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 moreFall Vendor Update: cheese, mead, & sweet treats at Hastings Park
We’re not sure if it’s the idyllic, tree-lined location or the exciting roster of new vendors on board this season, but we can’t wait for the 3rd season of our Hastings Park Winter Market to open on November 5th. Along with weekly appearances from popular farm vendors like Klippers Organics, Stein Mt. Farm, Golden West, Crisp […]
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 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 moreLast Market of the Season at Hastings Park!
Hastings Park Winter Market runs every Sunday, 10am-2pm until April 30 Farm Glen Valley Farm: asparagus, nettles, radishes, vegetable starts Ossome Acres: Certified Organic pea sprouts, sunflower sprouts, eggs, nettles, walnuts, beets, carrots, dandelion greens, palettes, cabbage tops VFM Direct*: eggplant, parsnips, potatoes, microgreens, dried wild mushrooms, white onions, apple juice, kale, hop shoots, collard tips, kale buds, asparagus, rhubarb, frozen […]
Read moreWhat’s Fresh at Hastings Park – Apr 23
Hastings Park Winter Market runs every Sunday, 10am-2pm until April 30 Farm Ossome Acres: Certified Organic pea sprouts, sunflower sprouts, eggs, nettles, walnuts, beets, carrots, dandelion greens, palettes, cabbage tops Paul’s Produce: onions, garlic, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, beets, leeks, frozen berries, cucumbers, bell peppers, rhubarb, tomatoes VFM Direct*: eggplant, parsnips, potatoes, microgreens, dried wild mushrooms, white onions, apple juice, kale, hop shoots, collard […]
Read moreWhat’s Fresh at Hastings Park – April 16
Hastings Park Winter Market runs every Sunday, 10am-2pm until April 30 Farm Ossome Acres: Certified Organic pea sprouts, sunflower sprouts, eggs, nettles, walnuts, beets, carrots, dandelion greens, palettes, cabbage tops Paul’s Produce: onions, garlic, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, beets, leeks, frozen berries, cucumbers, bell peppers VFM Direct*: eggplant, parsnips, potatoes, microgreens, dried wild mushrooms, white onions, apple juice, kale, hop shoots Meat/Seafood […]
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By Market:
- Downtown
- False Creek
- Hastings Park
- Kitsilano
- Main Street Station
- Mount Pleasant
- Riley Park
- Riley Park Winter
- Trout Lake
- West End
