List of vendors in attendance: Hilary’s Cheese, Terra Nosa Farm, Preservation Foods, 2GF by Lesley, Cottlestone Apiary, B-red Bakery, Il Forno di Claudio, Seabluff Farm, Fry’s Red Wheat Bread, Omnivore Acres, Sun Trio Farm, Tortilla Monterrey, Cowichan Pasta, Local Motive, Haliburton Farm, Sweet Flour, West Coast Awesome Sauce, Saanich Organics, Fat Fish Seafoods, Alberts Creations, Food Roots Co-operative, Vancouver Island Salt Co. & Reu Shine

Photo taken by Maryanne Carmack

Don’t forget your shopping bags and leather shoes – Rue Shine will once again be at our market buffing up old shoes and making them sparkle!

Musicians: Slim Sandy 11-1230 break 1-230

Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market TWICE a month!
When: February 18th, 11am-3pm
Where: Market Square, Inner Courtyard
Why: What could be better than local food?

Former Pubic Market in Victoria - late 1800's

The Needs Assessment Stakeholder Consultation and Project is funded in part by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C. through the Agri-Food Futures Fund, Islands Agri-Food Initiative, a provincial trust funded from money under the former federal-provincial safety nets framework.  Additional funding supplied by Enterprising Non-Profits

Aside from accessing great local products, attending a farmers’ market today is a step back to a time when our daily essentials came directly from local food producers and public markets were the social hubs of a community. Seasonal farmers’ markets provide consumers with access to fresh, local food  and provide the best possible return to local food producers. A permanent downtown public market will go one step further by bringing residents and visitors together with local producers year-round, and thus increase food security and build social capital throughout Greater Victoria. Please support the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society, because Victoria is ready for a permanent downtown public market!

List of vendors in attendance: Hilary’s Cheese, Fat Fish Seafood, Preservation Foods, 2GF by Lesley, Cottlestone Apiary, B-red Bakery, Il Forno di Claudio, Seabluff Farm, West Coast Awesome Sauce, Fry’s Red Wheat Bread, Omnivore Acres, Food Roots Co-operative, Terra Nosa Farm, Oasis Organics Co-op, Tortilla Monterrey, Cowichan Pasta, Saanich Organics, Sun Trio Farm, Rene Sans Salsa, Wild Jam Man, Vancouver Island Salt Co. & Reu Shine

Photo by Maryanne Carmack

Don’t forget your shopping bags and leather shoes – Reu Shine will once again be at our market buffing up old shoes and making them sparkle!

Musicians: Slim Rooster 11-1230 break 1-230

Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market TWICE a month!
When: February 4th, 11am-3pm
Where: Market Square, Inner Courtyard
Why: What could be better than local food?

List of vendors in attendance: Hilary’s Cheese, Preservation Foods, 2GF by Lesley, Cottlestone Apiary, B-red Bakery, Il Forno di Claudio, Seabluff Farm, Fry’s Red Wheat Bread, Omnivore Acres, Terra Nosa Farm, Oasis Organics Co-op, Sun Trio Farm, Tortilla Monterrey, Rene Sans Salsa, Food Roots Co-operative, Cowichan Pasta, Old Country Seeds, Cold Comfort, Haliburton Farm, Sweet Flour, West Coast Awesome Sauce, Wild Jam Man, Elk Lake Farm, Saanich Organics, Fat Fish Seafoods, Alberts Creations, El Guapo Chorizo Grill, Rebecca’s Garden, Vancouver Island Salt Co. & Reu Shine

Don’t forget your shopping bags and leather shoes – Reu Shine will once again be at our market buffing up old shoes and making them sparkle!

Musicians: Slim Sandy & Crew 11-1230 break 1-230

Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market TWICE a month!
When: January 21st, 11am-3pm
Where: Market Square, Inner Courtyard
Why: What could be better than local food?

The beauty of our farmers’ markets is the wonderful selection of really fresh vegetables and fruit. Not everything is available throughout the year, as one crop finishes another one starts, adding excitement to your biweekly shop. This means you get to cook with produce when it tastes the best. Drop by for produce, cheese, baked goods, preserves, eggs, salt, meat, pasta and all your other winter market favorites.

List of vendors in attendance: Hilary’s Cheese, 2GF by Lesley, Cottlestone Apiary, Il Forno di Claudio, Seabluff Farm, Fry’s Red Wheat Bread, Omnivore Acres, Terra Nosa Farm, Sun Trio Farm, Tortilla Monterrey, Rene Sans Salsa, Food Roots Co-operative, Cowichan Bay Pasta, Old Country Seeds, Haliburton Farm, Wild Jam Man, West Coast Awesome Sauce, Vancouver Island Salt Co. & Reu Shine

Musicians: Slim Sandy & Crew 11-1230 break 1-230

A few reasons to not miss this market:
Turkeys – plan to pick up your holiday turkey from Terra Nossa Farm – certified organic farm, raising turkeys on certified organic feed and pasture. These are happy turkeys that have been hand raised on a farm that values that the turkeys be allowed to be turkeys – be outside when they want, eat bugs and grass and have as happy and natural life.
2GF by Lesley – gluten free stuffing, gingerbread house kits, stained glass sugar cookies, rum balls and fruitcakes (traditional boozy woozy).
Il Forno di Claudio – Pandoro, which is a traditional Christmas cake from Italy, particularly the city of Verona.
Cold Comfort – Christmas Treemsicle: The taste of Christmas in a pint! Douglas fir ice cream plus a burst of mandarin orange sorbet. Adventurous taste bud spirits delight!
Omnivore Acres – farm fresh, Omega 3 eggs produced from veggie fed Rhode Island red hens.
Fry’s Red Wheat Bread – Panettone, Christmas Stollen with local hazelnut marzipan, assortment of Christmas cookies and his regular selection of breads, croissants and scones.
Westcoast Wildfire Awesome Sauce – 2 new sauces! Embers Awesome Sauce & Armageddon Sauce come taste and see for yourself how awesome they are.
Holiday Spirit – bring the family to experience a spell-binding performance of A Christmas Carol based on Charles Dickens’ original script from 1867 North American reading tour – 12pm & 2pm

Vendors: 2gf by Lesley, Il Forno di Claudio, Cottlestone Apiary, Jay Milliken, Westcoast Wildfire Awesome Sauce, Sun Trio Farm, Terra Nosa Farm, Tortilla Monterrey, Rene Sans Salsa, Cowichan Pasta, Vancouver Island Salt Co, Fry’s Red Wheat Bread, Rebeccas Garden, El Guapo Chorizo Grill, B-red Bakery, Saanich Organics, Old Country Seeds, Halibuton Farm, Foodroots Distributor Co-op, Selfsuff, Cold Comfort, Omnivore Acres, EAT Magazine, Wild Jam Man, Sweet Flour & Fresh Beginnings Farm

Musicians:

Email: marycarmack@victoriapublicmarket.com
Phone: 250 884 8552

For all vendor inquiries:
Contact: Corry Matechuck
Phone: 250 508 3533
Email: corry@victoriapublicmarket.com

See you there & don’t forget your shopping bags!

Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market TWICE a month!
When: 11am-3pm 1st & 3rd Saturday
Where: Market Square, Inner Courtyard
Why: What could be better than local food?

The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society is really excited about our upcoming farmers market in Market Square this Saturday November 19th from 11-3. A special thanks goes out to our loyal vendors and to our volunteers who take the time and effort to be a part of our winter markets. We deeply appreciate the overwhelming support from our community for our mission to one day have a permanent downtown local marketplace in Victoria. Come join us this weekend and celebrate the values of local food!

List of vendors in attendance:

• 2gf
• Cottlestone Apiary
• Il Forno di Claudio
• Seabluff Farm
• Sun Trio Farm
• B-red Bakery
• Cold Comfort
• Untamed Feast
• Terra Nosa Farm
• Saanich Organics
• Elk Lake Farm
• Haliburton Farm
• Rebeccas Garden
• Tortilla Monterey
• Cowichan Pasta
• Old Country Seeds
• Rene Sans Salsa
• Lawler Farm
• Vancouver Island Salt Co.
• El Guapo Chorizo Grill
• Fry’s Red Wheat Bread
• Preservation Foods/Camilles
• Fresh Beginnings Organic Farm
• Westcoast Wildfire Awesome Sauce
• Jason Milliken/Island mushrooms

The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society would like to thank former board member, volunteer and market manager Tim Trebilcock for his hard work and dedication to the VDPMS team and for helping us move a few steps closer to a permanent year-round farmers market in downtown Victoria. Although Tim was offered the opportunity to return as our market manager for this season, he’s chosen to seek out other challenges and we wish him the very best in his new endeavors!

On that note, we are thrilled to introduce our new winter market manager Corry Matechuck to our team! Corry is a local farmer. She has been running and operating Holland Farm for the past 10 years. Holland Farm is a small, natural-pesticide free farm, specializing in heirloom vegetables and unique edibles. Corry’s reputation is one of superior product, ethical farming practices and committed community involvement. Through perseverance and dedication, Corry has secured a strong local following and the support of many of Victoria’s finest restaurants

From 2006-2010, Corry was responsible for the onsite operations of the Bastion Square ICC Farmers Market. It was an exceptionally popular downtown market with an enthusiastic customer base. It provided access to sustainably produced local food while supporting the individuals growing and producing those products. This year, Corry was the Farm Market Manager for the Centennial Square Farm Market, which was part of the Sunday Market in the Square. We are so pleased to have Corry join our team. With her immense energy, upbeat attitude, loyalty to our local farmers/vendors and commitment to our winter market, we are sure that this winter is going to be exciting!

Questions? Please contact:

Maryanne Carmack, Communications
Email: marycarmack@victoriapublicmarket.com
Phone: 250 884 8552

Save the Dates:

November 19th
December 3rd & 17th
January 7th & 21stS.
February 4th & 18th
(February 18th at Seedy Saturday at Conference Center for 1 day only!)
March 3rd and 17th

Join Our Volunteer Team!

Show your support for local food by volunteering at our winter markets.
Contact: Corry Matechuk, Winter Market Manager
Email: corry@victoriapublicmarket.com
Phone: 250 508 3533

Spread the Word!

Please join our Facebook pages to see our vendor announcements, news and information. Connect with us on Twitter: @VicPubMark. Share our posts and information with your friends and colleagues through your newsletters, event calendars, facebook posts and tweets.

While the weather outside might be frightful, it only makes a winter farmers’ market all the more delightful! For those who are more than just fair weather foodies, you can get fresh, local food twice a month on Saturdays at our Winter Farmers’ Market in Market Square. And yes, there are definitely seasonal goodies this time of the year, such as fresh island mushrooms, truly one of winter’s greatest culinary delights, along with maple bacon donuts from B-red Bakery, Cottlestone Apiarys’ orange infused local honey, Sea Bluff Farms’ crisp rainbow chard, Preservation Foods’ canned chimichuri and Westcoast Wildfire Awesome hot sauce  to name a few. Come by this Saturday and get to know your local farmers who work our land to give us fresh, local food all year long. Don’t forget your shopping bags!

Here is the list of vendors who will be in attendance:

• Il Forno di Claudio
• Cottlestone Apiary
• Sea Bluff Farm
• B-red Bakery
• 2GF
• Sun Trio Farm
• Tortilleria Monterrey
• Fry’s Red Wheat Bread
• Just For Me Gluten Free
• Vancouver Island Salt Co.
• Preservation Foods/Camille’s
• Westcoast Wildfire Awesome Sauce
• Jason Milliken/island mushrooms

SEE YOU THERE!