Delivery & Subscription Details
FROM OUR FARM
to your front door
Our home delivery and subscription options make it easy to enjoy local food week after week, straight from the farm. You can choose from fruit & vegetables boxes, Black Angus Beef, freshly baked goods, preserves, or farm-fresh flowers. Everything we offer for delivery is grown, raised, or baked here on our farm, using our very own ingredients. When you place an order for home delivery, you can feel good about keeping your fridge, freezer, and pantry stocked with local, quality items.
We are incredibly proud of what we offer, and even more grateful that you choose to support our family’s farm and feature our food on your tables.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
FLEXIBLE DELIVERY OPTIONS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
There are two ways to enjoy farm-fresh deliveries from Thames River Melons: set-it-and-forget-it subscriptions or simple one-time orders. Most families love the ease and consistency of a subscription, but we’re happy to offer flexible one-time deliveries too — whatever fits your routine and lifestyle best.
Automatic Subscriptions
A subscription is the simplest way to enjoy regular, automatic deliveries. Select your preferred delivery box(es), and we’ll take care of the rest.
Available subscriptions include:
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Annual: Pay once up front and receive deliveries for the entire 28-week season. (Only available until March 31st)
Monthly: Select subscriptions allow a month-to-month payment option for ongoing deliveries. (Available mid-April)
One-Time Delivery Orders
If you prefer to order as needed, you can place a one-time delivery whenever it suits you, no subscription required.
One-time delivery options include:
Bulk produce
Black Angus Beef
Baked goods from our Farm Kitchen
Farm merch
Flowers
Preserves (jams, jellies, pickles, sauces)
This is a great option if you want to try something new, stock up, or top up your weekly groceries.
Available weekly, May to November 2026.
Available
WEEKLY MARKET BOXES
Keep your fridge stocked with local fruits and vegetables by subscribing to a weekly Market Box delivery. You'll receive a crate every week with a variety of fresh produce grown and harvested on our farm. You get to taste how delicious seasonal fruits and vegetables are when picked fresh and delivered right to you. This is a great option if you are looking to eat more local produce or want to feel inspired in your kitchen.
In addition to your seasonal fruits and vegetables, you’ll also receive weekly menu inspiration and a seasonal recipe developed by on-farm Registered Dietitian Alex Chesney.
WHAT’S IN A MARKET BOX?
Our Market Boxes come in three sizes (Small, Regular, and Large) and change with the season, bringing you whatever is fresh and ready. Because crops peak at different times (and Mother Nature keeps us on our toes), we can’t promise exact contents ahead of time, but we can promise a variety of our freshest produce and guidance on how to make the most of it.
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Take a look at our month-by-month guide below (with the friendly reminder that everything on the farm depends on sunshine, rainfall, and a little luck!):
May: asparagus, rhubarb, green garlic, spinach, lettuce, Swiss chard, radishes, fresh potted herbs, overwintered vegetables (sweet potatoes, potatoes, cabbage, leeks, shallots)
June: asparagus, rhubarb, green garlic, spinach, lettuce, Swiss chard, strawberries, new potatoes, zucchini, beets, peas, carrots
July: strawberries (June varieties and everbearing), new potatoes, zucchini, peas, carrots, beets, raspberries, green onions, kale, blueberries, sweet corn, muskmelon, watermelon, beans, garlic, kale, herbs
August: strawberries (everbearing), potatoes, zucchini, green onions, kale, blueberries, sweet corn, muskmelon, watermelon, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, beans, garlic, okra, carrots, onions, bell peppers, herbs, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, cabbage, leeks, peaches
September: strawberries (everbearing), blueberries, sweet corn, muskmelon, watermelon, beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, zucchini, squash, garlic, onions, kale, herbs, pie pumpkins, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, cabbage, leeks, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, apples
October: strawberries (everbearing), broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, leeks, herbs, squash, eggplant, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, cabbage, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, green onions, onions, garlic, kale, beets, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, apples
November: Brussels sprouts, beets, squash, thyme, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, garlic, sweet potatoes, leeks, potatoes, onions, bell peppers, squash, parsnips, carrots, kale, herbs, cabbage, turnip
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
Pay once upfront and receive a box every week for the full season (28 weeks).
Annual pricing plans are only available from February to March. By committing to local produce for the full season, you'll get an early-bird discount plus a free copy of our 2026 Community Cookbook.
ANNUAL PRICING BY SIZE
SMALL BOX - $843
$758 ($27.07/week) until March 31st
REGULAR BOX - $1687
$1434 ($51.21/week) until March 31st
LARGE BOX - $2530
$2150 ($76.79/week) until March 31st
ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE:
✔ Best pricing of the season
✔ One-time payment convenience
✔ Weekly deliveries for all 28 weeks
✔ Our 2026 Community Cookbook
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION
Pay once a month and receive a box every week.
Your first payment will be processed when you sign up, and will renew automatically every 4 weeks for the 7-month season. Monthly subscriptions give you the flexibility to skip a month or cancel at any time.
MONTHLY PRICING BY SIZE
SMALL BOX
Monthly payment: $120
REGULAR BOX - $241/month
Monthly payment: $217
LARGE BOX - $362/month
Monthly payment: $325
MONTHLY SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE:
✔ Automatic deliveries
✔ Flexible month-to-month commitment
✔ Ability to pause or rejoin anytime
Monthly subscriptions open on April 1st
MARKET BOX FAQs
SMALL
REGULAR
LARGE
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Absolutely, you have 3 options if you are going to be away for one of your Market Box deliveries.
1. Give us the name and contact information for a friend, neighbour, or family member who lives nearby and can pick up the box for you. We will text or call them when we’ve dropped off the box, and they can head to your home to pick it up.
2. We can skip you for a week and drop off double the amount of produce next week.
3. Feeling generous? We can donate the contents of your market box to a local food bank on your behalf. We work with several not-for-profit organizations across Southwestern Ontario who can always use extra food – especially fresh produce!
If you require an alteration to your delivery for a week, please email marketbox.trmelons@gmail.com by Friday at midnight. This will ensure we can make changes to our harvest and packing numbers well in advance and reduce food waste!
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This varies greatly depending on specific household eating patterns, but as a rough guideline, we recommend a small box for 1-2 people, a regular box for 3-4 people, and a large box for 5-6 people. If you eat out or travel often or have very small children, you may want to size down. Alternatively, if you want to do lots of freezing & preserving, or have growing humans with big appetites, we suggest sizing up!
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Please get in touch with us! If you paid in full upfront for an annual subscription, we’ll sort out how much is owed depending on the time of year. If you are a monthly subscriber, you can cancel at the end of the month, and sign up again for a different size.
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We do our best to balance variety and portion sizes across all sizes of Market Boxes. However, it does become difficult later in the season when we have lots of different kinds of produce in season. At that point, you can expect the larger-sized Market Boxes to contain a bigger range of items than the small box.
Still have questions? Check out our Subscription & Delivery Details, or feel free to contact us.
MONTHLY BEEF DELIVERY
Each month, you’ll receive a curated box of frozen Black Angus Beef raised here on our family farm. Our beef is grass-fed, corn-finished, and cared for with the same attention we bring to every crop we grow. Your deliveries will begin in May and continue until November, for a total of 7 months.
From premium steaks to our signature ground beef and handmade burger patties, every cut reflects the work that happens in our fields and barns. It’s a simple, reliable way to enjoy high-quality, farm-raised beef all season long.
SMALL BEEF BOX
MONTHLY DELIVERY INCLUDES:
2 × 1 lb lean ground beef
1 × 1.5 lb burger package (4 × 6oz patties)
3–4 steaks or roasts
Total of ~8lbs per month
7 Monthly Deliveries
SEASON VALUE: $807
Annual Subscription:
$726/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 10%
Monthly Subscription:
Available April 1st
REGULAR BEEF BOX
MONTHLY DELIVERY INCLUDES:
4 × 1 lb lean ground beef
2 × 1.5 lb burger package (4 x 6oz patties)
6 - 8 steaks or roasts
Total of ~16lbs per month
7 Monthly Deliveries
SEASON VALUE: $1613
Annual Subscription:
$1369/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 15%
Monthly Subscription:
Available April 1st
LARGE BEEF BOX
MONTHLY DELIVERY INCLUDES:
5 × 1 lb lean ground beef
3 × 1.5 lb burger package (4 × 6oz patties)
8– 10 steaks or roasts
Total of ~21lbs per month
7 Monthly Deliveries
SEASON VALUE: $2093
Annual Subscription:
$1779/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 15%
Monthly Subscription:
Available April 1st
*Steak selection is dependent on season and availability and will include (but is not limited to) a mix of: Blade, Ribeye, Rib, Sirloin, Sirloin tip, Striploin. T-Bone, and Tenderloin.
WEEKLY FLOWER DELIVERY
With our farm-fresh Flower Subscription, 1 jar (375mL size) of flowers will be delivered to your door each week from July through September - 12 weeks total. These flower jars will contain a selection of flowers grown & harvested on-farm. Sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, dahlias, and more will be included!
This would also make for a perfect gift for a friend or family member. Order ahead for a birthday, Mother’s Day, or a just-because gift!
As the season for flowers is much shorter than our full growing season, our Flower Subscription is only available as an annual (or full-season) subscription
SEASON VALUE: $175
Annual Subscription:
$158/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 10%
WEEKLY FARM KITCHEN DELIVERY
Enjoy weekly baked goods right from the farm! The Farm Kitchen Subscription includes one farm-made menu item delivered every week for the full season from May through November - 28 weeks total. Every recipe is made from scratch in our Farm Kitchen using ingredients we grow on the farm.
Choose from 3 options based on what you enjoy most: Sweet & Savoury, Meals & Snacks, or Farm Kitchen + Preserves.
Enjoy a homemade treat every week without needing to even turn on your oven. You deserve a weekly taste of delight.
With a one-time, upfront payment, you’re all set for the entire season.
SWEET & SAVOURY
Get a taste of our full menu with a new, freshly baked good, meal, or snack every week from May to November.
You’ll get a range of soups, savoury pies, fruit pies, and treats all delivered right to your door. Perfect for you if you'd like a homemade treat every week without needing to cook.
SEASON VALUE: $425
Annual Subscription:
$383/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 10%
MEALS & SNACKS
Let us help with your weekly meals and receive one savoury item per week (May - November) delivered to your door.
You’ll get a variety of soups, savoury pies, muffins, and quiches. All items either come frozen or freeze well so you can decide when to enjoy.
SEASON VALUE: $458
Annual Subscription:
$412/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 10%
FARM KITCHEN & PRESERVES
Enjoy a weekly item (May - November) made fresh in our Farm Kitchen, plus a weekly farm-fresh preserve. With this subscription, you'll get to enjoy our full menu of sweet & savoury items from the Farm Kitchen and keep your pantry stocked with delicious jams, jellies, sauces, and honey.
SEASON VALUE: $710
Annual Subscription:
$639/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 10%
MONTHLY FILL YOUR FREEZER SUBSCRIPTION
Keep your freezer stocked with farm-fresh produce all season long. With a one-time, upfront payment, you’ll receive a steady supply of bulk fruits and vegetables, perfect for freezing, preserving, or batch cooking!
From May through November, you’ll get 2 to 4 bulk produce deliveries each month, depending on the season and the size of your subscription. Each delivery reflects what’s growing on the farm that week.
To make things even easier, we’ll include freezing guides and storage tips so you can enjoy the harvest long after the season ends.
SMALL FILL YOUR
FREEZER BOX
MONTH 1: MAY
Case Asparagus
Case Rhubarb
MONTH 2: JUNE
Flat Strawberries
Flat Strawberries
MONTH 3: JULY
Flat Raspberries
Flat Beans
MONTH 4: AUGUST
Flat Blueberries
Case Mixed Melons
MONTH 5: SEPTEMBER
Case Tomatoes
Bag Corn
MONTH 6: OCTOBER
Basket Garlic
Bag Apples
MONTH 7: NOVEMBER
Bag Onions
Case Sweet Potatoes
SEASON VALUE: $560
Annual Subscription:
$504/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 10%
REGULAR FILL YOUR
FREEZER BOX
MONTH 1: MAY
Case Asparagus
Case Rhubarb
MONTH 2: JUNE
3x Flat Strawberries
Flat of Peas
MONTH 3: JULY
2x Flat Raspberries
Flat Blueberries
Flat Beans
MONTH 4: AUGUST
Flat Blueberries
Case Mixed Melons
Case Tomatoes
Bag Corn
MONTH 5: SEPTEMBER
Bag Corn
Flat (everbearing) Strawberries
Case Peppers
Bag Apples
MONTH 6: OCTOBER
Basket Garlic
Bag Onions
Bag Apples
4 Pumpkins
MONTH 7: NOVEMBER
Case Squash
Case Sweet Potatoes
SEASON VALUE: $940
Annual Subscription:
$799/season if purchased by March 31st
SAVE 15%
DELIVERY DETAILS
We currently deliver from London and area through East Toronto. Deliveries take place Tuesday through Friday, starting around 6–7am and finishing by early to mid-afternoon. Our routes may shift slightly month to month as subscriptions change, but we do our best to keep things consistent. The final schedule will be shared in early May.
Here’s a general overview based on last season:
Tuesday: Oxford County, Brant County, London & area, Stratford & area
Wednesday: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Brampton
Thursday: Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, East York, Scarborough
Friday: Etobicoke, North York, Midtown Toronto, Downtown Toronto
If you are outside this delivery area and interested in receiving a delivery, please reach out as we may be able to accommodate. This is especially relevant to anyone on the border of our designated delivery area.
DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
Want your delivery dropped off at your back door? On the chair to the right of your front porch? Or hidden from view on the sidewalk? We're happy to make it happen! Add any specific delivery instructions at check-out.
For subscription customers, your delivery instructions will export alongside your renewal each month, so be sure to include all necessary details. If you need to make any major changes, please contact us.
STAYING UP TO DATE
We use an upgraded delivery notification system that provides:
• A text and/or email the night before your delivery
• A message the morning of once drivers are on the road
• A live tracking link showing your driver’s location and the number of stops before yours
While this system is very reliable, occasional delays due to traffic or road closures may occur. If that happens, we’ll keep you updated as best we can.
DELIVERY TOTES
To keep your delivery low-waste, you can place your delivery tote where your fresh delivery is placed every week. Our team will bring your tote back to the farm so it can be reused all season.
NEW FOR 2026
To help ensure your delivery stays low waste, your tote returns will be tracked by the delivery team. There will be a $50 fee for any missed totes from the season. We appreciate your help in returning your weekly tote.
2026 DELIVERY SEASON TIMELINE
The 2026 delivery season runs for 28 weeks (7 months, 4 weeks per month). Because monthly subscriptions renew every 4 weeks, our “months” don’t always line up perfectly with the calendar, but the schedule keeps billing simple and consistent.
If you need to cancel a monthly subscription, please try to do so before your automatic renewal date (this date is based on when you first subscribed). Cancellations made after renewal will require a manual refund. Annual subscriptions cannot be cancelled, though we do offer options if you’re away for a week.
MONTH 1
WEEKS 1 - 4
Registration Deadline: April 30th
Week 1: May 4 - 8
Week 2: May 11 - 15
Week 3: May 18 - 22
Week 4: May 25 - 29
MONTH 2
WEEKS 5-8
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: May 28th
Week 5: June 1 - 5
Week 6: June 8 - 12
Week 7: June 15 - 19
Week 8: June 22 - 26
MONTH 3
WEEKS 9 - 12
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: June 25th
Week 9: June 29 - July 3
Week 10: July 6 - 10
Week 11: July 13 - 17
Week 12: July 20 - 24
MONTH 4
WEEKS 13 - 16
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: July 23rd
Week 13: July 27 - 31
Week 14: Aug 3 - 7
Week 15: Aug 10 - 14
Week 16: Aug 17 - 21
MONTH 5
WEEKS 17 - 20
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: August 20th
Week 17: Aug 24 - 28
Week 18: Aug 31 - Sept 4
Week 19: Sept 7 - 11
Week 20: Sept 14 - 18
MONTH 6
WEEKS 21 - 24
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Sept 17th
Week 21: Sept 21 - 25
Week 22: Sept 28 - Oct 2
Week 23: Oct 5 - 9
Week 24: Oct 12 - 16
MONTH 7
WEEKS 25 - 28
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Oct 15th
Week 25: Oct 19 - 23
Week 26: Oct 26 - 30
Week 27: Nov 2 - 6
Week 28: Nov 9 - 13
DELIVERY FAQ’S
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There are two ways to enjoy farm-fresh deliveries from Thames River Melons: set-it-and-forget-it subscriptions or simple one-time orders.
We have several subscriptions available for delivery: Market Box (produce), Beef, Flowers, Farm Kitchen, and Fill Your Freezer.
For both Market Boxes and our Beef Subscription, there will be 2 registration options: upfront in-full payment, or a monthly subscription. Either way, there will be 3 size options.
Our Flower Subscription is offered for a shorter time frame (12 weeks), and is only available for the full season.
Farm Kitchen and Fill Your Freezer, Subscriptions are available for the full season only, and span all 28 weeks of our delivery season.
Individual bulk produce, Black Angus Beef, preserves, baked goods, and farm merch are also available for order either in addition to or outside of a subscription.
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Our delivery season spans 28 weeks, running from the week of May 4, 2026 to the week of November 9, 2026. You can head to the bottom of this page to see a full overview of our delivery timeline.
Once the season begins, deliveries are made weekly between Tuesday and Friday, starting between 6 and 7am and finishing by early to mid-afternoon.
Here is a *very general* schedule overview, based on the previous season’s schedule:
Tuesday: Oxford County, Brant County, London & area, Stratford & area
Wednesday: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Brampton
Thursday: Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, East York, Scarborough
Friday: Etobicoke, North York, Midtown Toronto, Downtown Toronto
You will receive a delivery notification via text and/or email the night before your delivery heads out as well as the morning of once our drivers hit the road. A live tracking link will also be provided, as well as a countdown of stops before you. Although this system is very accurate overall, we do occasionally still run into delays or changes based on traffic and road closures. We do our very best to keep you updated if this happens!
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Yes!
We can deliver to an apartment and either text, call, or buzz up upon arrival and wait for you to come down. Alternatively, we can leave the market box with your concierge, if applicable. Please determine that this is allowed with your building first, though.
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Our policy when there is a quality issue is to happily send you some replacement items the following week or at a time most convenient for you. We do our very best to thoroughly screen all produce prior to packing, but occasionally mistakes do happen, and problem items do get missed.
If you do run into a problem, we ask that you kindly notify us as soon as possible so we can make things right. We can’t fix issues we aren’t aware of!
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There are 3 options for customers who may be away:
Give us the name and contact information for a friend, neighbour, or family member who lives nearby and can pick up the box for you. We will text or call them when we’ve dropped off the box, and they can head to your home to pick it up.
We can skip you for a week and drop off double the amount of produce next week.
Feeling generous? We can donate the contents of your market box to a local food bank on your behalf. We work with several not-for-profit organizations across Southwestern Ontario who can always use extra food – especially fresh produce!
Unfortunately for the 2026 Market Box season we will not be able to deliver your box to an alternate address. Our delivery routes are planned monthly, and weekly changes increase the risk of an error on our end. We will happily work with you to apply one of the 3 above options but want to ensure the experience of our other customers is not affected.
If you require an alteration to your delivery for a week, please email marketbox.trmelons@gmail.com by Friday at midnight. This will ensure we can make changes to our harvest and packing numbers well in advance and reduce food waste!
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Our full-season subscription is intended for folks who anticipate joining us for the full season – all 7 months – which is why we can offer a discounted rate. If your schedule is unpredictable, or if you know you’ll be away for a month at a time, the monthly subscription may be a better fit for you.
However, we could work with you to select alternate weeks to receive double deliveries, to make up for the missed weeks, or we could donate the missed week boxes on your behalf.
Overall, though, we are unable to offer refunds for missed weeks/months for full-season subscribers.
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Congrats on the move! If you are a full-season subscriber, please send us an email to marketbox.trmelons@gmail.com to alert us of the change in address.
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The Annual Subscriptions are intended for folks who anticipate joining us for the full season – all 7 months – which is why we can offer a discounted rate. There are no refunds available for the Annual Subscriptions. If you have concerns about quality or have an unexpected change, please contact us directly, and we’ll work together to find a solution. We appreciate your support and understanding.
More questions or requests?
Send us an email to marketbox.trmelons@gmail.com. This email is monitored regularly between 9am and 5pm Monday through Friday, and sporadically over the weekend. We will do our best to respond to questions and requests within 24 hours on weekdays.
Alternatively, a good old fashioned phone call can be made to 519-469-3636.