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Increasing Access & Equity: Introducing our Market Access Program!

June 13, 2025 By Emily Gaudette

The NWFM is excited to unveil our Summer Market Access Program!

Do you sell a delicious product and have been looking for ways to get your products in the hands of local shoppers, receive immediate feedback on your products or test out a new one?  

The New West Farmers Market has launched our Market Access Program applications, which provides FREE booth space, equipment, and mentorship to emerging vendors from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds. It is aimed to remove the barriers that often prevent local entrepreneurs from launching at farmers markets for sustainable business development. We are specifically looking for prepared food vendors to join our busy summer season – 9 markets throughout July and August! 

If you haven’t been a vendor at the NWFM before and you’d like to become a part of the market community, learn from fellow vendors and build your customer base – apply online today and check “Yes” on in the application, under “Would you like to apply for the Market Access Program?” 

APPLY ONLINE NOW – SPOTS MAY FILL FAST!

The NWFM operates from 3 – 7pm Every Thursday in Tipperary Park. Sign up for 1 day or all of them here: https://newwestfarmers.ca/vendor-application-2025/ or email: info@newwestfarmers.ca for more information!

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New West Farmers Market – 2025 Inaugural Block Party

March 14, 2025 By Emily Gaudette

We’re back! The New West Farmers Market’s 16th season kicks off on March 27th with a season kick-off Block Party!

The market runs weekly on Thursdays from 3pm – 7pm in Tipperary Park until October 30th.

 

Sponsored by Key West Ford, this season starts with a bang – a free, family-friendly Block Party! Stop by the first market of the season and leave not only with all your locally-produced groceries, but with an assortment of free goodies, including cupcakes for the first 100 visitors,  a piñata, free children’s crafts, face painting and balloon animals from 4:30-6:30pm. Featuring live entertainment all market long by Ally Jean and an opening ceremony to welcome back the community!

Not interested in balloon animals? We got you covered too! There will be a silent auction sourced from vendors and local businesses within New West. The market will also be hosting deals on their annual market membership program – giving you exclusive access to deals throughout the year!

Sign up for a $10 Annual Membership that grants you access to exclusive vendor discounts on the first market of every month (as well as the first Market on March 27th) – and be entered to win $50 in Market Money!

Share your market haul and tag us on social media and be entered to win $20 in Market Money!

Come by for some fun and get all your shopping done! Meet the New West Farmers Market’s 2025 vendors for their first date of the season. There will be lots of your favourite businesses plus many new products, farms and faces. Bring your reusable shopping bags, your appetite, and the whole family! 

 

The New West Farmers Market focuses on environmentally sustainable food by bringing locally grown and produced food to the community, thereby contributing to local economic development, healthy eating, and food security. We strive to make our market diverse in our offerings so there is truly something for everyone, as well as being an inclusive, welcoming environment for the community to gather.

Filed Under: Blog, Next Market, Uncategorized

NWFM RETURNS with our Fifth Annual Holiday Market! – SATURDAY CANCELLED, SUNDAY STILL ON!

November 13, 2024 By Emily Gaudette

The New Westminster Farmers Market returns December 15th for our 5th Annual Holiday Market! Featuring 80+ vendors, live music, food trucks, and a kids booth, this outdoor market is the New Westminster Farmers Market final event of 2024. 

 

Join us on December 5th in front of New West City Hall for an outdoor market featuring over 80 local artisan and food vendors, as well as food trucks, live music, and entertainment. Visit the Sprout Club tent for free kids crafts and activities all weekend long!

Rain or shine – this market will be a chance to shop from all your favourite local & small businesses this Holiday season.  Whether you’re looking for last minute gifts, artisan-made sweet treats, or fresh ingredients for your Holiday Dinner – we have it all! 

This is a family-friendly, dog-friendly, accessible event.  

 

Find all vendors attending the Holiday Market below:

Alcohol:
Festina Lente Estate Winery
Left Field Cider Co.
Maan Farms
Middle Mountain Mead
Northyards Cider Co.
Raincity Distillery
Shuswap Cider Company
Snowgoose Brewery Inc.
Steel & Oak

Bakeries:
A Bread Affair
Annie Bannanies
BAK’D Cookies
Bar Down Cookies
Boule Carre Bakery
Bussin Buns
Kayla’s Sourdough
Mamma Pina’s Gluten Free Flour
Merry Go Round
Vanessa’s Cookie Boutique

Beverages:
Farming Karma
Gingeraki
Leilani Fine Tea
Mukasi Coffee Roasters

Candles:
Candle Corner
DinArt Candles
Ollie & Co.

Community Groups:
BC Cancer
Disability Alliance BC
Motion & Music Performing Arts Academy (Sunday Only)

Confectioners:
Chickadee Chocolate
Drunken Chocolatier
EMKAO Foods
Gary’s Kettle Corn
Pimon – Kamon

Food Trucks:
Burgerholic
Dos Amigos
Little Miss Coffee
Stackers
Tokyo Katsu-Sand
Veg Out (Sat only)

Beavertails (Sun only)

Jewelry:
Black Cat Jewelry Works
Cleo’s Origami
First Stone
Neet Arts Co.

Homewares:
Artfully Yours
BC Wild Wreaths
MeNom
Mechanics of Music
Serenity Living

Honey:
Golden Meadows Honey Farm

Hot and Ready Foods:
Authentic Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Ember Hong Kong Barbeque
Hibiscus Foods
Holy Duck Chili Oil
Pretty Bird Kitchen
Sabor-a-Yucatan

Meat and Seafood:
Bucking Bull Jerky
Outwest Ranches

Pet Products:
Freeloaders Pet Goods

Preserves, Condiments, Spices:
BobAli
Masala Factory
R.Miller Designs

Prepared Foods:
Besee Crunch
Mamma Musey Pierogi
Market 49 fine foods
One More Bite Granola
Toffee Pop

Produce Farms:
BC Small Farmers Collective
Mandair Farms
Whistler’s Harvest

Soap, Spa & Beauty:
Bayu Wellness
Olive’s Home & Garden
Shine Bright By J&J
Simon’s Soapbox
Skunk Bath and Soap

Textiles:
Caramia and Mama’s Infinite Side Questing Creations
Cursive and Prints
Woolwerx Fibre Arts Studio
Yarn of Life

 

 

Event Details: 

Where: Directly in front of New Westminster City Hall (6th Street + Royal Ave)
Date: Saturday, December 14th & Sunday, December 15th, 2024
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: By donation! We recommend a minimum of $5.00 – to be split between us and the BCAFM Nutrition Coupon Program.

No RSVP needed of course, but if you want a reminder: RSVP HERE.

 

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We’re Hiring!

April 24, 2024 By Emily Gaudette

The New West Farmers Market is hiring!


Sprout Club Coordinator

Have an interest in working with kids, sustainability and the environment? Look no further! We are hiring a Contract Sprout Club Coordinator to develop, plan and implement 9 weekly activities geared to kids aged 5 – 12 at our weekly Thursday Market!

Sprout Club Job Application

POSITION TYPE: Temporary part-time (30 hours per week for 9 weeks) from June 30th, 2025 until Aug 29th, 2025. Minimum Wage – $17.85/hour.

PURPOSE
Reporting to the Market Manager, the primary purpose of the Sprout Club Coordinator is to plan, execute, and collect data regarding our children’s summer program, the Sprout Club (SC), provide administrative support for the New Westminster Farmers’ Market (NWFM) and the Market Manager, as well as attend the market each week (to the best of their ability) to ensure its smooth operation. Our Sprout Club program provides weekly crafts and activities geared to kids ages 5-12, with focus on nature, environment, and sustainability.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Sprout Club 

  • Develop, plan, and implement 9 weekly activities for our Sprout Club program
  • Potentially collaborate with outside guest artists or instructors for activities
  • Create and manage a budget for SC 
  • Manage and assist with fulfilling supply needs for SC
  • Assist with the creation of promotional material for SC (social media and print)
  • Organize activities similar to the SC if NWFM is invited to participate in other events or festivals
  • Collect and manage data from SC (number of participants, feedback surveys, etc)
  • Manage SC table/tent at market, provide supplies for activity, demonstrate and assist participants with the activity, and answer questions.
  • Train volunteers assisting the SC booth in how to carry out the activity of the day.
  • Write a report detailing your feedback about how each activity went and general observations from the summer to help inform the following season.

General Administration

  • Assist with implementing satisfaction surveys and soliciting feedback from the community/vendors
  • Assist with data collection and organization
  • Assist with execution of coupon program
  • Assist with managing market money and cash logs
  • Provide weekly timesheet with hours worked

Market Days 

  • Attend weekly markets (approximately 12:15 to 8:15 pm)
  • Assist with the timely and safe set-up and take-down of all market materials (including tents, tent weights, etc.)
  • Support vendors with timely and safe set-up and take-down of their stalls
  • Support community groups and entertainers as needed
  • Respond to public, vendor, and volunteer inquiries and concerns in a positive manner, directing them to the Market Manager or Assistant Manager as needed
  • Provide information to shoppers and vendors on food advocacy, market operations, and membership, directing to the Market Manager or Assistant Manager as needed
  • Process membership fees, market-money and swag purchases
  • Manage data tracking for vendor sales, customer numbers etc.
  • Assist with Nutrition Coupon Program as needed, including but not limited to assisting with picking up and counting coupons from vendors

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must provide Vulnerable Persons Criminal Record Check
  • Ability to work outside in all weather conditions
  • Access to computer and reliable internet
  • Available for entire duration of the contract
  • Available to come to our office in New Westminster, as needed and work from home for some scheduled work hours as deemed ideal by all parties
  • Ability to lift up to 25lbs
  • Time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to utilize, adapt and embrace technologies, including Google Suite, Canva, web and social media platforms, and other database/software required by the role
  • Experience and/or an interest in the local food movement, food security, and community, an asset
  • Familiarity with New Westminster, an asset

OTHER COMMENTS

  • Other duties may be assigned as needed to help ensure the efficient operation of the New West Farmers Market.
  • There may be a need to attend community festivals and events which may require work and travel outside of the regular position hours.

How to Apply: 

Please forward a cover letter and resume, describing how your background and experiences meet the above criteria to manager@newwestfarmers.ca by June 22nd.

Please Note: This is a Canada Summer Jobs Grant position. 

Candidates must be between 15-30 years of age; a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident or a refugee with protection conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and is legally entitled to work in British Columbia.

We have expressed intent to hire someone who is from an underrepresented group or has additional barriers to the labour market such as a recent immigrant or refugee youth, youth with no previous employment history, Indigenous youth, Youth with disabilities, visible minorities and LGBTQ2 youth.

The successful candidate may be required to submit a criminal record check.

We thank all applicants, however, only those shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. 

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2024 Pie for Pride!

July 26, 2023 By Lily Nichol

Join New West Farmers Market on August 15th at 5:30pm for Pie for Pride!

This beloved community pie baking competition is back with a panel of local (and international) judges who will determine New West’s Best Pie of 2024.

This year’s lineup includes:

  • Philip Fitzpatrick – International Icon and Honorary New Bestie, once lost (The Price is Right), now found (in New West) #PhilipInNewWest and lover of a Louisville Derby Pie,
  • Mayor Patrick Johnstone – Lover of New West and community events that require him to eat pie,
  •  Mike Balser – Acclaimed Winner of the Best Pie in 2023’s Pie for Pride with his infamous Whoo-Berry Pie,
  • Jon Jennings – NWFM Board Member and lover of strawberry-rhubarb, qualifications include being a former vendor of another round baked-good (bagels) and gently imploring his wife to contribute to this competition every year,
  • Madeleine Gwynne – New West Pride VP who’s got her eye on the pies!

Think your favourite pie recipe has what it takes to compete for the title? Enter your pie and review the rules here.

Prefer to be a spectator for this sport? Swing by NWFM on August 15th to watch pies being judged (starting at 5:30pm) and then grab a slice (or a few slices!) by donation to New West Pride. This competition is fierce!

Come by and eat pie! Only on August 15th at the New West Farmers Market in Tipperary Park next to New West City Hall.

 

Filed Under: Blog, Events, NWFM News

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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.

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