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Creston Valley Food Action Coalition Assistant 20-week position, 20 hours/week – $17 per hour Closing date for applications – April 23, 2021 Start date is May 8, 2021 Who are we? We are a network of local food producers, agricultural agencies and concerned citizens working to create awareness of how we can better feed ourselves using […]
Signs of spring are all around us! Bright Snowdrops peaking up along your neighbourhood walk, the early return of some songbirds, even those pesky allergies…and the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market! While we may still be a little ways off from the Valley’s true growing season, our farmers and food producers are never idle. Many of […]
Do you love community, local food security, and chewy red velvet cookies? If you answered yes to any one of those, the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market is the place for you! For our second monthly market of the year, you’ll find a dozen local farmers, bakers, and food producers up at the Creston & District […]
This holiday season, it’s more important than ever to support local businesses when buying gifts for your loved ones. While the latest PHO has prohibited our dedicated artisans from vending at the market in person, we’ve made it easy for you to shop with our stellar line-up of artists and producers with the: CVFM Shop […]
Celebrate your local small business owners this Saturday at the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market! Any product sold at the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market is guaranteed to be made, baked or grown locally, making it the perfect shopping destination on the Saturday after American Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday! Small businesses feed our communities. They keep our […]
Can you BOO-LIEVE it is our very last outdoor market this Saturday, October 31st? To celebrate, we’ll be handing out coupons and candy generously donated by Pealow’s Independent Grocers! Come dressed up (masks encouraged) and find 23 vendors selling some gourd-geous local goods. Don’t fear! Our vendors are not wrapping up for good, just relocating […]
To our dedicated customers, It was a difficult decision, but we have cancelled the market for today, October 24, 2020. With wind gusts expected to reach up to 40km/hr and such a chill in the air, it just didn’t seem safe for our vendors or for you to set-up and operate a market today. Unfortunately, […]
We are grateful for the dedicated shoppers who braved the downpour last Saturday to check off the grocery list for Thanksgiving Dinner. We hope that everyone had a safe long weekend. And here we are again preparing for another Saturday at the market! We will be outside, rain or shine (or snow?!) until the end […]
Kick off the long weekend by joining us tomorrow behind the Visitor Centre for our October 10 Modified Farmers’ Market. You’ll find all the essentials for a perfect Thanksgiving Dinner that feature the bounty and abundance of our beautiful Valley. You’ll find squash of all shapes, sizes, and colours at Chopko Market Garden’s booth, and […]
This week I am happy to introduce our third vendor in our vendor spotlight series – Spectrum Farms. With all intention to provide a write-up of a unique vendor each week, I am already behind schedule. Market days always go much too quickly, and I never feel like I am able to connect in depth […]
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