Fall cooking & nutrition tips to keep you nourished this season
Our friends at Canadian School of Natural Nutrition know a lot about good, healthy food. They run a number of classes and food skills workshops across the year at their Vancouver campus – everything from probiotic foods & beverages to knife & kitchen skills to raw food fundamentals. We asked CSNN’s marketing coordinator Lynne Faires, RHN to […]
Read moreNada Grocery: The 5Rs of Market Shopping
Nada Grocery have a mission to bring 100% package-free recycling to the people of Vancouver. They pop-up at events and businesses around town, bringing their mobile grocery markets to shoppers who are looking to reduce food and packaging waste. In anticipation of opening their first retail store at 675 East Broadway in early 2018, Nada […]
Read moreSFU City Conversation at Downtown Market
We’re thrilled to announce that SFU City Conversations will visit Downtown Farmers Market on Thursday, September 21st! This special edition of City Conversations takes place at 12:30 PM as part of SFU Market Day, an event to convene SFU students, staff, and the broader downtown community around a celebration of local food. Locally grown and produced food is […]
Read moreIn Season: Peppers
Peppers are stealing the show these days at the markets, appearing at farmers’ stalls in a rainbow of shapes and sizes, flavours and spiciness. As versatile as they are nutritious (they contain more than 200% of your daily vitamin C intake), peppers can be stewed, stuffed, sauteed, dried, or – our favourite – eaten raw […]
Read moreIn Season: Cooling Fruits & Veggies
As temperatures rise in the city this week, enlist some foods with a hydrating, cooling quality to help you beat the heat and stay energized. Green foods like mint, cucumber, lettuce, and kale pair well with melons, citrus, and berries to produce light meals that skip a lot of fussy food prep and save you on […]
Read moreDowntown Market Fresh Box – July 6
This week’s Fresh Box contained: Basil – Nature Village Farm, Richmond Mixed Kale Bunch – Abundant Acre Farm, Abbotsford Mini Romaine Lettuce – One Love Farm, Lillooet Broccolini – One Love Farm – cook like broccoli or like most greens, sauté with garlic and olive oil Mini Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Patty Pan Squash – Abundant […]
Read moreDowntown Market Fresh Box – June 22
This week’s Fresh Box was full of colour and flavour. The market is bursting with greens and cherries and berries have hit the scene! In this week’s Fresh Box: Salad Mix – SoleFood Farms Kohlrabi – Abundant Acres Apple Cider – Taves Family Farm Garlic Scapes – BC Garlic Cherries – Rai Produce Cherry Tomatoes […]
Read moreWe’re back Downtown with NEW HOURS!
Summer weekends start on Thursdays at the Downtown Farmers Market, where you can find all the farm-to-table goods you need for bbqs, beach picnics, and summer entertaining! Shop fresh every Thursday at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza – your weekly source for the finest and freshest quality seasonal fruits & vegetables, ethically raised meat, poultry, eggs & dairy, sustainable seafood, artisanal food & craft, and local craft beer, wine & […]
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- Downtown
- False Creek
- Hastings Park
- Kitsilano
- Main Street Station
- Mount Pleasant
- Riley Park
- Riley Park Winter
- Trout Lake
- West End
