As most of you have read, Lyn’s retirement party was a blast. The meal was so beautifully prepared by selected chefs Edwin and Elizabeth from the Clean Plate Catering company, using many of the meats, fish, veggies and other goodies from the vendors of Artisan. For those of you who were unable to attend, one of […]
Continue readingBurnaby Artisan Farmers Market Manager, Ron Gorman, closed the 2016 season shooting this great farewell video tribute to retiring General Manager, Lyn Hainstock. Awesome job Ron! Great way to capture “The Love”, appreciation and admiration Lyn receives from the market vendors. In the video, Natalie Forstbauer briefly explains the important role her mother Marie Forstbauer played in helping […]
Continue readingStein Mountain Farm is a multi generational family run farm The farm is located in the heart of the Fraser Canyon, 12 miles north of Lytton B.C. Families all work the land together. It is not unusual for for them to be working in our fields with their babies and kids playing at their sides. […]
Continue readingTLC Cozy Bags Thu Pham: It all started with my friend Lisa giving me a hot/cold pad as a present 9 years ago. My family loved using it so much that I asked her to teach me how to sew and the two of us got into making them to sell at farmers markets and craft fairs […]
Continue readingElena Jansson JD Naturals started with 100% natural hand-made soaps and pure beeswax candles, which remains at the heart of what I do, but also includes a growing list of skincare and home items. The focus is on quality with everything produced in small batches using food grade, mostly organic ingredients. I started making my […]
Continue readingYour Wildest Foods will be at Lonsdale this Saturday and at Ambleside September 13 The foraging business can be quite the adventure. Some days we’ll hike miles through the scorched black remains of last year’s wildfires; packing 70 lbs of morels and trying to beat the setting sun. Some days we’re scaling perilous mountainsides in […]
Continue readingLock in summer flavours now to enjoy during the colder months! By Kristen Eppich Preserving vegetables is a wonderful way to lock in summer flavours to be enjoyed during the colder months. It has also become a bit of a novelty, with pickles of all shapes and colours adorning plates across the nation. I once […]
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