Vancouver Farmers Markets

Trout Lake Farmers Market, May 2015. Photo: Kaishin Chu

Founded in 1995 as a non-profit society, Vancouver Farmers Markets (VFM) has grown to become one of Canada’s leading farmers market organizations with eight weekly markets, 470,000 shoppers per year, and annual vendor sales of $10 million. We run farmers' markets in Vancouver all year round, including six weekly summer markets and two weekly winter markets in neighbourhoods across the city.

Their farms and producers offer fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy, and poultry, sustainable seafood, craft beer, wine and spirits, artisan food products, handmade crafts, wild harvested foods, and hot food and coffee. We help low-income families access fresh, healthy food from our vendors through the Fresh to Families Project .

When you shop at a Vancouver Farmers' Market, you’re not just buying fresh, delicious food directly from local producers – you’re also contributing more than $15 million in direct and indirect benefits to the local and regional economy. Their markets support 280 small-scale BC farms and producers, and help keep 3,400 acres of local farmland in sustainable food production each year. All of their markets take place on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Vancouver Farmers' Markets is part of a global movement that’s reconnecting people with the land and the people who grow their food. At every one of their eight markets, you’ll meet – in person – the farmers, bakers, artisans, and producers who grow and prepare the foods you love.

Read more about the work we do in our community – view VFM’s Social & Community Impact Fact Sheet here.

Read more about the benefits our markets have on the local economy – view VFM’s Economic Fact Sheet here.

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