Got an idea for a great product to sell at the farmers market? Maybe you already make, bake or grow something that farmers market goers would just eat up! It being the start of a new year, with so many people pivoting their careers or looking for new avenues to sell their food and craft products, it’s a great time to think about the possibility of being involved in the farmers markets. Farmers’ markets a great place for you to get involved in the community and meet new people (to whatever extent COVID regulations allow), as a startup business, the markets are also a great place for you to te ..read more

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 USA and beyond. Thus, food security is an even greater issue for us. Here is speaker Mohammad Modarres’ profile on Ted.com Enjoy!  See the video on YouTube The post Ted Talk: Why you should shop at your local Farmers Market appeared first on Artisan Farmer Markets ..read more

Click 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 ..read more

Hi 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 primarily based on the support of customers at Farmers Markets across the Lower Mainland, and we’ve been so lucky to get into some of the very best markets out there. Health regulations changed last week to no longer allow non-essential food vendors to participate in the remaining dates of the year – so just like that, our Christmas se ..read more

Th!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 create their own recipes. All their soaps are handcrafted, cut and cured in their kitchen in Kitsilano, Vancouver. Each of the soaps are named after the city that relates to the origin of their scent and essence and come  in sustainable packaging ..read more

See market vendor map and get directions below. 1340 Marine Drive, West Vancouver   Good news for Farmers Market shoppers! You can still SUPPORT LOCAL vendors! With authorization from Vancouver Coastal Health, we are pleased to announce the all new Artisan Winter Farmers’ Market will start this Friday, November 27, 2020, in West Vancouver. The market will be held outdoors in the covered galleria at the beautiful Grosvenor Ambleside development located at 1340 Marine Drive (between 13th and 14th Streets). The market will be operating with additional health and ..read more

We 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.  We spent a few months in a true refugee camp, and a year and a half in refugee housing. We learned German and started anew. I saw my father after 2 years, when he was released by the communists.  We got into Canada because my amazing Babi sponsored us in 1984: we started a ..read more

2020 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 Here Date: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 Time: Member sign in at 6 pm. Meeting starts at 6:30 pm Where: Online (prior to the AGM, links will be sent to all registered members) Registration: All eligible Artisan Farmer’s ..read more

Wow! After months in the making, Sunday’s inaugural Brentwood Artisan Farmers’ Market, brought to you by Grosvenor, went great (images below). Despite the drizzly weather, hundreds of shoppers came to the market and enjoyed the 20+ vendors. Thank you to all the vendors for joining us, to all the loyal Burnaby Artisan Farmers’ Market guests who came over to wish us well and to all the locals who walked over to welcome us to the Brentwood community! We are expecting the market will only get better from here! We’ve had the pleasure of serving the North Shore with a Saturday and a Sunday mar ..read more

Following was last updated April 16, 2020 – Farmers’ Market COVID-19 Survey A  big thank-you to all of you who took a moment to fill out the survey. To date, there have been 84 responses to the Consumer survey and 40 responses to the Vendor survey. Below are some of the highlights. Consumer Survey 73.8% said they would be very likely to, or would, if convenient, shop at a farmers market over the next few weeks if the market is taking health and safety precautions and providing social distancing space, as outlined by health authorities 65.4% said they would be very likely or likely to ..read more