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May 9th – How To Make Fresh Spring Rolls Workshop 

5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
 

Join us for a masterclass at the New West Farmers Market in Tipperary Park! Our talented vendor, Hai Yen, of “Authentic Vietnamese Spring Rolls”, will guide you through the art of crafting perfect spring rolls and peanut sauce, blending and wrapping fresh ingredients using traditional cooking techniques. Mark your calendars for May 9th to take home a delicious snack and level-up your culinary repertoire! All Ages welcome. 

Cost $15.00

**Register for this event by emailing: info@newwestfarmers.ca

 

May 23 – Jessica Yue Dance Performance

3:45pm, 4:45pm, 5:45pm

Stop by to watch one of Jessica Yue’s 3 enthralling and beautiful, authentic Chinese fan and ribbon dance performances at the market at Tipperary Park on May 23rd!

COST: FREE

**No registration required.

 

May 30 – Tai-chi in the Park

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Date Changed

Elevate your market experience at New West Farmers Market with the rejuvenating practice of Tai Chi! Join us for a free Tai Chi session! Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a curious beginner, all levels are welcome to relax, unwind, and find balance amongst your community. All Ages.

COST: FREE

**Register for this event by emailing: info@newwestfarmers.ca

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We’re back! The New West Farmers Market’s 15th season kicks off on March 28th with an Easter-themed Block Party! The market runs weekly on Thursdays from 3pm – 7pm in Tipperary Park until November 7th.

Sponsored by Key West Ford, this season starts with a bang – a free, family-friendly Block Party featuring a city-wide Easter Egg Hunt in collaboration with the City of New Westminster. 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 cookies for the first 100 visitors, a piñata, a photobooth, free children’s crafts by New West Family Place, face painting and balloon animals from 4-6pm. Featuring live entertainment all market long by Sue Breton 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!

Come by for some fun and get all your shopping done! Meet the New West Farmers Market’s 2024 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.

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  We are just 2 weeks away from our Season Opener Block Party! 

 

We are so excited to kick off this season in style! Join us on March 30th in Tipperary Park from 3-7pm.

  • Free cookies from Homemade By Harris for the first 100 guests!
  • 3:30- Opening remarks from Stacey Ferguson from QayQayt First Nation and City Councillor Tasha Henderson
  • 4:00 and 5:00- Tot and Mini Music Classes with Music Box
  • 4:00-6:00- Face Painting and balloons from Michelle’s Cheeky Face Painting
  • Live music from Sue Breton
  • A human statue!
  • Lawn games and a craft table
  • Member Appreciation Day deals!
  • Food Trucks- Bread and Cheese and Crema Ice Cream and Desserts (find them on Queens Ave)
  • Enter our Instagram contest by tagging @newwestfarmers in your Market Haul pics for your chance to win $20 in Market Money!

Don’t miss out on this awesome event. Come welcome back all your favourite vendors and discover new ones too!

Our market will run every Thursday until November 2nd.

Can’t wait to see you all again soon!

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As we start to get ready for our 2023 season, we wanted to draw your attention to a few vendor updates.

Anne’s Kitchen/Anne’s Gallery

We are excited to announce that much loved Anne will be joining us again this season for a few dates. Anne and her husband, Michael, have been a mainstay at our market and have kept New Westminster supplied with jams, pickles, and gorgeous sweaters since we opened nearly 15 years ago. At the end of our regular season last year, Anne let us know that she was ready to retire her business. However, this was a false alarm! Anne has let us know that her winter break gave her the rest she needed and she has had so many people reach out to her to express their sadness that she has decided she is not quite ready to retire after all. Though we are just starting to get organized for our 2023 season, she has let us know that she intends to come back for a few dates. Keep an eye out!

 

Plantbase

We are very sad to share that beloved long-time vendor, Plantbase, are slowly closing their business. They’ve contributed so much to our market and community and been with us for many years. We are excited to see what the future holds for this talented team but they will be so missed at NWFM. Please make sure you reach out to them to let them know how much you love and appreciate David and his team, and buy their products to help them wind down!

Please watch this video to learn more about the closing of Plantbase and look here to see how you can support this wonderful business as they wrap up.

We reached out to David Isbister, co-owner of Plantbase, and he had a few words for New West:

It has been such joy to come to know you all over the years. New West Farmer’s Markets were my first farmers markets and remain so special to me because of the beautiful setting, the diverse communities we get to serve in some small but impactful ways, and really just all the special folks (and their non human companions) who pass through. I have truly enjoyed every minute so much. I am sure you will see me pop up some way or another in the future 😉 – so keep checking up on what I get up to and say hello any darn time. Let’s make sure it’s not goodbye!

Please support local producers, enjoy existence wherever it’s possible, and offer compassion to humans and animals. 🙂 I’ll see you all soon..or is it …tune?

David

What’soup

What’soup, owned by past chef of El Santo, Bella Almeida, is sadly closing their doors. You can see Bella’s post here about the closing of her business. Her last market will be Port Moody on January 15th (this Sunday) so make sure you go and stock up on her delicious creations. We are extremely sad to be losing Bella and her soups, but look forward to what the future has in store for this talented chef.

We reached out to Bella and she had a few words for New West:

Dear friends,

There is no easy way to say this but I am closing What’Soup. I have no words to say how much I appreciate every single one of you for all your support throughout those 2 intense, challenging and wonderful years. Being at the markets was not only a great experience as a business owner but it also gave me the chance to connect with amazing people and learn a lot from them. Closing was a very hard decision to make but the right one for this moment. I hope that you all could feel the passion and caring in every soup you tried because that’s how they were always made. Thank you, NWFM, for being such an amazing community! Hope you all have an amazing 2023 and keep supporting local! 🙂
With love, Bella Almeida.

Applications for the 2023 market will be released soon. We are excited for another season of fresh local food, but Plantbase and What’soup will be so missed. We are incredibly saddened by this loss. We hope you take the time to connect with the vendors you love and stock up on your soups and vegan foods. Make sure to continue to support local and come visit Anne! 

 

We will see you in Tipperary Park beginning March 30th, 3-7pm.

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We’ve missed you since our regular season ended but we’ve been hard at work planning for our 3rd Annual Holiday Market!!! 

We’re excited to bring you over 90 local vendors this year including many of your usual favourites as well as a bunch of new faces! 

We’ll have 8 great food trucks for you, live music, a special performance by the Music Box, and our Sprout Club tent will have crafts and activities for kids. This market is pet friendly so bring your fur babies along too (on a leash please) 

Rain, snow, or shine- this market will be an excellent chance to shop local this Holiday season.  Whether you’re shopping for last minute gifts or looking for fresh ingredients for your Holiday Dinner, we have it all!

We will be outside New West City Hall December 10+11, from 10am-4pm
Entrance is by a recommended $5 minimum donation to be split with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

 

Can’t wait to see you there!!! 

 

 

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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.