Summer POP Club – Week 20

Discover the Power of Produce and join the POP Club this Sunday!
September 15 – Week 20: This week POP Club kids will be doing an activity where they learn about Recycling, Organics, and Garbage Sorting. This activity is done within the POP tents and will involve colouring as well as cutting and pasting. Stop by the POP tents to sign in (or register) and get started on the activity. Don’t forget to participate in the 2 Bite Club and complete your passport to get your $3 token, redeemable on any fruits and vegetables in the market.
2 Bite Club: microgreens
The POP Club is a farmers market-based kids program. Children (ages 5 – 12 years old) will learn about fruits and vegetables, local food systems and healthy food preparation through fun activities all season long.
Each week children will earn a $3 market token to use towards any fruit or vegetable of their choice. There is no cost to participate and the program runs every Sunday rain or shine!

Is it a Fruit or is it a Vegetable?

The differences between fruits and vegetables may seem obvious; vegetables are often savoury and used in cooking while fruits are sweet and used in desserts, right? It may seem that easy, but however it is not always that simple (think of the great tomato debate!), the distinction between the two is actually based on botany.

What is botany?
Botany is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. Botanists study over 400,000 species of land plants, and ultimately make the distinction between what is a fruit and what is a vegetable.

What makes a fruit a fruit?
The fruit is a seed-bearing structure that develops from the ovary of a flowering plant. Apples, squash, and tomatoes are all fruit.

What makes a vegetable a vegetable?
All other plant parts are considered a vegetable; such as roots, leaves, and stems. Beets, potatoes, spinach, and broccoli are all vegetables.

Try this…
Next time you are walking around the market pick up some of the produce and try to figure out if it is considered a fruit or a vegetable, you may be surprised with how many things we cook with and consider vegetables are actually fruit!

On Sunday, September 8 our POP Club kids will become fruit and vegetable experts as they learn the differences between the two. Learn more about the POP Club here and visit us at the market to register.

The POP Club is a farmer’s market-based kids program. Children (ages 5 – 12 years old) will learn about fruits and vegetables, local food systems and healthy food preparation through fun activities all season long.

Each week children will earn a $3 market token to use towards any fruit or vegetable of their choice. There is no cost to participate and the program runs every Sunday rain or shine!

Summer POP Club – Week 19

Discover the Power of Produce and join the POP Club this Sunday!
September 8 – Week 19: This week POP Club kids will become fruit and vegetable experts as they learn the differences between the two. This activity involves a worksheet that they can complete in the POP tents or out in the market. Stop by the POP tents to sign in (or register) and get started on the activity. Don’t forget to participate in the 2 Bite Club and complete your passport to get your $3 token, redeemable on any fruits and vegetables in the market.
2 Bite Club: melon
The POP Club is a farmers market-based kids program. Children (ages 5 – 12 years old) will learn about fruits and vegetables, local food systems and healthy food preparation through fun activities all season long.
Each week children will earn a $3 market token to use towards any fruit or vegetable of their choice. There is no cost to participate and the program runs every Sunday rain or shine!

Sunday, September 8

Join us this weekend at the Coquitlam Farmers Market! Be sure to take the time to walk through the market and check out what is in season.

In our community group space MLA Glumac Community Office will be joining us. Stop by their tent to learn about the resources available to constituents in Port Moody – Coquitlam and how the office can support folks in the area.

We will also be offering a Clothing Repair Workshop with The Stitchery at 10am. Spaces are still available! Learn more and sign up through Eventbrite.

Grab breakfast or lunch at Brazilian Roots Food Truck or Gypsy Trunk Gourmet Fare, and your morning coffee from Biscotti Joe.

Join us at the Kids Craft Table to make a paper bag jellyfish.

Vendors attending market this Sunday September 8 * please note this list is subject to change
  • A Bread Affair
  • Amazing Food BC
  • Arnalia Pristine Beauty
  • Aslan Organics
  • Beckmann Berry Farm
  • Biscotti Joe
  • BobAli
  • Boneheads Kitchen
  • Brazilian Roots Truck
  • Canoe Cola
  • Central Park Farms
  • Christina’s Garden
  • Crisp Organics
  • Delish Gluten Free Bakery
  • Einai Designs
  • Food Migration
  • Forstbauer Family Natural Food Farm
  • Fume-eh Gourmet Foods
  • Gabi & Jules Handmade Pies
  • Garys Kettle Corn
  • Gesundheit Bakery
  • Golden Ears Cheesecrafters
  • Gypsy Trunk Gourmet Fare
  • Hill Top Farm
  • John Spice
  • Juicily Ginger
  • Langley Organic Growers
  • Mama Bear Essentials
  • Mandair Farms
  • Mariner Brewing
  • Mario Teixeira Registered Shiatsu Therapist
  • Moody Essentials Co.
  • Never Say Die Nursery
  • Occasionally Honey
  • Oh Sweet Day!
  • PoCo Soap Co
  • Rai Produce / Harvest Direct Farms
  • Redl’s Home Grown Beef
  • Rockweld Farm
  • S & S Nursery
  • Samaya Delights
  • Simply Delish Artisan Enterprises
  • Sweet Thea
  • Synergy of Nature Aromatherapy & Herbals
  • Tesfa Farms
  • The Cawston Market Farmer
  • The Local Farm
  • Wah Fung Farm
  • WestCoast Cider Co.
  • Westwood Total Health