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Farmer’s Markets Ontario Platform Infrastructure & Data Residency

Farmers’ Markets Ontario (FMO) is a provincially recognized organization representing more than 180 farmers’ markets across Ontario. It supports market managers, farmers, and vendors while helping Ontarians connect directly with the people who grow and produce food in their communities. Through initiatives such as the MyPick® Verified Local Farmer® program, FMO also helps consumers identify and buy from local farmers with greater confidence. FMO uses Members Village as its Canadian data residency membership management software to support member information and organizational activities. The information below provides a general overview of the platform’s infrastructure, data hosting, privacy-supporting features, and security practices. It is intended for general information and does not replace FMO’s own privacy policies, membership terms, program requirements, payment terms, or other notices that may apply to memberships, markets, vendors, programs, communications, services, or transactions.

Core Infrastructure

Infrastructure operations adhere to the following protocols:

  1. Data Residency:
    Primary databases, container clusters, and automated snapshots reside exclusively in Canadian data centers (Toronto, ON).
  2. Network & Storage Encryption:
    Enforced HTTPS (TLS 1.3/1.2) in transit; AES-256 data encryption at rest.
  3. Access Controls:
    Zero-trust architecture with MFA and SSH key authentication restricted to authorized system engineers.

Third-Party Integrations: Where Farmer’s Markets Ontario enables specialized external tools (e.g. embedded video streaming), data processed by those specific tools is subject to their agreements.

Governance & Inquiries

  • For Member Records & Policy Requests:
    To update credentials, adjust communication preferences, or submit a formal data access inquiry, contact the Farmer’s Markets Ontario Office directly.
  • For Infrastructure & Platform Support:
    Operational incident logs and system architecture inquiries are coordinated between Farmer’s Markets Ontario administration and the technical team at Members Village.