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Royal City Farmer’s Market Society AGM Jan. 28

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Mark your calendars for the 2nd annual general meeting of the Royal City Farmer’s Market Society:

Thursday January 28, 2010
Sign in and new memberships: 6:30 pm
Meeting: 7:00 pm

New West Public Library Auditorium
716 Sixth Ave.
New Westminster

Guest speaker will be Chris Bodnar from Glen Valley Farms located near Fort Langley. Glen Valley was a popular vendor at our summer market. The 50 acre certified organic farm was purchased through a co-operative that formed to save the farm in 1997. Individuals apply to farm the land and produce the vegetables, herbs and fruit and eggs you’ve seen at the market.

Board reports from the summer and winter markets, election of a 2010 Board, and comments/questions will fill out the evening. Refreshments and goodies will be served.

We look forward to your continued support and to seeing you on January 28!

January Market – I Resolve to Eat Better!

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I resolve to eat better this year – how about you? Too many over-processed and over-packaged goodies went across my plate this holiday season. I need to concentrate on eating locally, eating fresh, and eating things made with care and love. What better place to find that than at the RCFM Winter Market? Join us January 9th  – featuring a cookbook swap! Details.

December 12th Winter Market

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We’ve just released the winter market vendor lineup. You can find out all about it here, as well as the kids’ activities and music we have planned for our first ever winter market. See you Saturday!

Winter Market Planning

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I’ve been really busy putting together the winter market and am so excited at how nicely everything has been coming together. I’ve been asked a few times lately for an update so I thought I should take a few minutes to share our progress.

The Holiday Market on December 12 has 26 confirmed vendors (I’ll be posting a list soon with links) and a few more in the works. That more or less sells us out for space and we are thrilled at the response we have gotten from vendors. We are also excited to have booked Benjamin Keith for our first winter market and look forward to him playing – we have word that Ben is going to learn a few holiday tunes to help get us all a little more festive!

We also recently got word that the City of New Westminster has generously agreed to let us offer the Waterfront Parkade free to market shoppers at 4 out of the 5 markets. The fifth one is during the Olympics and the Parkade is already committed to that – although it’s available to park at in February, it won’t be free as in all the other markets) We really want to thank the City of New Westminster for continuing to support the Farmers Market. Although the market is situated within walking distance from both Columbia and New Westminster Skytrain stations, and we encourage market goers to take advantage of the central location, we really appreciate being able to offer free parking to those market goers who elect to drive.

Also present at the market will be the Community Garden Initiative group run by New Westminster Environmental Partners – if you have any questions about the community garden plans in the works, NWEP will be there to answer questions.

What would make a better gift that an basket full of locally made goods?

See you at the first Holiday Market!

Calling New Vendors!

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Plans for the winter market are chugging along and we are delighted at the number of summer vendors signing on for the untested waters of the winter market. Surveys show that customers want to see some new stuff- some requests include handmade clothing, ceramics, cleaning supplies, and accessories for the home – so we’re currently searching for a few new vendors to add to the mix. Vendors still need to make, bake, or grow what they sell, and we’re still going to be selective to ensure a good mix of items, but if you’re a new possible vendor with something to sell, please send an email to marketmanager@newwestfarmers.ca and we can talk about whether the Winter Farmers Market is the right place for you.

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Land Acknowledgement

Our market is grateful to operate on the unceded land of the Qayqayt, Kwikwetlem, and other Halkomelem speaking Peoples. We acknowledge that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land. We acknowledge the incredible gift this land is to our market and BC Agriculture. We commit to the ongoing work of decolonization and allyship.