By Lily Nichol
Both positions are now filled.
Join Our Team!
We have two Canada Summer Jobs positions this year and we are excited to be adding to our team for our busy season!
We are accepting applications until June 4th and looking to hire ASAP.
We will only contacting shortlisted applicants.
Please find our job postings below:
By Lily Nichol
Join us for Easter and find the golden eggs!
That’s right! Swing by our first market of the season, April 1st, and find the golden eggs hidden throughout the market by New Westminster Parks and Rec and you could win! Each egg has a prize!
Find us in Tipperary Park on April 1st. Priority entrance for seniors, those with disabilities and those with small children is from 3-3:15. General entrance is 3:15-7!
We’ll see you at the market!
By Lily Nichol
Annual General Meeting – 2020 in Review
Please consider this official notice of the New West Farmers Market 2020 AGM:
Monday, February 8th, 7:00pm
Held via Google Meet
Please click here to receive the meeting link!
The New West Farmers Market Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, February 8th at 7:00pm via Google Meet.The meeting agenda will be primarily comprised of an update on this year’s activities, successes and challenges in 2020 and our financial performance in 2020.
What to expect at our AGM this year:
Reports on Our 2020 Year:
You will hear reports from three people: Lily, our Market Manager on the challenges and success of our Covid-19 season; Shannon, our outgoing Treasurer, on the state of our financials from 2020; and from Matt, our President, on our plans moving the market forward.
Elect or Acclaim a Revised Board:
Some of the most basic business of an AGM is to elect a new board. We are losing two of our directors this year and have four vacancies to fill for 2021. The New West Farmers Market Board can accept up to seven elected board members.
Normally after the business end of the AGM we have treats and socializing, but this will have to wait until next year’s AGM.
We hope you can join us on February 8th.
By Lily Nichol
Do you love New Westminster? Do you love supporting local food and businesses?
Our AGM is coming up in February and we are looking to fill four seats on our amazing board for our 2021 season!
We are a fun and lighthearted team, with a small but hands on board and a young, hardworking staff. We meet monthly (on google hangouts right now, but in normal times, we meet up for tea and cookies IRL) for a couple hours, and beyond that we ask that board members be available to do a bit of prep work for our meetings (amount varies by role), and we ask for additional volunteer time of 4ish hours per month (varies based on what projects are at hand).
We are specifically seeking a treasurer and a secretary to join our team (no previous experience is required)!
You don’t have to have any background of volunteering on a board, or volunteering with the market. We simply are looking for people who are passionate about what we do, and have the time to put their passion to work helping us making the market bigger, better, and more amazing this year! Have questions or want to throw your hat into the ring? Contact board@newwestfarmers.ca by February 5th at the latest.
By Lily Nichol
Due to an updated order from the Provincial Health Officer last week farmers markets are no longer able to host vendors who sell items that are not consumable by humans.
We wanted to make sure our community still had an opportunity to support the vendors that we and New West Craft had originally booked for our Holiday Market. Below are all the vendors we originally scheduled who are no longer able to join us.
Thanks for supporting local!
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.