The Gabriola Farmers’ Market opens at 10 this morning, so vendors are probably packing up their stuff and getting ready. Sal at Sweet Rock Farm offers some thoughts on Getting Ready for Market. The local farmer’s market starts this weekend, and for the first time I am taking part as a vendor. I am excited, [...]
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The Gabriola Farmers’ Market opens for the season tomorrow, and the Agi Hall parking lot is ready. But hmmm, what’s with the yellow rocks? Since when do we need to paint rocks? It’s as if the Health and Safety people have arrived. (See this excellent article about them.) But no, they’re British. What’s our equivalent? [...]
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The Gabriola Farmers Market starts tomorrow. The Agi Hall parking lot is divided up for vendors’ booths, the Agriculture is for Everyone sign has been replaced by the Gabriola Farmers Market sign, and ferry-loads of visitors and summer folk are arriving – not just for the market, of course, but you can bet fair numbers [...]
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I did get myself to the Farmers Market on Saturday, even though that meant no sleeping in. There were lots of interesting things, but — horror! — no more garibaldi cookies, as Slow Rise doesn’t make them anymore. Argh. Such heartbreak!
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Today the Gabriola Farmers’ Market sign went up at the Agi Hall; the market opens next Saturday. I’m not a crowds kind of person, so I’m not looking forward to parking problems and swarms of people. On the other hand, there’ll be fresh veggies, and maybe Garibaldi cookies and more of those chocolate-filled yummy things [...]
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Remember all that fuss at the Gabriola Farmers’ Market last summer about eggs? Anna, who cooks at the market, insisted on using Gabriola farm-fresh eggs. Along came the food inspector, who handed Anna an official notice to stop using Gabriola eggs. Eggs have to come from someplace where they are officially graded, he said. Health [...]
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