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Winter Farmers Market Announcement!
Following the acknowledged success of Eat Here Now 2011 on September 11th, the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society is pleased to announce a that we are putting on TWO local food markets a month to be held in Market Square from November to March.
Join us for our ongoing series of winter farmers’ markets we will be hosting this season! Buy local foods directly from area farmers, fisherman and food producers and enjoy healthful whole foods all year-round.
Dates:
November 5th and 19th
December 3rd and 17th
January 7th and 21st
February 4 and 18th
(February 18th at Seedy Saturday at Conference Center for 1 day only!)
March 3rd and 17th
The Downtown Winter Market will feature seasonal produce, baking, preserves, meat, cheese, music, hot drinks and more, all for sale under the covered half of Market Square’s inner courtyard. Participants include Haliburton and Kildara Farms, Terra Nossa farm with local meat products, Saltspring Island Cheese, Bread by Matt, Saltspring Island Mushrooms, Vancouver Island Salt, Iron Maiden Seafoods, live music and much, much more.
Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market TWICE a month!
When: 11am-3pm Saturdays
Where: Market Square, Inner Courtyard
Why: No better place to purchase comfort food on a cold winter’s day!
EAT HERE NOW 2011
Come join us! The Eat Here Now 2011 Local Food Harvest Festival is an event organized by the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society in support of the re-establishment of a year-round, indoor local food-centered public market for downtown Victoria. We believe that the return of a permanent public market downtown is vital for a healthy local food system and community. Such a market will improve the island’s food security by increasing accessibility to island grown products during every season, helping local farms remain vibrant and sustainable. Additionally, a downtown local food market will promote and support local businesses and bring neighbors together to commune and share resources, and provide a hub of food-related community education, commerce and creativity.
Eat Here Now is a FREE, family-friendly festival taking place from 11am – 4pm on Sunday September 11th in Spirit (Centennial) Square featuring some of the best farmers, fishers, butchers, bakers, processors, vintners, brewers, coffee roasters and restaurants in the region. To celebrate the craft of our food producers there will be live music from local musicians and DJs; the regions largest farmers’ market; a corn boil sponsored by Silver Rill Corn; a wild salmon roast by the Island Chef’s Collaborative and the BC Salmon Council; beer, wine, cider and mead tastings; and local restaurants demonstrating how they make the best use of regional produce and value-added food products.
FEATURING!:
Vantreight Farms | Puerto Vallarta Amigos | Relish Food and Coffee | Island Chefs Collaborative | Cafe Bliss | Kildara Farms | Saanich Organics | Terra Nossa Farm | Ottavios | Forward Thinking Foods | Alberts Creations | Il Forno di Claudio | Sea Cider | Merridale Cider | Driftwood Brewery | Mooberry Winery | Canoe | Brewpub | Ambrosia Conference & Event Centre | Cook Culture | Crumsby’s Cafe | Backyard Fresh | Salt Spring Sprouts and Exotic Mushrooms | Tower Point Farms | Haliburton Farm | Lifecycles Project Society | Victoria Compost Education Center | CR-FAIR | HomeGrown Collective | Black Olive | Choux Choux Charcuterie | Rebecca’s Garden | SunTrio Farm | FoodRoots | EAT Magazine | City of Victoria | 2% Jazz | Tula Teas | Silk Road Tea Co. | Bean Around the World | Fernwood Coffee/Parsonage | Nourish | Fol Epi | VI Salt Company | Stir it Up | Saltspring Island Cheese Co. | Awesome Sauce | Village Butcher | Farmlands Trust | Vigneti Zanatta Winery | BC Salmon | Marketing Council | Glanford Greenhouses | Dragonfly Hill Vineyard | Kulua | AJs | Organic Cafe | The Good Food Box Program | B-Red Bakery | Cold Comfort Ice Cream
ENTERTAINMENT BY:
Wontanara | Oliver Swain & Friends | Masala | The Klaxon | Silva Sound | The Great Giffoni | full details here!
Encouraged by the number of people coming out to support the winter market and the increased demand for local food in Victoria, the VDPMS, the Island Chefs’ Collaborative and Market Square have partnered to bring the downtown core a series of summer markets beginning throughout the summer.
The Victoria Downtown Farmers’ Market will showcase the best locally produced meat, cheese, bread, honey, produce, sprouts, mushrooms, salt and preserves with the ICC providing cooking demonstrations for the public in historic Market Square on the 4th Sunday of each month throughout the summer months. The next summer market will include live music by Shanti Bremer and Colin Boland, and much more.
Admission is FREE and suitable for the entire family. The next Victoria Downtown Farmers’ Market happens on Sunday May 22 from 11am to 3pm at Market Square in beautiful downtown Victoria!
Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Victoria Downtown Farmers’ Market
When: Sundays May 22, June 26, July 24, Aug 28 11am-3pm
Where: Market Square
Why: Delicious local food, entertainment and more on the 4th summer Sunday of each month!
The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society is a registered nonprofit organization with a mandate to establish a permanent marketplace in downtown Victoria.
For further information, please contact Maryanne Carmack | phone: 250 884 8552 | eatherenow@gmail.com
Recent Events
Winter Farmer’s Market at Market Square
In support of a Victoria Downtown Public Market
We’ve added a market in February and March to meet demand! Winter Farmers’ Markets happening Feb 19, Feb 26, March 19, March 26 to make the most of this winter season!
The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society will continue our Winter Market shenanigans with the sixth farmers’ market of the season on March 26th -more street food, cheese, preserves, music and HOT cider to keep you warm!
Following the success of Eat Here Now on September 26, the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society is pleased to announce a monthly local food market to be held in Market Square from November to March on the third Saturday of each month.
The Downtown Winter Market will feature seasonal produce, baking, preserves, meat, cheese, music, hot drinks and more, all for sale under the covered half of Market Square’s inner courtyard. Participants include Haliburton and Kildara Farms, Terra Nossa farm with local meat products, Saltspring Island Cheese, Bread by Matt, Saltspring Island Mushrooms, Vancouver Island Salt, Iron Maiden Seafoods, live music and much, much more.
Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market
When: 11am-3pm Saturdays Feb 19, Feb 26, March 19, March 26
Where: Market Square
Why: No better place to purchase comfort food on a cold winter’s day!
Spring into spring at the Winter Market in Market Square to make the new year tastier, and to support our regions farmers and food producers!
For further information please drop us a line: eatherenow@gmail.com.
Eat Here Now: Victoria Harvest Fest
In support of a Victoria Downtown Public Market | September 26, 2010
Eat Here Now: Victoria Harvest Festival is an event organized by the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society in support of the re-establishment of a year-round, indoor local produce public market for downtown Victoria. The society includes members representating FoodRoots, Homegrown Collective, Lifecycles, Victoria City Council, CR-Fair, Ottavio’s and many other organizations and businesses who believe that the return of a permanent public market downtown is vital for a healthy local food system and community.
Eat Here Now is a free, family-friendly festival taking place from 11am – 4pm on Sunday September 26th in Spirit (Centennial) Square featuring some of the best farmers, fishers, butchers, bakers, processors and restaurants in the region. To celebrate the craft of our food producers, there will be live music from local performers, farm animal viewing, a corn boil, a wild salmon roast and local restaurants demonstrating how they make the best use of regional produce and value-added food products.
