With less than two weeks until launch, Shop Local Ontario has just shy of 250 vendors across the province ready to put their wares online as part of a virtual farmers market experience the creators hope will outlast the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Customers will be able to go to the website, pick the city closest to them and buy from vendors within the region. Orders would have to be placed by a specific day, with delivery the following day due to the perishable nature of many of the products.
Alison Boudreau, creative director of Cutting Horse Creative, which is behind the Shop Local Ontario website, says the idea began with her boss, Marie Fraser. “Once the pandemic hit, the CEO of our company, Marie, was driving down the street and saw a