Save the Date: 2026 AGM & Community Forum

Vancouver Farmers Markets invites you to join us for the 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Community Forum on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 2670 Victoria Drive (First Christian Reformed Church). This year’s AGM is a space for reflection, dialogue, and shared direction-setting for the future of local food systems and farmers market infrastructure in […]

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Membership Drives Are Back: Discover Our Vendors with special $5 Vouchers!

At Vancouver Farmers Markets, we believe that farmers markets are infrastructure. The markets connect people to food, support small businesses, and build resilient local economies. And therefore, we are back with one of our most direct ways to do that – our Membership Drives. Designed to do more than just grow a community of farmers […]

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2026 Board of Director – Call for Nominations

Your Local Farmers Market Society dba Vancouver Farmers Markets (VFM) is a dynamic community-based non-profit organization with a vision of a resilient local food network that values people and the land. We pursue our vision by creating vibrant and welcoming markets that build community, feed people, and support small farms and producers. We currently operate […]

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Farmers Markets Are Infrastructure — of Community, Joy, Food Access, Climate, Economic Resilience, and more

When people think about infrastructure, they usually imagine bridges, transit lines, or power grids. But every week across your city of Vancouver, another kind of infrastructure quietly comes to life — one that feeds people, supports small farms, strengthens neighbourhoods, and builds resilience in uncertain times. Farmers Markets. For over 30 years, Vancouver Farmers Markets […]

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What the City of Vancouver’s 2026 Budget Means for Farmers Markets

You may have seen media coverage this week about the City of Vancouver’s proposed 2026 budget—particularly the sharp increase to special event permit fees. Understandably, many shoppers, vendors, and community partners have reached out with concerns about what this might mean for Vancouver Farmers Markets (VFM). We want to offer clarity and reassurance: at this […]

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It’s Giving Tuesday time and we are fundraising for Fresh to Families, again!

This Giving Tuesday, Vancouver Farmers Markets is reaching out to its community, once again, to come together in support of Fresh to Families — a program that brings dignity and access to local food for families in need while keeping the funds local with BC farms and businesses, via the nutrition coupons.  For families, these […]

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Innovation & Advocacy: How Vancouver Farmers Markets Became a Way of Life

Yes, we are back once again with the third post on our four-part blog series celebrating 30 years of Vancouver Farmers Markets. In our last post, we explored the first decade of the 2000s—a period of growth, experimentation, and the beginnings of real civic influence. And with this one, we move into the 2010s: a […]

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Growing the Movement: Markets, Policy, and the People Who Made It Happen

This blog post is Part 2 of our four-part blog series celebrating 30 years of Vancouver Farmers Markets. In the last one, we looked at the early years—from a single market in Cedar Cottage to the first West End pilot. This month, we explore the early 2000s: a decade of growth, experimentation, and the beginnings […]

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