Local winter eats

Looking for a fun way to spend a Saturday and get your errands done? Visit Vancouver’s Winter Farmer’s Market, which runs from November to April… finishing just in time for the summer markets. The market features farm fresh fruits, vegetables and plants, quality local crafts, delicious edibles, community information and live music.

In season (some from storage) for January and February are apples, beets, cabbage, garlic, honey, kale, kiwis, pears, oilseeds, yellow onions, parsnips, potatoes, shitake mushrooms, spinach, sprouts, red fife wheat, winter squash, eggs, dairy products, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, ostrich, sablefish, herring, pacific cod, dungeness crab, clams, oysters and mussels.

Grab your bike and your reusable shopping bags are look for lots of great vendors. In store this Saturday, January 12 are:
Anne’s Preserves - jam, marmalade, pepper jelly
Bad Girl Chocolates - truffles, candy and chocolates
Blackberry Hill - bagels, baked goods, preserves
Blue Comet Seafoods - wild caught frozen salmon
Cascadia Soap - soap and skincare products
Dundarave Olive Co. - olives, olive oil, seasoning rubs
Forstbauer Family Farm - organic vegetables, frozen berries, beef, eggs
Fresh Off the Boat - wild salmon, shrimp, halibut, rockfish
Glenwood Valley Farm - greehouse vegetables, pickles
Go Go Java - coffee and tea beverages made on-site
Goat’s Pride Dairy - organic goat cheese and dairy products
Golden West Orchards - transitional to organic fresh apples, dried apples
Granola King - granola and nut butters
Handmade by Claire - handmade books, cards, calendars and other paper products
Hannah Brook Farm - organic vegetables, salad greens
Harvey’s Orchards - organic fresh and dried tree fruit, squash
Helmer’s Organic Farm - organic potatoes, carrots, honey
Jane’s Honey Bees - honey and bee products
Klippers Organic Acres - fresh and dried organic tree fruit, vegetables (dried or frozen), preserves, apple juice, eggs
La Boheme Creperie - fresh crepes made to order
Langley Organic Growers - salad greens, ground crops, hazelnuts, squash, eggs
Legacy Wood Craft - wooden cutting boards
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks - cow’s milk cheeses, eggs
Lowland Herb Farm - fresh herbsand plants, winter greens, herb wreaths
Mountain Meadow Sheep Dairy - sheep’s milk cheese and yogurt
Organic Farm Connection - organic salad greens, winter greens and ground crops
Pasture to Plate - organic grassfed beef and pork
Poplar Grove Arbour - organic hazelnuts
Richmond Specialty Mushrooms - organic shitake, oyster, portabello and crimini
Ridgecrest Dairy - cow’s milk cheese
Rise Artisan Bakery - bread, biscotti, cookies and preserves
Salad Sisters - fruit flavoured salad dressings
Vegan Mania - vegan baked goods
Wild Products Network - wild harvested berries, mushrooms, seaweed

The Winter Farmers Market runs every second and fourth Saturday between November – April from 10am to 2pm at Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac Street.

Admission is Free!

For more information, or to become a vendor, visit www.eatlocal.org