Direct Fine Foods is a COMPLETE scam. I was offered a position with them and when I went to the "training" it was absolutely terrible! They don't actually want to tell you that their company is Direct Fine Foods, they just want people to hear the words "local Ontario farmers". They have a list of what kinds of people they want to "help find healthier options". You have to have good credit, own your own home, have a food budget of over $125.00 a week, have meat for dinner 4+ times a week and so on. They're racist, they only want white families and they completely overcharge for their products. Don't fall for their scams. It's completely ludicrous. I was hired as an Appointment Coordinator but the trainer ended up driving me and two other women to a neighbourhood, dropped us off and made us go door to door and he LEFT. So we decided to leave and gave him a piece of our mind!!!!

**They use the words "local Ontario farmers" to make you think they're helping out the province but they are a PROFIT organization, all they care about is the $$$$$**

Received a phone call from Chris said he was calling from Small Ontario Farmers and he's doing a survey.  I asked him to repeat where he was calling from twice (he was extremely annoyed by the 2nd time)..He asked me what kind of meat I ate and if we buy from grocery store or butcher. I explained I eat very little to none.  He asked what the other members of the family ate. I said, "we don't eat meat".  After, a lengthy silence I was listening to a dial tone.   He did not go into his spiel of whatever he was calling about, so I really don't know why.   According to the other comments made here "if it was for free meat; my question is Where is that meat from" and then that's a whole new world of questions.

Dah ladie dat called had sum issues.  Ma yus of dah language is unquested.

I just got a call from LIA @ 18008789635
Same scam - Free meat, and the more I told her I didn't want anyone from their company here
she insisted on a call back, and that no one would just show up.  
Very Pleasant the whole time, but kept saying the same thing over and over.  After reading all these comments I'm going to have an earful for that little hooker.

Got a call from this number twice in less than 30 seconds.  Googled the first time so I was prepared.  Reena started asking me about my meat consumption and I told her that I was a vegetarian!  "The whole family??"  Yep....so funny to hear her at that point, she couldn't get off the phone fast enough

Hey Tibbs you and George should get back to school and learn the English language before you try to type with it again

Called and left no message.  Reading all the posts and noticing a lack of respect for the Do Not Call List, it very much screams of a possible scam.  Will be reporting it to the CRTC.

call from Jodie....very difficult to understand.  Said she is calling in support of local Ontario Farmers.  yeah right!  Didn't give me a chance to say "I don't want your free meat samples" and said they would be here next week to drop it off.  I tried asking more questions and she hung up. telemarketer for sure.  They best NOT come to the house!!!!!!

She also told me Ontario Farmers.... but that group doesnt seem to exist.. And I called and left a nasty message at Foodland but I am wondering if it was even them.....
She sounded hispanic.. based on her accent...
She asked me If I had kids, after I answered no to the first question of how many i shop for (2), then she asked if i was going to havekids or if they had grown up and moved out.
I've been dealing with infertility for 16 years and gave up totally 1 year ago on having children or adopting, so to have that question was RUDE! none of her darn business. When I told her that was rude to ask she said "oh ok" and hung up.

CRTC will be my next place to complain to as I am also on the DO NOT CALL list.

I have had many calls from this number.  They never communicate.  Return the call always results in a busy line.

I just got a call frrom this number and blocked it. I didn't answer and they did not leave a message.
Meat producers of Ontario,give me a break.

Whistle? Air horn? Screaming smoke alarm?

Got a call at 10:35 pm from 800-878-9635, when I answered there was no one there. I Googled the number and saw all of these posts. Is there any way to stop this person from calling us?

They just called my work asking for the office manager, I said what can I help you with, she said she was calling from the Laughton (???) Company.  When she asked me what my name was I hung up.  Not sure what it was in regards to but we have nothing to do with any kind of meat in this business

Caller thought I was an older lady,I asked if I could pick the meat up He said that he could send someone next week to talk about it but wanted to confirm my address Yeah right

She said her name is Jodie and calling from local ontario farmers calling me at 9:15 PM .Giving meat samples and dont worry someone from our office will call you to (confierm ) thats how she pronounce it not even a good grammar LOL...

someone called, my kids were fighting, so I just hung up.
They called back and left me an obsence message. Can't believe someone would do that from a work phone.
I called CRTC and filed an official complaint.

Called offering me free meat samples i said no thanks. Told her I had free long sausage if like to have some of that? She hung-up that was to bad my sausage is 100% organically made.

Would not identify themselves

Called offering me free meat samples I said sure but gave them a fake address.

Same deal as Jay Eyles posted above...

I can almost guarantee that this was the same lady.  Exactly the same attitude and disrespect.  Called at 20:19 on a Wednesday evening, but after I explained about my name being on the CRTC Do Not Call List, and explaining that I didnt want to be called back...yep her response was, "That's OK I'll call back from time to time.  Talk to you soon."  and she hung up.

I sent an email to Foodland Ontario and copied it to my MPP Jim Wilson.

Grrr, this woman just called my house at 10:35pm on a Friday night trying to offer organic beef samples.

Scammers
Beware their meat is contamineted

I answered and a lady told me who she was and that they were going to drop off free samples of meat, and when would the best time be? I said I wasn't interested, and she said "don't worry, it's free! and we won't be coming over without your permission" and I said I did not give her permission to even drop off the samples and she asked why not and i told her my reasons and again that I wasn't interested. Then she asked me when a good time to call me back would be, and I said very calmly, "let me be perfectly clear, i do not want you to call me again" and she said...wait for it..."I'm going to call you again" and hung up. I cold tell she was smiling when she said that.

Called twice in 2 minutes and didn't leave a voicemail. I tried calling back, no ringing just hung up on me. Very annoying, no matter what they want/selling I won't be answering that number any time soon!

they called and wonted to come over next week i sad you can come over now  and then it was clik

This is a Foodland Ontario #, and they are offering free organic beef, pork and poultry as well as information about the benefits or organically grown meats and produce.
They will be dropping off samples of meats and brochures about their initiatives in Ontario and looking for customer feedback.

12:35 29th November 2011

Received call from supposedly the meat producers of Ontario offering free samples of beef, pork etc.

Unknown if it will ever arrive.

But the issuer (presumably Bell Canada) of the phone number MUST know who they gave it out to, and what business they are in.

Called me too and they left no message. Tried to call it back and got no ringing... just hung up  on me

keep calling, but no one ever speaks, we answer and it is silent at their end