The market on September 30th will be the second to last market of our summer 2010 season! It’s been an interesting season so far with record rain followed by record dry followed by our good friend rain again! An outdoor market is a wonderful way to witness the seasons changing – not only from the trees in wonderful Tipperary Park, but also from what you see in the stalls – produce is ever-changing and amazing to look at. This week, look for hardy celery root (try it stand alone mashed or in soups), fennel (grilled or in a stir fry), or kale (rolled chopped up tomatoes, black pepper, and feta cheese up in a kale leaf and grill quickly -yum!). Ask your vendor for tips on how to prepare your veggie treasures.
Did you know that New Westminster boasts an amazing heritage of having a vibrant city farmers market? For many years it was indoors, but at the beginning, it was outdoors too, not terribly far from our current site. Here’s a neat photo from the New Westminster Public Library’s archives showing our market predecessors in 1898 right after New Westminster’s Great Fire. (Photographer was Paul Okamura, Ascension # 156)
If you look closely in the background of that photo, you can see those early market organizers had something we don’t have – hitching posts for horses! We do have a place to park your modern wheeled “horses” though – a bike rack is at the south end of the market (there’s also a popular bike-hitching pole at the north end), and car parking is available along Royal Avenue in the metered spaces (it’s free on market days!) as well as Queens Avenue. City Hall parking lot is also available to market customers after 4:30PM.
Here’s the fresh sheet for this week:
Music, sponsored by our friends at the Heritage Grill (where there’s live jazz, blues, folk, Latin, and funk 7 days a week!):
- Ross Werlick 3-5pm
- Delaney Bloudell 5-7pm
Entertainment and activities for kids:
Kids’ Entertainment:
- Allyson Grant, Face Painting
- Kids’ Freeplay Zone, with toys selected with care at Pedagogy Toys
Community Groups:
Vendors This Week : (not all vendors come to every market, so check this list if you’re looking for someone special – they are arranged categorically. Want a complete listing of all the vendors, even the ones not here this week? Here it is!)
Eat On Site
- Beer Brats – Beer. Brats. Brilliant.
- Copeland Foods – hot vegetarian samosas, as well as frozen take home meat pies and ready-to-eat dinners
- Creperie La Boheme – Mouthwatering crepes!
- Gogo Java – Coffee, tea, smoothies, juice, and other liquids
- Maluma Health Foods – Bison hot dogs, bison smokies, bison chili and bison ribs and take home packages too!
Produce
- Apple Barn Pumpkin Farm – Peppers, tomatoes, apples & pumpkins
- Celyddon Farms – Certified organic produce from Delta
- Forstbauer Family Natural Food Farm – organic produce, eggs, and beef
- Glen Valley Organic Farm – certified organic produce from a farm located only 50km from New Westminster
- Golden West Farms – Okanagan fruit grown in Summerland, many certified organic
- Maan Farms – assorted locally grown produce
- Misty Mountain Specialties – fresh wild and cultivated mushrooms, dried mushroom products
- Nature Village Farm – Asian produce grown in Richmond
- Shalefield Organic Gardens – produce from the Columbia Valley
Dairy
- Farmhouse Natural Cheeses – cow’s milk cheeses, goat’s milk cheese, goat’s milk yogurt, cow milk butter
- Greendale Herb and Vine – Cheddar cheese, cheese curds, herbs, nut butters and honeycomb
- Little Qualicum Cheeseworks – High quality cheese from Vancouver Island
Meat & Fish
- Gelderman Farms – Pork
- Outwest Ranches – beef raised locally and fresh eggs
Bread & Baking
- A Bread Affair – Breads
- Blackberry Hill – Baked Goods
- Sunrise Pita Company – pitas, chips, dips, and banana bread
- Sweet Thea Cake Company – tarts, pies, cookies, and cakes
Delectable Treats
- Ace Curries To Go – curry sauces
- AJI Gourmet Products – sauces made using aji spice
- Amber’s Choice – baked madeleines, soups, salad dressing
- Bean Boy Creations – Organic hummous
- Con Amore Foods – handmade fresh pasta and vegan spreads and dips
- Gary’s Kettlecorn – Kettlecorn
- Jane’s Honey Bees – honey and other bee products
- Momma Nellie’s Goodies – Salsa
- Simply Delish Soup Co – layered soup mix, rice pilaf mix, and spice rubs
- Taste Tea Cup – locally blended loose leaf tea
Local Crafters
- Alma Valle Fine Silver Jewelry – handcrafted sterling silver original jewelry
- Black Bamboo Artisans – hand made glazed pottery and knitting
- Dingolay Glass Creations – African and Caribbean fused glass jewelry
- Ildiko Jewelry – hand forged sterling silver jewelry
- Lesley and Brenda – assorted knitting, beaded items, and other hand made goods
- The Other Eden – cold process soaps scented with essential and fragrance oils, room sprays, body products
- Quality Oak Accents – Fine wood creations
Gardening
- Secret Garden – cut flowers
