About

The SFU Pocket Farmers Market is brought to you by the Coquitlam Farmers Market Society in collaboration with the SFU Local Food Project.

Details:

When: Every Wednesday  (May 19 – October 2010)

Time: 12-6pm

Where: Cornerstone Town Square (by the upper bus loop)

What: A community space with a wide range of delicious food options:  local/organic fruits and vegetables, freshly baked bread, delicious jams, honey, salsa, eggs and more! Live music and educational activities make the market the perfect place to get to know your community, learn more about your role as a consumer in sustainable food systems and have fun!


What’s for sale?

Fresh Produce:

  • Cropthorne Farm: A one acre natural veggie farm that doesn’t use GMO seeds, pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. Instead they work with Mother Nature using low input methods. Almost everything is done by hand and their veggies are picked at their peak!

  • Skeeter Farm: A new farm run largely by youth in Abbotsford. The farm grows a plethora of delectable vegetables on 14 acres of farmland along the Sumas River in Abbotsford.  It is owned by the City of Abbotsford who has graciously leased it to allow new farmers to start their businesses. See their blog to follow their farming adventures!
  • Floralia: Located in Abbotsford, this conventionally run farm offers fresh, affordable produce.

  • Biota Farm: A beautiful 8-acre Biodynamic Certified farm in Abbotsford bringing fresh produce and eggs the way that nature intended!

Delicious Preserves:

  • Glen Wood Preserves: Located in Langley, Glen Wood has dill pickles with garlic, spicy dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, and a variety of jams and jellies, including strawberry rhubarb jam, blackberry jam,  and hot red pepper jelly
  • Momma Nellies: Homemade salsa made in Burnaby, BC with no thickeners, no fillers and no artificial flavors. Available in four “heat” levels: not hot at all, not hot, just hot, and really hot.

Honey:

  • Vlad’s Apiary: Located in Maple Ridge, Vlad’s Apiary produces and markets high quality local honey and other related products.

Freshly baked bread:

  • Gesundheit Bakery: European style bread, buns, strudels and cheese pretzels are freshly baked each morning without the use of sugar, oil or preservatives.  Gesundheit Bakery is located in Abbotsford, BC.
  • A Bread Affair: Hand crafted, organic, flavourful artisan breads made in Langley, BC. They make bread the same way that bakers perfected their craft 100, 500 and even thousands of years ago. And it shows in every loaf.


Refreshing Drinks:

  • Kic’s Lemonade: Syrup made with all natural ingredients, it’s the best lemonade you will ever try! Buy it by the cup at the market or by the bottle to take home.

Free Range Organic Eggs

  • Biota Farm: A beautiful 8-acre Biodynamic Certified farm in Abbotsford bringing fresh produce and eggs the way that nature intended!

Irresistable Snacks

  • Gary’s Kettlecorn: Mouth watering sweet and salty popcorn that is impossible to put down! Brought to you by a father/son team, this popcorn is like none other and the perfect study snack!

Nature’s Garden Organic Deli

  • Nature’s Garden Organic Deli: A variety of organic baked goods, homemade pies, free trade organic coffee, scrumptious quiche and other delicious treats!


Why the “pocket”?

Pocket markets are different from farmers markets in that staff and volunteers sell directly on behalf of local vendors, so the farmers don’t have to leave the field. This lessens the burden on farmers to attend multiple markets thereby increasing the economic viability of local food production, creating new avenues for distribution, and broadening access to fresh, local food within the community!

Newsletter:

To sign up for the online monthly SFU Pocket Farmers Market Newsletter with local stories, events and recipes, send an email to pocketmarket@sfulocalfood.ca with “Mailing List” in the subject field.

Supporters:

The SFU Pocket Farmers Market is brought to you by the Coquitlam Farmers Market in collaboration with the SFU Local Food Project. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the SFU Community Trust and Vancity as the primary sponsors of the SFU Pocket Market.