a grant program to expand the availability of locally produced food and to support and strengthen the working relationships between local family farms and The Big Carrot. We...
