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Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Neighbourly Bee
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Neighbourly Bee Our November 16th featured vendor is Neighbourly Bee! We had the chance to talk with Riana, the beekeeper and honey developer behind Neighbourly Bee. Their mission is to be a working example of what is required for beekeepers and farmers to work effectively together and the result is […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: The Drunken Chocolatier
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: The Drunken Chocolatier This week’s featured vendor is The Drunken Chocolatier! We had the chance to talk with Carina, the owner and the chocolatier behind Drunken Chocolatier. While she says she is just having fun playing around with flavor and color, the results are incredible (just look at the photos)! […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: A Bread Affair
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: A Bread Affair This week’s featured vendor is A Bread Affair! A Bread Affair is a local organic bakery that serves up the best of the best in terms of bread and pastries in Vancouver. All local, organic and non-GMO, just really delicious and wholesome food. They are at the […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Odd Society Spirits
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Odd Society Spirits This week’s featured vendor is Odd Society Spirits! Odd Society is a small-batch craft distillery in the heart of East Van. Located on Powell Street in East Vancouver’s port district, Odd Society is dedicated to combining Old World distilling traditions with New World ingredients and ingenuity to […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Dageraad
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Dageraad This week’s feature is Dageraad! “Dager-add,” meaning “daybreak” or “sunrise” in Dutch and named after Dageraadplaats- a square on the east side of Antwerp. They sell a Belgian-style beer, brewed right here in BC. It looks great (truly, such aesthetic labels) and tastes even better. Be sure to stop […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Tempea
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Tempea This week, we are featuring Tempea, a local company that makes the freshest tempeh in town! Stop by this Saturday to try their product, and check out their non-soy tempeh made from chickpeas and lentils. We had the chance to ask Ariela, a Tempea co-founder, some questions at the […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Mz. Bagz
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Mz. Bagz This week we are featuring Mz. Bagz who sells a variety of, you guessed it, bags! But these aren’t just any bags, they are produce and bulk bags made from upcycled materials! Mz. Bagz’s core product is her t-shirt bags, made with care and secondhand t-shirts. They are […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: The Jerk Store
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: The Jerk Store This week we are featuring The Jerk Store, a local company that produces artisan jerky, for an enjoyable snack that supports a healthy diet. Selling both beef and tofu-based jerky, makes for a selection that can suit almost all dietary needs! We had a chance to ask […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Oyster & King
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Oyster & King This week we are featuring Oyster & King, which was incorporated in the fall season of 2016. O&K is responsible for direct sale and delivery of all specialty organic mushrooms from Coast Mushroomtech. You can find their lovely organic mushrooms at our market every week- check out […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: CRUW
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: CRUW This week we are featuring CRUW, which stands for Culturally Relevant Urban Wellness. This program was developed in 2011 in order to promote green space as a source of wellness and concrete skill development for vulnerable youth. There are four distinct program streams for the youth to participate in, […]