Sampler
$100
$100 wallet credit
- 2% off every produce order, all season
- +2% extra credit on Interac e-Transfer
- Try before you commit
- $60 minimum per order
Experience Food That Tastes Like Home From Your Local Farm
Wholesome, seasonal Afro-heritage vegetables grown fresh in Baden, Ontario. Weekly delivery and pickup in select areas, June through October.
Reserve Your Seasonal Farm Share
Pre-load wallet credit, then shop your share each week through the season. Early-bird bonus on now.
A Direct Relationship With Your Farmer
Grown in Baden, Ontario. Picked at peak, delivered or picked up weekly. No grocery middleman.
Grown in Canada
Weekly Harvest
Chemical Free
GMO Free
Ecologically Grown
Afro-Heritage Crops
Grown in Canada
Weekly Harvest
Chemical Free
GMO Free
Ecologically Grown
Afro-Heritage Crops
Why We Farm
Quality Food Should Not Be Hard To Find
Many families rely on vegetables shipped thousands of miles before reaching the store. By the time those vegetables arrive, the flavour is gone and much of the nutrition is lost. Others settle for substitutes only to get disappointing results.
We started True North Tropical to change that. We grow culturally meaningful vegetables right here in Ontario so families can cook the meals they grew up with using fresh ingredients.
Food should feel familiar, nourishing, and celebrated. Not tolerated.
How It Works
Buy A Share Now, Eat Fresh All Season
Pre-load wallet credit at a bonus rate during early bird, then draw it down on weekly produce orders through October. Your share discount applies to every transaction.
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Buy A Farm Share
Pick the tier that fits your household. Pay once, get wallet credit at a bonus rate during early bird (currently +5%). Your tier also locks in up to 20% discount that applies all season. -
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Shop The Harvest At Your Pace
Order whatever you want, whenever you want, using wallet credits at up to 20% discount. Or simply shop a la carte. -
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Choose Your Fulfilment
Home delivery across Waterloo Region or convenient pickup from a local hub near you. Fresh produce drops weekly from June through October.
What We Grow
Food That Reflects The People Who Live Here
Harvested at peak flavour, just for you.
Grains
Hot Seller
A starchy, chewy whole-grain maize for grilling, boiling, or grinding into flour.
Vegetables
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A mild, crisp and cooling vegetable, great raw in salads or pickled.
Vegetables
Hot Seller
A boldly bitter green washed and simmered into rich traditional soups.
Peppers
Hot Seller
Mild and sweet red pepper that adds colour and sweetness to stews and sauces.
Fruits
Hot Seller
Juicy, hydrating summer fruit in a rainbow of seeded, open-pollinated varieties.
Peppers
Hot Seller
Fragrant, smoky West African chili, sun-dried and ground to season soups and stews.
Herbs
Hot Seller
Crisp, aromatic stalks that add fresh savoury depth to soups, stocks, and juices.
Vegetables
Hot Seller
Hearty, mildly bitter greens for everyday sautés and stews.
Grains
Hot Seller
Chewy, sticky waxy corn with big round kernels in white, purple, and mixed cobs.
Herbs
Hot Seller
A peppery salad green, great raw or lightly wilted.
Fruits
Meaty Roma and San Marzano tomatoes, ideal for sauces and stews.
Herbs
A spicy, clove-like herb used in soups and stews for its medicinal properties.
Vegetables
Soft, mildly bitter Nigerian green that gives depth to efo riro.
Herbs
A cool, sweetly aromatic herb for teas, sauces, salads and desserts.
What Customers Say
Food That Tastes Like Home
First time trying their corn. Thoroughly enjoyed it. As a Nigerian, I made what we call "Adalu" with the corn. Definitely coming back for more! I got free organic apples too as a first time buyer! Thank you True North Tropical!
I had missed Nigerian corn so much and I was so happy to have gotten some with True North Tropical! I got some calaloo too and made efo riro! Im so looking forward to the next season already!
Thanks for the corn. Finally got something like home.
True North Tropical was responsive, helpful and answered all my questions. Shipping was fast too.
Meet Your Farmer
Know Your Farmer
I believe everyone has the right to good food. You are not an afterthought, so your food shouldn't be one.
If you're searching for the freshest Okra, Callaloo, Garden Eggs, and other Afro-heritage vegetables, I'd be honoured to be your farmer.
- Aramide, Founder