What’s Fresh at Nat Bailey – April 1
Produce: acorn squash, apples, asian pears, beets, bok choi, broccoli, brussels sprouts, butternut squash, cabbage, carrots, celeriac, chard, chickweed, collards, crimini mushrooms, cucumber, daikon, delicata squash, endive, fennel, fiddle heads, garlic, hazelnuts, herbs, kabocha squash, kale, kiwi, kohlrabi, leeks, mushrooms, napa cabbage, onions, parsnips, potatoes, pears, peppers, radicchio, radishes, rutabaga, salad mix, savoy cabbage, sorrel, spaghetti squash, spinach, shallots, sprouts, stinging nettles, sunchokes, turnips, walnuts, wild mushrooms, winter squash, wheatgrass
Meats, Seafood, Dairy: Beef, Bison, Halibut, Pork, Duck, Salmon, Turkey, Chicken, Cod, Cheese, Eggs, Tuna
Other: Dried Fruit, Honey, Frozen Berries, Juice, Pickles, Yogurt, Preserves
CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEK’S FULL NAT BAILEY VENDOR LIST
Don’t Miss
Member Appreciation Day! It’s the first market of the month and VFM members will enjoy free market money transactions and discounts at various vendors around the market. Learn more about our membership program and how you can support our non-profit organization HERE. Be sure to keep an eye out for the member special signs for deals all around the market such as these (and don’t forget that member card!):
- Blue Comet Seafood – 10% off Haida Gwaii whole frozen at sea, coho and pink salmon
- Green Coast Coffee – Free Coffee with purchase of a bag of beans ALSO two for one coffee
- Golden Ears Cheesecrafters – Buy $30.00 worth of product and get a free bag of cheese curds
- Long Table Distillery – Buy Long Table Craft Spirits April 1 & 22 from the Winter Market and get an equivalent 10% value of your purchase in a Gift Certificate redeemable at Long Table Distillery.
- Nutrient Dense Farms – All potatoes $2/lbs
- Pauls Produce – Buy two bottles of pure Berry Juice and get the 3rd bottle free
- Spark Kombucha – 1$ off growler fills.
Find the rest of the Vendor Specials here.
We want to hear from you! Help us plan healthy and thriving markets by filling out our weekly dot surveys for Survey April. Come on by the Survey booth and show us some love by answering a few quick and easy Market related questions.
Whole Foods Market Vancouver will be raising money at all 5 Metro Vancouver stores on Wednesday April 5th for our Fresh to Families Project. Make sure to come out and shop that day in support of the project, which provides fresh food coupons to low income families in Vancouver that can be spent directly with our producers each week at the markets.
Visit the folks at Fuud this Saturday at the market and find out how you can get signed up! Fuud is an awesome local company that provides weekly chef prepared meals that get delivered right to your doorstep. Their focus is supporting initiatives that strengthen local agriculture. Whenever possible, they source fresh, local, organic ingredients that are sustainably and ethically produced all because they have an appetite for earth-friendly eating. Check them out and show them some love.
Market News
There is only 4 weeks left until the Nat Bailey market season comes to an end! April 22nd is our last day. As our winter market season starts to come to a close, VFM prepares to transition into our summer market season. Stay tuned for upcoming dates and info on our seven awesome summer markets across the city!
Weekly Recipe
Looking for some food inspiration? Check out this awesome spring nettle soup recipe from Feedfeed. It’s a cool, quick and easy way to make a delicious meal.
Hastings Park Winter Market
If you miss Nat Bailey, be sure to head to the east side to pick up your weekly groceries! Every Sunday the Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs 10-2pm until the end of April. It has lots of FREE parking and more vendors than ever before! *Details here*
Visit us at Nat Bailey Stadium (4601 Ontario St.), Saturdays, 10am-2pm
Click here for more info on Nat Bailey Winter Farmers Market
