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Check out this short Ted Talk for interesting facts and reasons why shopping at your local farmers market is important. It’s a U.S. talk but still relevant to us here in Canada, perhaps even more so, since we have less local options and import a significant amount of our produce and other foods from the […]
Continue readingClick on any image to open the full slide show viewer. Photo Credits: iShot.ca and Bernie Glémas; all rights reserved. (Visit the Artisan Winter Farmers Market page here to get maps and details about the market)
Continue readingHi Everyone, As most of you know, we’ve had our business, Bob the Dog for almost 3 years now and it truly has been a labour of love. Running your own business is an 8 day a week kind of thing, and if you didn’t love it, you simply wouldn’t do it. Our business is […]
Continue readingTh!nk Soap is a Vancouver based soap company. They want to send you on a trip through intoxicating and wonderful fragrances that will remind you of beautiful memories and trips abroad. They are passionate about the chemistry of making cold process soaps and their combination of ingredients and use natural essential or fragrance oils and […]
Continue readingSee Artisan Winter Farmers Market vendor map, get directions here (the market photo gallery is at the bottom of the page). See the Ambleside Summer Market, which will open in May 1340 Marine Drive, West Vancouver Good news for Farmers Market shoppers! You can still SUPPORT LOCAL vendors! With authorization from Vancouver Coastal Health, we […]
Continue readingWe asked Artisan vendor, Katerina Klimes, to tell us about herself and her business. Here’s what she had to say: I am a Confident Chameleon! I was born in Prague, under the communist hammer. At the age of 7 we took a holiday, and escaped under the watchful eye of semi-automatics over the Yugoslavian border. […]
Continue reading2020 Artisan Farmer’s Markets Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) The Artisan Farmer’s Markets Society Board of Directors will be hosting the 2020 Annual General Meeting on the 18th of November, 2020. This year Artisan Farmer’s Markets Society will be holding the AGM “online”. All voting will also be done online. Summary Details Member Registration: Register […]
Continue readingNow into fall, root vegetables are coming into season at the Farmers Markets. With Thanksgiving approaching it’s a perfect time to share a simple recipe for oven roasted root vegetables with you. Oven roasted root vegetables can be an easy, healthy and colourful vegetable side dish, and perfect for cold weather holidays, or a weeknight […]
Continue readingIt’s Peach Feature Weekend. Peach Season is ending soon! Meet Growers at the FARMERS MARKET this weekend and get yours and try these delicious recipes!
Continue readingGetting the kids (and my husband) to eat vegetables; can be like pulling teeth. However, when summer rolls around and almost every meal is coming off the grill; serving these grilled vegetables is always a hit. They are the perfect side to steak, chicken, salmon, pork (almost anything!) and work lovely as left-overs too! The […]
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