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March 20: Spring Fling!

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Bee Balm, by waferboard, via Flickr
Bee Balm, by waferboard, via Flickr

Feeling a little like a mole leaving a hole with all this sunshine? Blink Blink Blink! We are too! RCFM wants to welcome you to spring and invites you to join us Saturday March 20th from 10am to 2pm  at Holy Trinity Cathedral for our fourth Winter Market, which we’ve themed “the Spring Fling”.

Join us for an incredible lineup of the vendors you have grown to love, with three new vendors this month and a special appearance by summer’s favourite snack, Creperie La Boheme. We are expecting more than 30 vendors featuring crafts, snacks, foods, and produce, as well as meat, eggs, and dairy.

Musical guests are local funk jazz band Redrick Sultan and for the kids we’ll be assisting them to create a stage-long wall mural, sponsored by hyperlocal weblog Tenth to the Fraser.

Holy Trinity Cathedral is located at 514 Carnarvon Street in New Westminster. It is a short walk from Columbia Skytrain Station. Free parking is available in the downtown Waterfront Parkade,courtesy of the City of New Westminster,  a short trip from the Church.

Here’s a complete list of the expected line up of vendors.

We hope to see you there!

Bottled Water Free Day – March 11th

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Bottled Water Free Day!

RCFM invites you to join us in noting Canada’s first Bottled Water Free Day on March 11th. For more info, you can check out Bottled Water Free Day online. RCFM is, and will continue to be, bottled water free. We are proudly serving good ol’ New Westminster tap water at our summer markets. You can also watch and pass around this funny and enlightening video!

Pass it on!

Superstars are Farmers, Too

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American ski champion Bode Miller is not only super duper famous right now for winning a gold, a silver, and a bronze at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, he’s also a credit to farming and the preservation of buying local produce. Right after he won the 2005 World Championship, he went and bought the farm – literally. He still runs his own farm and sells direct.

Bode Miller thinks farming is cool. So should you.

(Excuse the overt Stonyfield advertising in this video – they are obviously a sponsor):

PS: Thanks to PHD in Parenting for the video tip.

2010 Board of Directors

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Royal City Farmers Market 2010 Board of Directors set to make the market grow, grow, grow!

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The Royal City Farmers Market is pleased to welcome two fresh faces to the 2010 Board of Directors elected at the RCFM AGM on January 28. Mompreneur owner of online baby boutique Pinky & Co. Alix Cote and programmer and photographer Graham Ballantyne will join incumbents Andrew Murray, Will Tomkinson, Sheila Rowswell, John Ashdown and Matthew Laird in planning the continued growth of the market in 2010.

One of the market’s priorities in 2010 is to attract more members to the association. RCFM will offer exclusive benefits for members including discounts on RCFM’s reusable shopping totes and special ‘member appreciation’ markets.

“I think the time has come where we need to concentrate on growing our membership, ensuring there are member benefits, and contributing to the community as a whole,” says RCFM President Andrew Murray.

Adding high quality vendors is also a priority. Says Board Vice President and Vendor Liaison Will Tomkinson, “We have to work to make sure that we continue to attract high quality vendors to the market so that we can offer the very best to the citizens of New Westminster.”

Two indoor markets remain in the winter market season, with a ‘Spring Fling’ theme on March 20 and a Garden Market theme on April 17. Weekly Thursday markets resume in June in Tipperary Park.

The 2010 Board of Directors includes:

  • Andrew Murray – President
  • Will Tomkinson – Vice President and Vendor Liaison
  • Alix Cote – Secretary
  • Sheila Rowswell – Treasurer
  • Graham Ballantyne – Director
  • John Ashdown – Director
  • Matthew Laird – Director

RCFM Invites You to Share the Love

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NEW WESTMINSTER – The Royal City Farmers Market invites New Westminster to share the love at the next Winter Market, coming up just after Valentine’s Day on Saturday, February 20.

“As always, I can’t wait for the monthly winter market,” says Operations Manager Jen Arbo. “I feel such a huge sense of community at the market, and look forward to not only the food and other goods, but seeing all the happy faces, both familiar and new!”

The theme for February’s market will be “In Love With the Market” and will feature musical guest Chris Messytone playing romantic French and Italian folk music on the accordion. As always, customers will find locally grown fresh produce, homemade goodies, handmade crafts and one-of-a-kind items.

The market will feature storytelling for the kids with author Kathleen McMillan, who will read her heartwarming story of Bluebeary the Bear. The New Westminster Community Garden Society will be present to share their progress on opening new garden sites around the city.

RCFM will also be “spreading the love” by collecting food bank donations at the event.

The market will be held from 10am-2pm on Saturday, February 20 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Hall at 514 Carnarvon St. For a listing of all vendors who will be there, check out the complete details.

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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.