It's Time to Get Fresh! Its Market Season Again

Spring will be represented in all of its glory as the East Vancouver Farmers Market opens again for its 12th season with its “Dig In!” Garden Festival Saturday, May 20.

Alongside the first local greens of the year will be a wide variety of plants, shrubs, flowers and veggie starters along with community gardening information, composting displays, seeds for sale and more!

In addition to our usual fabulous assortment of nursery vendors, Dig In! will feature information from: Evergreen, City Farmer, Master Gardeners, Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project, MOBY and The Leaky Heaven Circus (we know they aren't garden related but they sure are fun!)

Join us at 8:45 for opening ceremonies! We're sure this will be the best season yet thanks to great (and growing) support from our vendors, shoppers and our community!
The market continues every Saturday until Thanksgiving. 9am - 2pm

If you've forgotten, parking is still tight at this venue so if you can, take transit and if you can't please park politely.

Next Market to Open: Riley Park, June 7
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Old Fashioned Rhubarb Cake

Recipe Courtesy of Susan Davidson from her "Down to Earth" cookbook available at Langley Organic Growers stall, East Vancouver.

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups chopped raw rhubarb ( 1 stem = approx 1 cup)

Topping
1/2 sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cream together butter, sugar and egg.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to butter mixture. Beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Mix in vanilla and rhubarb.

 

Pour into 9" x 12" pan
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over top.

Bake for 40 minutes.
Vendor News

Earn Some Bread
Chris Brown of Rise Artisan is looking for an assistant to
help with the setup and selling at Trout Lake Farmers Market most Saturdays from May 20 - Oct. 7. Hours would be from 8:00 am to (approximately) 2:30pm Saturday. Assistants must be neat, organized, able bodied and capable of working under pressure while maintaining a friendly disposition with our
wonderful customers! Must supply own transportation to site. Foodsafe certificate is a definite plus. Pay rate is $70 per day paid at the end of the market day, plus free baked goods to take home. Please e-mail christopher-brown@shaw.ca or phone 604 731-0739 and leave a message.
Application deadline is June 01, 2006.

Show-Off
Stop in at Dundarave Print Workshop (Granville Island) to see Andrea Taylor's latest works in her solo show starting June 6. The show continues until July 3.

Plastic Recycling
Lowland Herb Farm is happy to accept your used plastic bags with handles for their plant sales. Yes she can take lots. She also recycles her own plant pots.

Free Community Tables at the Market
Did you know that non-profit and community groups can get a free table at the Farmers Markets? We offer these tables to community groups so that they may display information about their work, sell raffle and event tickets and get community support for their initiatives. If your group is interested, please read our guidelines and fill out an application.
We provide a table and chairs, cover and an interested public. Act fast for best date selection as spots go quickly!
Call the market office for more information.

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YLFMS Membership Committee Needs a Volunteer (or two)

The membership committee is looking for someone to help out in the office on a weekly basis updating member files, making membership cards and preparing mailouts and group emails.

The ideal candidate has between 4 -6 hours free per month (will vary throughout the season), is computer literate with some database experience - basic understanding is fine, has good penmanship (for making out membership cards) and good attention to details. Oh, enthusiasm and a keen interest in the markets would be great.

If you think you'd be a good fit, please drop a line to roberta@eatlocal.org.

Community Events and Announcements

Put 'Em Up!
Vancouver Community Kitchen Project will be offering 2 cannibng classes in June:
Dilly Green Beans - Thursday June 1 6:30pm-9:30pm
Berry Jam - Thursday June 22 6:30pm-9:30pm
Only 8 people per class. Learn through participation. Everyone takes an active role in the kitchen. Learn what makes preserves, pickles and jams safe. All canning equipment, tools, jars and food ingredients provided.
Cost: Sliding scale $5.00 - $45.00 per person. Prepayment required.
To register or for more info please contact the Vancouver Community Kitchen Project tel:604-876-0659 ext 118 or
cooking@uniserve.com

Main Street Days - June 3 The third annual MAIN STREET DAYS are happening at Main and 28th. All sorts of stuff happening up and down the street with music, shopping, food and fun.

Fab Fair June 3 - Heritage Hall, Main Street at 15th Ave

White Rock Off-Season Farmers Markets
Holds it's final off-season market - June 4 - 10am-1pm at the Elks Hall 1469 George St  For more info: www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca

Little Mountain Riley Park Festival - June 11
Join in for a good old fashioned neighbourhood celebration held annually at Riley Park Community Centre. For more details, call: 604-879-7104

Commercial Drive Festival - June 18
Last year's first-ever Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival gave around 24,000 people a glimpse of urban paradise: one glorious free-for-all street party thrown BY the people of East Van, FOR the people of East Van." We'll be there...will you?

Market Dates and Times

East Vancouver - Saturdays, 9am - 2pm
May 20 - October 7
Trout Lake Community Centre Parking Lot
East 15th Avenue and Victoria Drive

Riley Park - Wednesdays, 1pm -6:30pm
June 7 - October 25
Nat Bailey Stadium Parking Lot
30th Avenue at Ontario Street

West End, Saturdays, 9am - 2pm
June 17 - October 7
Comox Street between Bute and Thurlow

Winter Market, Saturday and Sunday, 10am - 5pm both days
December 9 & 10
Heritage Hall, Main Street at 15th Avenue

June is Bike Month - Why not bike to the market?
Next month - Meet our farmers with the first in our Farmer Spotlight series

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E-bits is YLFMS’ monthly on-line newsletter, reaching over 1,000 supporters of the Farmers’ markets in Vancouver. If you would like to submit an article relevant to our readers on topics such as local food systems, farming issues, food preparation, food issues, recipes, sustainable agriculture, land preservation, arts and crafts production and community economic development please contact Tara at tara@eatlocal.org. Only articles pertaining to the overall goals and mission of the organization will be considered for submission. The next issue of e-bits will be out June 15 . Submission deadline: June 10, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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