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Summer 2011 Season Poster

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If you live in an apartment complex, would you mind putting up our seasonal poster in your lobby or common area? While we often are able to get up our posters in the fantastic local business community, we can’t always get into the apartment buildings and complexes and we want to make sure everyone knows about the market! Our summer season starts soon – on June 9th.

PDF Download available down below.

Our poster this year was designed for us by the very talented Miranda McMurray at hudsonny design + handmade using photos that she and Briana Tomkinson at Tenth to the Fraser snapped and graciously allowed us to use.

PS: Are you into photography? You should get yourself ready for our photo contest this season – the prize bag is full! You could practice by coming to our 4th Annual Fundraiser on May 26th.

DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE.

New Westminster Horticultural Society’s Plant Sale

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This Sunday, May 15, will mark the 15th Plant Sale put on by the New Westminster Horticultural Society. The event will take place at The Armoury — 530 Queen’s Avenue (corner of Queen’s Avenue and 6th Street) — and promises to have a variety of excellent plants to choose from. The sale features both local and rare plants, and new this year will be a plant collector’s booth (featuring rare and uncommon plants) and items from the New Westminster Parks collection.

Eating flowers is not generally the first thing that comes to mind when going to a plant sale, but this recipe for a Nasturtiums and Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad from Canada’s Food Network certainly puts things in perspective.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1/2 cup peanut or grapeseed oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 6 large handfuls of mixed greens
  • 6 nasturtium blossoms

Method:

1)      Whisk together the vinegar, mustard, and honey with a fork. Gradually whisk in the oil. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Add a handful of raspberries.

2)      Put all the ingredients except the salt and pepper in the blender. Purée into a smooth red dressing. Taste, and season with salt and pepper. Makes about 1/2 cup/125 ml.

3)      Mix the vinaigrette. Put the greens in a salad bowl and toss with the vinaigrette. Strew the blossoms over and serve immediately.

Recipe: Apple Maple Crumble

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This is the first thing I’ve actually made in my new apartment, and I’m happy to say it turned out great and delicious (much to my surprise).

I hadn’t tried this particular recipe for Apple Crumble before but as all of my cookbooks are hiding in a box somewhere I had to improvise. I found the recipe from allrecipes.com, it came with mixed reviews and some alterations suggested. I like the sound of it so I followed the recipe more or less exactly.

Ingredients:

  • 5 Apples (buy here or here)
  • 2/3 cup of maple syrup
  • ½ cup of butter
  • ½ cup of brown sugar
  • ¾  cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • ¾ cup of rolled oats

Method:

1)   Preheat oven to 375° F.

2. Have your baking pan and your recipe handy.
3. Peel Apples.
4. Cut and core the apples and then place apples in the baking dish.

 

 

5. Pour maple syrup over the apples (don't forget to measure!).
6. In a bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Stir in the flour, salt and oats.
Well mixed!
7. Sprinkle oat mixture over apples.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, until golden and bubbly and apples are tender.
YUM!

Allie Davison is the 2011 RCFM Summer Intern, assisting us with marketing and maintaining our social media. She’s studying professional writing at Douglas College and will be working to gain experience and portfolio pieces this season. Here’s more info.

4th Annual Fundraiser

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We can’t wait to see you all at the 4th Annual Dinner and Silent Auction on May 26th from 6-10pm at the Heritage Grill. The event will feature live music and a silent auction full of amazing donated goods. Your ticket includes your choice of pasta primavera or beef, chicken, veggie, or lamb burger with fries or salad as well as a glass of house wine or draft beer. This event will sell out – please don’t wait to get your tickets.

We thank our very generous supporters for their donated goods. Please check out this page for a listing and support those who support us. Goods include a artist signed and numbered framed Carl Brenders print, a two hour social media strategy consultation, pet sitting services, gift baskets, produce, gift certificates and much more!

Tickets for the fundraiser are now available online through Eventbrite for a small fee to cover the administrative costs. You can also call us at 778-928-7236 or email at info@newwestfarmers.ca to have us set aside tickets at the door.

FYI: French Choir Concert

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While this may seem unrelated to farming, we did want to let you know about an upcoming music event that one of our familiar volunteers, Alex Stark, has brought to our attention.

Alex writes:

To all those with a passion for music, I would like to invite you to an exciting evening of ballads, lullabies and other folk songs by my choir les Echos du pacifique. It takes place Saturday, April 30th, please see the attached poster for more details. Tickets will be 12 dollars at the door but I am able to sell them directly to you for 9 dollars. Feel free to contact me at (604)522-1110 should you wish to purchase some tickets.

Here’s the poster. Click to embiggen.

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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.