The April 17th market, our final winter market of the season, is going to be awesome! Check out the details, here!
Those of you who missed your chance for some maple treats or a buckwheat crepe this past Saturday still have a chance to grab a little snack here in New West. We just received this info:
5th Annual Marché français/French Marketplace 2010
Mark your calendar! Canadian Parents for French – New Westminster Chapter is preparing for the 5th Annual Marché français/French Marketplace . Come and experience a bit of French culture at the Marché français . Meet vendors of hard-to-find French resources (books, music, electronics, games and more) and interesting French-themed items. Listen to French and French-Canadian accordion music performed by Chris Messytone (4 pm – 6 pm) while enjoying delicious crêpes and maple treats.
There will be a children’s activity and craft area as well as a raffle. Free admission. Everyone welcome!
The Marché français will be held at École Herbert Spencer School Gym (605 Second Street, New Westminster) on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 2:45 pm – 8:00 pm. Info: 604-526-6630.
We’ll be holding our jury for this summer’s 2010 season arts and crafts vendors (limited to 10% of the market mix) and want to invite you to apply. The jury will be held April 20th and interested parties need to apply before April 18th to be considered.
You’ll need to fill out and send in the Summer 2010 Vendor Application Form and you need to make sure you’ve read and understand the Summer 2010 Guidelines. There is a $10 application fee. Once we receive your application, you will be given an appointment time to bring us samples and tell us about your craft!
Accepted craft vendors will be required to become members in the organization ($25 annually) and pay stall fees, just like all other vendors.
For more information about the Craft Vendor Jury or the Art in the Park program we also run (an open air gallery for artists), please email marketmanager@newwestfarmers.ca.
RCFM is looking for a special candidate to take on the task of Volunteer Coordinator. Could that be you?
We need help to schedule, organize, and attract volunteers to help us with various events – both at the market, and at other events. Time commitment will be approximately 3 hours a week in the summer. Experience with Excel, and email would be an asset. Benefits include working with a great and active board, contributing to making the market a fun and lively community event, meeting new people, and flexing those organizational skills!
If you’re comfortable talking to strangers, and are interested in this position, please email marketmanager@newwestfarmers.ca. We’d love to hear from you!
Hello New Westminster! My name is Alexander Stark, you may not know me, but you will have likely seen me roaming around the Royal City Farmers’ Markets as a shopper, volunteer, and occasionally as a vendor. I have left my most resent position as a volunteer and moved 340 km to Cawston (in BC’s interior) to become a farmer. Well not exactly, really I am an apprentice, and today was my first official day at the farm, Klippers Organics.
Over the course of eight months I will be revealing what I experience and learn during my stay at the farm. I Hope that by the end of my apprenticeship, you will have a greater sense of the process, work, and skill of the almighty farmer. For now I will only give you the context that brought me here.
I am currently 18 and a recent graduate of New Westminster Secondary School. After grad, I had chosen the path of employment rather then post-secondary. In the future I plan to attend the Natural Gourmet School for Health and Culinary Arts’ chef’s training program, however I am not yet in the right position, financially, to enroll there. Immediately after school, I found part-time employment, but still had a lot of time on my hands. While shopping one day at the market, I was easily persuaded to become a volunteer. By volunteering I was able to help bring fresh produce and other local goods to New Westminster. As an added bonus, I was actively engaged with the vendors themselves. Not that you could not do the same thing as a shopper, but it certainly helped me. Anyways, it was a natural fit! I must admit though while I found much fulfillment as a volunteer, I did have an ulterior motive: I had a budding interest in learning cultivation, not just preparation, of food. In my time at the market, I specifically asked around for jobs on farms. Mary Forstbauer of Forstbauer farms had told me about her daughter Annamarie, who farmed organically in the interior and took on apprentices. Well now ladies and gentlemen here I am, green as can be and ready to dig my hands in the soil.
Please stay tuned, my next post well provide more information about the farm itself and enlightenment as to how one becomes an apprentice.
Sincerely,
Alex
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