Allium Recipes
Spice up your kitchen with the help of our wide range of Alliums & Produce
Allium Health Benefits
Learn about the endless benefits our Produce can contribute to your health & wellbeing
Growing Tips
Tips to grow and harvest your garlic.
Going to great lengths to protect the garlic seed supply with Warren Ham and Roshan Ghimire of August's Harvest.
Growing for Market Podcast (Episode 192)
Testimonials
About August's Harvest
August’s Harvest operates on a 100-acre farm in Gads Hill, just north of Stratford, Ontario. The farm’s name honours Warren’s heritage: both of his Swedish immigrant grandfathers were named August, as is his own middle name. The name reflects new beginnings rather than a season or status
Meet the owner!
Warren was born in 1957 on a small mixed farm in Eastern Saskatchewan, a landscape that could have inspired a William Kurelek painting. He studied theatre at Simon Fraser University but returned to his roots in agriculture, where his passion for garlic became a lifelong vocation.
Over the past 30+ years, Warren has helped scale garlic production from singleacre test plots to over 100 acres; supplying major grocery chains across Canada and the United States. He also provides garlic seed to individual growers, farmers, and seed houses throughout North America and the UK. August’s Harvest, was among the first vendors to serve Ontario’s local food distribution networks and continues to do so today.
Warren has served the Garlic Growers Association of Ontario in nearly every capacity over three decades. In 2014, he was invited to speak at the International Garlic Congress in Madrid, Spain, and co-founded the Stratford Garlic Festival, now entering its 15th year!
Frequently Asked Questions
- Fill out our online order form.
- Call Us:(877) 272-1742
- Email:orders@augustsharvest.com
August’s Harvest has been providing quality produce in bulk, packaged & value added formats for 30+ years to:
- major food chains
- independent grocers
- food service providers
- ethnic & specialty markets
- farm gate customers
August’s Harvest is an SFCR & GAP Certified Food Operation who continuously adapting & improving practices based on new data, directives & supply chain information.
AHI’s food safety programs ensure frontwards-backwards traceability, optimal storage & facility practices to maintain freshness & taste.
“Garlic365” is a unique program whereby we supply the following products every week of the year:
- Ontario Green Garlic
- Ontario Black Garlic
- Ontario Shelf-Stable Minced & Pureed Garlic
August’s Harvest was Canada’s first meristem clean seed program providing virus and pathogen clean, climate appropriate, (Top set) hard neck seed varieties for commercial seed houses, farmers, market gardeners & hobbyists accross North America & Europe. AHI also supplies Garlic Feed Supplements for livestock and racehorses.
AHI is commited to moving the industry forward in Canada through cooperative research projects with IRAP, The University Of Guelph, Ridgetown Agricultural College, New Liskeard Research Station, The Volcani Agricultural Research in Israel, and machinery manufacturers in Europe.
In 2014, August’s Harvest was selected to present at the World Garlic Congress in Madrid with regards to growing techniques in Northern climates with the appropriate varietal choices.
AHI has also partnered with customers to develop guidelines unique to North Garlic varieties for their receiving & QC departments.
During the Winter months we take regular pre-orders for delivery to our customers at the OFT on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
(6am-9am)
During the Summer & Fall we bring a large variety of our bulk Ontario Garlic, Shallots & Produce for onsite distribution convenience.
(4am-9am)
Garlic 365
Working to provide Canadian consumers with local products 365 days of the year.
Usage & Care
Store garlic in a cool, well-ventilate area. Do not store it in the refrigerator or below 10°C or it will sprout. In general, ideal setting is 13°C to 14°C; similar conditions of a good wine cellar. Nonetheless, garlic keeps rather well under a wide range of conditions, including ambient room temperature.
Allicin, responsible for the flavour and therapeutic benefits in garlic, is not present in whole garlic heads or cloves. It is created when enzymes and sulfur compounds collide through processes such as chopping, crushing, cutting and chewing the garlic.
Heat destroys allicin, but chopping or crushing garlic before heating creates rich, complex flavours. In numerous cuisines such as sauces, stews, curries, and stir-fries, chopping or crushing garlic and then cooking it in oil is a fundamental culinary building block. Chopping or crushing garlic generates aromatic flavours, and cooking it in oil enhances its character and helps distribute its flavours.
Featured Products
Green Garlic
Green Garlic resembles a scallion, green onion or leek but yields an aromatic, delicate garlic flavour. We love it so much that getting to enjoy it only in the month of May, wasn’t good enough. So now we grow it year-round hydroponically.
Black Garlic
Black Garlic is all the rage in the culinary industry. It has an extremely unique flavor with endless recipe possibilities.
Its sweet & savory taste holds undertones of balsamic, soy sauce & molasses, giving your bite a full and complex flavor.
Elephant Garlic Cloves
Elephant Garlic, believe or not, is actually classified as a leek!
Definitely a milder taste profile than traditional garlic. Elephant garlic has been associated with roasting forever because of its size and flavor.
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