Great food + Good Karma = RIPE 2014
How better to enjoy great food with a good conscious then to pair Vancouver’s socially conscious Forage restaurant with the revolutionary VFM vendor Sole Food Street Farms. Forage restaurant loves creating community and quality farm to table fare to share: “Forage means that we no longer seek out excess and indulgence, but instead revisit a […]
Read moreKerrisdale – September 13
Harvest Days are here in BC and farmers are telling us that they’re expecting a bumper crop of fall produce this year! What’s Fresh Speaking of things bountiful, The Mushroom Man Scott Henderson will be bringing no less than 30lbs of freshly picked chanterelle mushrooms from Tofino to the market! This week we welcome back […]
Read moreYaletown – September 11
September may just be the best month at the farmers market. It’s a great time to stock up on lots of goodies to can and have around for the winter season ahead. It’s also the time our fall favourites start to arrive like apples, pears and winter squash! Not to mention all the beautiful colours! […]
Read moreEdible Feast for RIPE 2014
RIPE 2014 is shaping up to be a tasty treat with chefs like Tyler Dallner and Nik Bunting, from Edible Canada, preparing a farm to table feast for the main course. Based on Edible Canada’s philosophy of supporting Canada’s finest artisans, farmers, brewers and foragers from Coast to Coast, Tyler and Nik will work with […]
Read moreMain St. Station – September 10
Get some local flavour at the Main St. Station Farmers Market on Wednesday September 10th, from 3-7pm in Thornton Park! Fall is here and so are your fall favorites. Squash, kale, cabbage, carrots, beets, and potatoes will be available in abundance! Apples, pears, and other fall delights will roll into the market this week from the Okanagan, and other enchanted BC orchards. […]
Read moreMount Pleasant Market- Sept 7th
It’s Member Appreciation Day at Mount Pleasant Market! Bring your Member Card for free Market Money transactions and 15% off all merchandise at the Info Tent (including these great Mount Pleasant canvas tote bags designed by local artist Jane Koo). Look for the rainbow “Member Special” signs posted at vendor stalls throughout the market to […]
Read moreInstagram Contest – #ThankaBCFarmer
The best way to thank BC’s farmers for their hard work is to make a delicious meal and enjoy the fruits of their labour. We’re asking you to take a photo of a delicious meal you made with market ingredients and post it to Instagram with the hashtag #ThankaBCFarmer To sweeten the deal, how […]
Read moreTrout Lake – Sept 6
It’s canning season! We’ve been trollying boxes of tomatoes, peaches and cucumbers for the past couple weeks, not to mention fragrant bunches of dill, the beginnings of apples and onset of winter squash! This season is what farmers markets were made for. Got a heavy load? Ask at the Info Booth about our Grocery Valet […]
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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
