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Trout Lake – Sept 13

It’s FARMER APPRECIATION WEEK! In honour of Farmers Appreciation week Sept 8-15, we’re celebrating BC Farmers and showing our appreciation for the fresh, local food they provide with a contest! We’re giving away $50 to spend at any VFM market. Snap an Instagram pic of some delicious food made with market ingredients, give a shout […]

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VFM’s First-Ever ProAm Competition at Main Street Station Market

Here’s your chance to compete head-to-head alongside a couple of the most reputable chefs in town. Chef Alvin Pillay of the Blackbird Public House and Oyster Bar and Chef Nathan Lowey of Campagnolo are inviting aspiring chefs to partner with them in a friendly pro-am competition at the Main Street Station Farmers Market on September 24. […]

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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 […]

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Kerrisdale – 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 […]

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Yaletown – 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! […]

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Edible 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 […]

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Main 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. […]

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Mount 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 […]

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