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Festive Food Swap at Hastings Park Farmers Market

Sometimes you bake a bunch of goodies and you don’t have enough mouths in the house to eat all the goodness.  Sometimes you can dozens of jars of jam and by the 6th jar, you’d really rather not eat another bite.  And sometimes you just like make food to share.  That’s where a food swap […]

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And the winner is…

  BC Fall-Fruit Pie Competition winner Jason McRobbie with his Apple, Quince and Cranberry Pie as part of the West End Farmers Markets annual Harvest Festival. All the fall fruit that’s in season at Harvey’s Orchards & Snowy Mountain Organics, inspired Jason! With twelve pies entered, our judging panel had their work cut out for […]

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Harvest Festival – October 10

Join this Saturday for our annual Harvest Festival at the West End Farmers Market. Where: West End Farmers Market (1100 Comox St. – adjacent to Nelson Park) When: October 10, 9am – 2pm What: Harvest Festival – Celebrate the bounty of fall at the market! We’ll have seasonal recipes, an apple and squash display, games […]

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Mount Pleasant Market-Oct 4th

We bring the Pumpkin Patch into Mt Pleasant, celebrate the farmers who grow and bring us local produce, and make sure there are lots of sweet treats to take home! Oodles of things to do and fun for the whole family! Vendors will be featuring items not normally available at the Farmers Market, and since it is Member Appreciation […]

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Mount Pleasant Market-Sept 27th

Harvest Food Swap Is back at Mt Pleasant Farmers Market for another food swap in this great neighbourhood!  We invite you to swap …all swap items must be homemade, homegrown, or foraged by you. Think pickles, preserves, baked goods, honey, granola, pasta, fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices. The theme this time is Harvest;bring items that say Harvest to you-or package/display […]

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This Sunday at Mount Pleasant Market-Sept 13th

Farmer Appreciation Week! September 12th-19th, is the 6TH annual Farmers Appreciation Week where we celebrate BC farmers, agriculture and local food! Markets around the province will be holding special events to honour farmers. We’re showing our appreciation for those who grow and harvest the food we eat by providing our hard working farmers with refreshments all day. To show […]

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Tomato Festival – this week!

Tomato Festival Is Here! Summer came early this year and brought us a wonderful bounty of juicy tomatoes. To celebrate the delightful fruits, we’ll have recipes, a tomato display, tomato samples and kids activities. Spread the word by sharing our Facebook event page  and #tomatofest on Twitter and Instagram. If you can’t make it this […]

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Tomato Festival THIS Sunday at Kits August 23rd

Tomato Festival Is Here! Summer came early this year and brought us a wonderful bounty of juicy tomatoes. To celebrate the delightful fruits, we’ll have recipes, a tomato display, tomato samples and kids activities. Come celebrate one of our favourite fruits – it’s in our logo after all! Spread the word by sharing our Facebook […]

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