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Market Sponsor: Yinstill Reproductive Wellness

This autumn at the Mt. Pleasant Market, shoppers will have the opportunity to watch live acupuncture demos and consult with Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Yinstill Reproductive Wellness. As our 2014-15 Winter Market Sponsor, we’re excited to introduce the experienced team at Yinstill and their in-depth knowledge of health, nutrition, and lifestyle to the […]

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Inglorious Tomatoes!

We love the photos that have been coming in to celebrate the ugly, but oh-so-delicious tomatoes at the farmers markets. The above photograph took a landslide of votes to win $20 of Market Money (we’ve all made a mental note to include a baby in our next entries into photo contests).   The above excellent […]

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Kerrisdale – August 23

Thanks for making last week’s Corn Festival our best one ever! Last week saw record crowds attend Corn Fest, learning how to can their own corn relish, feasting on our coin boil, and enjoying some double-dutch jump rope action. We look forward to Corn Fest 2015! Our next upcoming event is Senior’s Day on September […]

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Senior’s Day at the Market – September 6th at Kerrisdale!

We’re celebrating seniors in September at Kerrisdale! Bring the whole family down for the day and enjoy all the fruits and veggies of our late summer harvest. Seniors will receive great discounts all day at the market including: 10% off gluten-free baked treats from Marie’s Guilt-Free Bakery $2 off healthy camelina oil from Three Farmers […]

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Tomato Festivals!

Join us as we celebrate the “Love Apple” with tastings, beautiful and informative displays and recipes to make with those delectable heirlooms you just found at the market. This year, we’re celebrating the sweeter side of tomatoes in honour of award-winning gelatiere, James Coleridge from Bella Gelateria, who is crafting tomato basil gelato from Sole […]

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Trout Lake – Aug 16

Share with Your Neighbours Donate a market token and help send low-income families and seniors to the farmers markets! We’re collecting market tokens through the month of August on behalf of the Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program. It’s pretty exciting, because the program benefits BOTH neighbours in our market communities AND farmers across the province. […]

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Kerrisdale August 16th – Corn Fest!

We’ve got a corn-ucopia (sorry!) of events scheduled, with a preserving corn demo, truckloads of corn, a corn boil, kettle corn, corn recipes and lots more! Corny the Corn Mascot will be at the market so come say hello! Corn Relish Demo! Our own Roberta Laquaglia will be demonstrating how to create and can your […]

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Save the Date- RIPE 2014

VFM’s Farm Fresh Culinary Feast and Fundraiser     Did you miss our annual RIPE dinner celebration last year? Act now to get your early bird tickets for RIPE 2014, which takes place Sunday, October 19th from 4pm – 8pm at Roundhouse Community Centre. RIPE is VFM’s annual dinner fundraiser, a true celebration of local […]

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