The Farmer’s Market
The Farmer’s Market is back!
After a long cold winter, and wet spring, the farmer’s market is back in the West End. This week, May 6th, marks the opening of the summer farmer’s market.
It is early in the season, but many of our family’s favourite vendors were back today!
We bought Free Range Organic eggs and apple chips from Klippers Organic Acres, huge green beans and eight types of heirloom and cherry tomatoes from Celyddon Farms, colossal green olives stuffed with cashews from the Dundarave Olive Company, thee types of local honey from Vlad’s Apiary, some dangerously delicious vegan hazelnut chocolate spread from Bad Girl Chocolates, Wild caught Salmon Indian Candy, lox, and frozen salmon from Blue Comet Seafoods , and for the firsts time, tuna from Estevan Tuna.
Besides many of the usual vegetables and fruits, eggs, fish and dairy products this years markets promise to bring a variety of unusual and delightful new delicacies and crafts.
Today I saw Ostrich products from ostrich jerky and pepperoni, ostrich eggs, ostrich oil, oil soap, feather dusters and leather, from Forstbauer Natural Food Farm. Also surprising were predatory plants like Venus fly traps from Twin Oaks Herb Farm. Cut flowers, Performance Posture Group was there with posture screening, raw cat and dog food, granola, salsa, candy and jewelry. Even our local MLA, Spencer Herbert was there!
Held at Mole hill, at Comox and Nelson Street, beside Nelson park it is an ideal shopping experience for the whole family, even the dog as there is an off leash park right beside it.
I look forward to eating all the yummy food we bought this week and each Saturday morning to discover what the farmers have brought to us city folks!
Bon Appetit!
