(top) courtesy Squamish Farmers' Market, courtesy UBC Farm
Winter Market takes place at the West
Coast Railway Heritage Park on alternate
Sundays. squamishfarmersmarket.com
Salt Spring Island
Saturdays until October 26
Tuesdays until October 29
Saturday markets on Canada's artsiest island
include local arts and crafts, while the
Tuesday market offers edibles only. saltspring
market.com; saltspringtuesdaymarket.com
Kelowna Wed. and Sat. until October 30
Vernon Mon. and Thur. until October 31
These two share top billing as the
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Comox Valley Saturdays year round
vernonfarmersmarket.ca;
kelownafarmersandcraftersmarket.com
Boomer Jerritt/All Canada Photos
powerhouse markets in the Interior.
The North Okanagan gathering was
founded first in 1979, 16 years ahead
of its southern rival, but both Vernon
and Kelowna boast more than 150
local growers and artisans, so the
shopper always wins.
comoxvalleyfarmersmarket.com
VANCOUVER: UBC Farm
(University of British Columbia campus)
Saturdays until November 9
This is one of the few markets in B.C. that
eschews crafts and focuses strictly on food,
agricultural products and live music.
Edible offerings include free-range poultry,
eggs, tuna, salmon, shellfish and meat
ranging from pheasant to lamb.
Prince George Saturdays year round
All the usual fare of a bounteous farmers'
market – plus bison meat!
farmersmarketpg.ca
Combine a 24-hectare
teaching farm with a
large university campus
perched on the edge of a
major city, sprinkle with
agricultural researchers
and some young people
with crazy ideas and
voilà! Instant urban
agrarian experiment with
a rare opportunity for
shoppers to tour the
fields that bore their
veggies. ubcfarm.ubc.ca
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