No Market April 1! Happy Easter!

This Sunday, April 1, the Port Moody Farmers Market is closed for the Easter holiday. We wish you a wonderful weekend with family, friends, and delicious, local food!

Market will reopen on April 8 at 10am.

Sunday, March 25

This Sunday is Members Appreciation Day! Enjoy Member-Only deals from some of our fantastic vendors! Not a member yet? Buy your $10 membership now and get 13 months of market perks! Most importantly, you’ll be helping to support the market! Stop by the Info Table this Sunday to sign up, or Sign Up Online! Check back soon for a list of this Sunday’s specials!

This Sunday’s Member-Only Specials:
A Bread Affair: $1 baguette
Culinary Blossom: Buy 2 mini-teas get the third one free
Ela Made Me Do It: $2 off any fresh (not frozen) soups or broths
Gesundheit Bakery: $1 off any purchase of $5 or more
Hunger Management: Free drink with the purchase of a sandwich
Ildiko Jewelry: $5 off any pairs of earrings
Kizzy’s Macarons: Buy 5 macarons, get one free
Oh Sweet Day: Buy 5 get 1 free shortbread tartlets
Redl Home-Grown Beef: 10% off purchases
Sweet Thea: Buy one croissant, get a second for $1 off

Grab breakfast or lunch from Hunger Management or Island Time food trucks. Cascadia Cook and Coffee will be on-site serving up delicious coffee!

We’re having some Easter fun at the Kids Craft table this week! Stop by to make a bunny nose mask, and use some other fun props in our Easter selfie station!

Singer-songwriter Norine Braun will be our musician this Sunday! She plays a wide range of styles including blues, rock, and jazz.

Stop in for a chat about all things Port Moody at our City Council tent! Mayor Mike Clay will be in attendance, as well as Councillors Meghan Lahti, Diana Dilworth, Hunter Madsen, and Zoe Royer.

We’ll also have a tent of local dietitians at Market in celebration of BC Nutrition Month.  Stop by to get some great information and tips on easy, healthy eating.

Vendor List for Sunday, March 25

Sunday, March 18

We’ve got a lot of great activities going on at the market this Sunday! In addition to our fabulous, local vendors we have a gardening workshop, community groups, and a fun kids craft! Be sure to make the market part of your schedule this Sunday!

This Sunday we have Big Red’s Poutine and Fijian Catering at market to serve up a delicious breakfast or lunch for you. And, Brewnetti will be on-site making her delicious coffee creations!

We have two young, very talented musicians joining us this week! Jian Ross will be singing from 10am – 12pm, and guitarist Jack Noble will be performing from 12-2pm. You do not want to miss these great young performers!

Hints of Spring are all around with delicate, colorful flowers popping out of the soil!  Join us at the Kids Craft Table to celebrate Spring’s upcoming arrival by making paper straw tulips.

Check out our great workshop this Sunday – Planning your Garden for Abundance!  Learn how to maximize your growing potential this season! Space is still available: Get Your Ticket Here!!

Vendor List for Sunday, March 18

 

The Big and Small of Eggs

Ever wonder why you can buy different sizes of eggs? Sometimes as consumers we take for granted the natural processes behind our food. Kendall Ballantine from Central Park Farms explains where the size difference comes from:

One thing shoppers may not know is that those tiny eggs sometimes mixed in with their carton at the farmer’s market are called ‘pullet eggs’. These small eggs are laid by young hens just getting into the swing of laying. The same breed of hen will lay drastically different sized eggs depending on where they are in their life cycle. In the picture on this page, the pullet egg is the smaller one on the right — Both are laid by the same breed of chicken just at a different age. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with them, in fact they’re a cute addition to salads and other dishes but you’ll want to account for the size difference when baking. Here at Central Park Farms we sort out our pullet eggs for a more consistent carton size but they’re the ones our family eats and we often give them away at the market on Member’s Day or donate our overrun to our local food bank here in Langley.

Sunday, March 11

March is marching on, and we only have seven markets remaining in Port Moody! Make sure to not miss a single opportunity to shop with your favorite vendors!

This Sunday we have Island Time and This Little Piggy food trucks on site! And stop by Cascadia Cook and Coffee for a delicious coffee creation.

Larry’s Brother Music will be providing the tunes this week. Also known as Steve, Larry’s Brother plays fantastic, feel good, toe-tapping music. Come check him out!

The luck of the Irish is with us a bit early at our Kids Craft Table! Visit the table to make a leprechaun mask – complete with orange beard!

The team from Relay for Life Coquitlam will be our community group at market this weekend. Find out about this great local event that benefits a tremendous cause.

Complete vendor list for Sunday, March 11!