Southwest Edmonton Farmers' Market

More than simply a way for you to connect with local food producers and buy incredibly fresh produce and beautiful handicrafts, the SWEFM is a fun destination! A place where you can learn about your community, where the kids can enjoy activities and where families can grab a bite to eat while visiting with friends, neighbours and family. It is a place where community bonds are strengthened. Where the local economy is supported in a significant way. And where the community spirit comes alive.

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Fresh Sheet: July 30, 2014

Your path to healthy eating starts at market!

Join us WEDNESDAY in the Terwillegar Recreation Center Parking Lot from 4:30-7:30

With (literally) tons of fresh produce piled on the vendors' tables and nutrition guides on-site to help you shop for healthy options, market is a great place to begin your journey to eating well. Whether you're looking for vegan, gluten-free, or plain ol' healthy choices, SWEFM is fully stocked! There are also plenty of vendors who can fulfill that need for a weekly treat, because after all, a healthy lifestyle is all about balance!

For market shopping tips, be sure to check out this page to ensure your market visit is everything it should be. And remember, please leave Fido at home- no dogs are allowed where food is being served!

Stop by the info tent to vote on this week's ingredient challenge: Berry Bonanza! Our vendors have done their best to come up with berry-themed items to win your votes, so be sure to drop in and have your voice be heard. Every vote counts as an entry to win a prize from the winning vendor!

Our volunteers will also be loaded with nutrition tip sheets that are all about berries to help you with your shopping and teach you more about the benefits of everyone's favourite nature candy! If you'd like more nutritional information, be sure to go on a health tour with our nutrition guide. She can walk you through the market, talk to you about your dietary goals, and help you shop for items that will help you reach those goals.

As your favourite community market, we do our best to connect you to your neighbours!

Parkinson Alberta will be in our Community Tent this week, providing information to link those living with Parkinson's with supports in their community. Be sure to stop by and pick up information for a loved one with Parkinson's or to hear the stories of others living in the community!

The Sprouts Program for kids is filled for the season, but families who missed out on registration can always access the Sprouts recipes online! Sprouts families are asked to participate in a study from University of Alberta. Participation in the study involves completing three short surveys over the next three months. Your participation in the the research study is voluntary, but much appreciated! For more information on the Sprouts Program and to see the Sprouts recipes for kids, click here.

The inflatable slide will also be here this week, weather permitting.

Red Apple B.C. Fruit is back again this week with their delicious B.C. apples, pears, and fresh berries.

Steve & Dan's B.C. Fruit will have lapin and rainier cherries, apricots, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, transparent apples and their dehydrated fruit, sparkling juice, and 100% apple juice.

AIG Produce will be at market this week, bringing fresh fruit and berries straight from B.C..

Dargatz Family Farm will be bringing potatoes, lettuce mixes, preserves, eggs, herb plants and tomatoes to market this week.

Holden Colony will be bringing a variety of fresh vegetables, including peppers, radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes, root vegetables, eggs, chickens, and delicious preserves.

S4 Greenhouses will be bringing their freshest tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and lettuce.

Riverbend Gardens is back this week with fresh vegetables from the field including peas, carrots, potatoes, swiss chard, beets, fennel, and more.

Sunworks Farm brings a variety of grass-fed and organic meats to market. Be sure to ask for a sample when checking out their stall, but be prepared to fall in love!

Jerky Jerky is back this week bringing his fantastic jerky in a variety of flavours. They offer samples, so be sure to give one a try!

Celebrate, Gluten Free is the wonderful for those who avoid gluten. She always has a feature item or two, so be sure to stop by every week!
Sweet Stuff will be stocked full with her adorable cupcakes. Her Oreo "cookies" are the ultimate indulgence after a long evening of walking the market!

Confetti Sweets will be back again with their delicious cookies. They have so many varieties you'll have to come back week after week to try them all!

Cafe O' Play's Little Crumbs is back this week with more of their hit nut-free baking. Try their Potato Chip Chocolate Chip cookie that's entered in our ingredient challenge this week!

Prairie Mill Baking Co. will have their fantastic locally-baked bread. If you're looking to satisfy a sweet tooth, their chocolate banana bread is to die for!

Peter's Lakeview Farms will be at market with their delicious handmade saskatoon pies.

Melodi's Kitchen is back at SWEFM with their ever-popular Turkish foods and treats.

Superfood Station will be bringing their healthy Japanese-inspired treats and sodas made from fresh superfoods.

Long Lost Foods, our vegan ready-to-eat vendor, will be offering their addictive vegan pizza bombs and dips.

Cravings Gelato will be bringing their gelato in a variety of flavours.

Fruits of Sherbrooke will be bringing their oh-so-popular preserves made from at least 60% rescued fruit in Edmonton neighbourhoods.

Mini Kitchen specializes in delicious Indian and Thai food. Try her naan bread and butter chicken for an easy dinner option!

The Mallow Fellow will be bringing their oh-so-soft, oh-so-perfect marshmallows to market in a variety of flavours.

Theo's Greek Kouzina will be bringing their well-loved Greek dips and treats to market this week. If you're looking for a real treat, their olives are fantastic!

The Violet Chocolate Company is back with their delicious specialty chocolate. Try her new savoury line that features flavours like basil, caramelized onion and yam!

Simply Supper brings ready-to-eat meals to market to make your busy life easier.

La Poutine is back at SWEFM this week with their fun and delicious poutine.

Yellowbird Cafe Truck is back from The Works festival with their fantastic Japanese food. They're a great option for a complete dinner when you're at market!

Knosh Catering is back with their unbelievably delicious U.K. comfort food. Try their Ploughman Jacket Baked Potato that's entered in our ingredient challenge this week!

Bully Food Truck is a SWEFM staple and will be offering their fantastic comfort food again this week. The mac and cheese is a favourite among SWEFM volunteers!

Fat Franks is back and will be ready to serve you their delicious hot dogs and smokies with all the fixings!

The Pink Kernel will be at market offering mini doughnuts, cotton candy and snow cones.

Original Canadian Kettle Corn is a vendor you can't skip at any farmers' market! Say hello and watch your popcorn be made fresh, right in front of you.

SALeatherworks will be joining us at SWEFM this week with his handrcrafted leather goods. He'll be bringing key fobs, belts, pouches and more, so be sure to stop by!

Dazzling Designs will be at SWEFM and selling her gorgeous handmade, Indian-inspired clothing and jewelry.

The Owlery will be at market with her youthful and fun handmade jewelry.

Ada's Soap Shop will be selling cold-processed soap along with lip balm, lavender flowers and more.

Gypsy Bird will be bringing her handmade eclectic jewelry.

Prairie Cedar Creations will be back with his beautiful cedar garden decor, cutting boards and more.

See you at market!

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Friday, 25 July 2014

It's Jam Season!

I have a few confessions to make: I love the birds and I love foraging in my backyard. I love fresh food. Really, really fresh food. So I get a serious thrill out of picking something one moment and eating it or preserving it in my kitchen the next. It is such a beautiful, peaceful thing to harvest your own food, surrounded by birdsong, or the voices of little children helping you at your side, questioning everything, learning and sharing their observations as you go along. For all of these reasons, our backyard is full of fruit and constant birdsong.

Black Currants are an acquired but delicious
fruit to make into jelly (and bake onto
pork tenderloin) or to throw into fruit crisps.
These ones are in my backyard right now.

I know there are others like me out there. The Terwillegar Community Facebook page is full of people trading recipes and favourite berry-picking spots, and trading extra backyard berries for excess plants right now. It's a wonderful thing to see.

For those of you who are not green thumbs... you CAN grow fruit in Edmonton! Just ask the Fruits of Sherbrooke... there is a wealth of fruit that can be grown in our climate. The Fruits of Sherbrooke volunteers go about "rescuing" unwanted fruit in the older neighbourhoods of Edmonton and turning fruits like rhubarb and crab apples into wonderful jams, jellies, savoury and tart sauces and ketchups. They are a non profit society that sells their creations at markets around town, and they invest their profits back into their organization, giving unused fruit a terrific (and delicious) place in our local food system.

When we moved into our home, we purposely put strawberries, red currents, black currents, red raspberries, yellow raspberries, black raspberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, highbush cranberries and a single, lone apple tree in our teeny backyard when we did our landscaping. There are flowers too... but my secret thrill comes from the fruit scattered throughout the yard, from the creative experimentation that I can do with our meals and preserves and with the wildlife that our purposeful planting has brought to our backyard. And I love the sense of wonderment, adventure and independence that finding, picking and searching for that fruit gave our children when they were young... and that gives our neighbours' four and six year olds today.

Fresh field berries make the best spring jam!
More than hot house grown fruit, field grown
berries have unbelievable flavour!

Making Jam is one of the easiest things to do and the berries are fresh, ripe and sweet at the market right now. There's nothing like biting into a ripe, juicy sun-kissed berry! And it is ever so simple and really super-easy to capture that flavour... to capture a little of spring and summer... and put it in a jar to bring out in the depths of winter. If you have freezer space, you don't even have to worry about sterilizing jars or even cooking the jam! (And I think that freezer jam tastes far better than cooked jam.) Simply mash the fruit, add the sugar and pectin & stir it up & put it in jars!

See? Nothing to it.

Apricots make a delightful jam that is perfect as a glaze
for a roasted (or BBQ'd) pork tenderloin.

Right now, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, currants, apricots and saskatoons are in season and available in Alberta and BC. They all make terrific jams! At the Southwest Edmonton Farmers' Market you can find fruits at Steve & Dan's, AIG BC Fruit, Red Apple, Peter's Lakeview Farm and the Holden Colony. Go see for yourself the varieties you can find, and then mix them into a combination that excites your senses.

Each year, I experiment with different combinations of fruit. Sometimes that experimentation is the mother of necessity... a recipe calls for two cups of fruit but I only have one and a half cups of one kind and need to add a half cup of something else to complete the recipe. And sometimes, I'm simply tinkering and trying to improve on the flavour of a previous jam.

Forming terrific checkerboard patterns on the fruit tables
at the market, these two kinds of berries make the
perfect jam pairing.

Black currents have strong flavours, but combined with mellower fruits like raspberries or saskatoons, they can be terrific. One of my favourite jams is a half and half combination of black currents and saskatoons. And I love the colour of a raspberry jam that is made from a combination of red and yellow raspberries.

Certo makes making jam incredibly easy. Certo is fruit pectin that is extracted from lime peels. I buy it in its liquid form in packages that are pre-measured. Fruit pectin is what thickens jams and makes them spreadable, rather than pourable. It is a natural ingredient that is extracted from lime peels.

Blueberries are very easy to turn into a jam and they are
in season right now.

Every box of certo (you can usually find it in the sugar/flour/spice aisle of any grocery store) comes with a leaflet instruction chart inside. Follow the recipes there and you will always have success. There's a wealth of simple recipes and inspiring combinations to choose from. They've worked out the science behind it, so if you follow their fruit amounts for each kind of jam, you won't go wrong (some fruits have higher pectin levels than others, which affect how the jams gel). If you want to find out more, click here.

For now, here's a super simple recipe. Join me... I'm making a batch today!

freezer red or black raspberry jam

Seriously... make a batch of freezer jam and you'll never go back to store bought jam again! The flavour is that good! The recipe is that easy! Kids love getting in on the mashing and the stirring (and the label making).

Did you know that calorie for calorie, raspberries have almost double the amount of dietary fibre that black beans have? That's some nutritional whollop! Raspberries also have calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin C and bone-building vitamin K.

red raspberries

Freezer raspberry jam is, hands down, the one of the easiest jams to make! Because it's a freezer jam recipe, as opposed to a cooked jam recipe, there's no fussy & time consuming (not to mention intimidating) sterilizing, hot water canning or cooking involved. And because the berries are never cooked, they retain their vibrant colour and their flavour intensity.

Be sure to use a potato masher to crush the berries and not a food processor so you get little chunks of fruit in the jam. And don't cut down on the sugar or double the recipe as the jam won't set (thicken) properly.

Blackberries

ingredients
2c. crushed raspberries or blackberries
4 c. granulated sugar
1 pouch liquid certo pectin

2 T. lemon juice

instructions
Crush the berries, one layer at a time. In a large mixing bowl stir together the fruit and sugar. Let stand 10 minutes. Add the certo and lemon juice. Stir for 3 minutes. Put into clean glass jars or plastic freezer containers, filling up to 1/4" from the rim. Cover with lids. Leave at room temperature 24 hours or until set. Put in the freezer and pull out and thaw in the fridge a day before you intend to use it. Yield: 5 cups jam.

Recipe from Original Certo Liquid (instructions in the box)
Nutritional information from The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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Contributed by Sheri Hendsbee

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Fresh Sheet: July 23, 2014

It's a Midsummer Afternoon's Dream!

Join us WEDNESDAY in the Terwillegar Recreation Center Parking Lot from 4:30-7:30

The market will be waiting for you on Wednesday, with piles of fresh vegetables, deliciously ripe fruits from B.C., take-home meals to make your life easier, and wonderful jewelry and housewares in our artisan alley!

As your favourite community market, we do our best to connect you to your neighbours!

Canadian Blood Services will be in our Community Tent this week, providing guests information about the importance of donating blood and where to donate in Southwest Edmonton.

Researchers from The University of Alberta will be next to the Community Tent recruiting for a study. They are looking for new moms no later than 3 months postpartum to participate in a study looking at energy metabolism. Essentially, they would like to learn how many calories are burned in a day and how efficient one's body is at using fat for energy. If you have recently had a baby, please stop by their tent and participate in their research study!

Momstown Edmonton will be on site next to our Sprouts table doing fun crafts with the kids. Be sure to stop by and take part in a fun activity after spending your Sprouts token!

The inflatable slide will also be here this week, weather permitting.

Cherries and strawberries are ripe and ready for you to devour! Visit our all-star fruit vendors for the best tastes of summer.

Red Apple B.C. Fruit is back again this week with their delicious B.C. apples, pears, and fresh berries.

AIG Produce will be at market this week, bringing fresh fruit and berries straight from B.C..

There's nothing like fresh local vegetables for summer salads and barbeques! Check out what our veggie vendors are bringing this week:

Dargatz Family Farm will be bringing spring vegetables, lettuce mixes, preserves, eggs, and tomatoes to market this week.

Holden Colony will be bringing a variety of fresh vegetables, including peppers, radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes, root vegetables, eggs, chickens, and delicious preserves.

S4 Greenhouses will be bringing their freshest tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and lettuce.

Riverbend Gardens is back this week with fresh vegetables from the field including peas, carrots, potatoes, swiss chard, beets, fennel, and more.

Our meat line-up has some old favourites and some new vendors to try:

Sunworks Farm brings a variety of grass-fed and organic meats to market. Be sure to ask for a sample when checking out their stall, but be prepared to fall in love!

Jerky Jerky is back this week bringing his fantastic jerky in a variety of flavours. They offer samples, so be sure to give one a try!
Skipper Otto's Community Supported Fishery will be at market this week and selling their flash-frozen fish from B.C.

Our bakers are the best! There's no better way to get over the mid-week hump than a special treat from a local baker.

Blue Rose Baking Co. will be at market this week, serving up her delicious vegan cupcakes and other sweet treats.
Celebrate, Gluten Free is the wonderful for those who avoid gluten. She always has a feature item or two, so be sure to stop by every week!
Sweet Stuff will be stocked full with her adorable cupcakes. Her Oreo "cookies" are the ultimate indulgence after a long evening of walking the market!

Confetti Sweets will be back again with their delicious cookies. They have so many varieties you'll have to come back week after week to try them all!

Cafe O' Play's Little Crumbs is back this week with more of their hit nut-free baking. Try their Potato Chip Chocolate Chip cookie that's entered in our ingredient challenge this week!

Prairie Mill Baking Co. will have their fantastic locally-baked bread. If you're looking to satisfy a sweet tooth, their chocolate banana bread is to die for!

Want a quick and delicious take-home food item? We've got you covered!

Melodi's Kitchen is back at SWEFM with their ever-popular Turkish foods and treats.

Superfood Station is back at market this week with their healthy treats and sodas made from fresh superfoods.

Long Lost Foods, our vegan ready-to-eat vendor, will be selling their delicious vegan zucchini chips, pizza pops, burger patties and more.

Cravings Gelato will be bringing their gelato in a variety of flavours.

Fruits of Sherbrooke will be bringing their oh-so-popular preserves made from at least 60% rescued fruit in Edmonton neighbourhoods.

Mini Kitchen specializes in delicious Indian and Thai food. Her samosas are a favourite of ours!

The Mallow Fellow will be bringing their oh-so-soft, oh-so-perfect marshmallows to market in a variety of flavours. Our favourite is watermelon, so grab a package and share it with a friend!

Theo's Greek Kouzina bringing their well-loved Greek dips and treats to market this week.

The Violet Chocolate Company is back with their delicious specialty chocolate.

Simply Supper brings ready-to-eat meals to market to make your busy life easier. Try a sample of one of their ready-to-eat dinners!

No farmers' market visit is complete without dinner at one of our fantastic food trucks. Where will you eat this week?

Drift Food Truck is our special guest this week at market. They'll be serving up their fantastic sandwiches this week only at market, so be sure to grab one!

Yellowbird Cafe Truck is back from The Works festival with their fantastic Japanese food. They're a great option for a complete dinner when you're at market!

Knosh Catering is back with their unbelievably delicious U.K. comfort food. Try their Ploughman Jacket Baked Potato that's entered in our ingredient challenge this week!

Bully Food Truck is a SWEFM staple and will be offering their fantastic comfort food again this week. The mac and cheese is a favourite among SWEFM volunteers!

Fat Franks is back and will be ready to serve you their delicious hot dogs and smokies with all the fixings!

The Pink Kernel will be at market offering mini doughnuts, cotton candy and snow cones.

Original Canadian Kettle Corn is a vendor you can't skip at any farmers' market! Say hello and watch your popcorn be made fresh, right in front of you.

We have only the best artisans at SWEFM. Be sure to finish off your market experience with a great item for you or a friend!

Dazzling Designs is new to SWEFM and will be selling her lovely Indian-inspired clothing and jewelry.

The Owlery will be at market with her youthful and fun handmade jewelry.

Ada's Soap Shop will be selling cold-processed soap along with lip balm, lavender flowers and more.

Prairie Cedar Creations will be back with his beautiful cedar garden decor, cutting boards and more.

See you at market!

Friday, 18 July 2014

Fresh Kohlrabi Slaw

Have you ever been at market and seen kohlrabi, with its green or purple dome and four leaves sticking up and thought, "What on earth could I cook with THAT thing?!" This week, we have a recipe that's healthy, delicious, perfect for hot weather and includes two market vegetables that tend to stump shoppers: kohlrabi and fennel.

Kohlrabi is a member of the Brassica family, making it very similar in flavour to many of its cousins: kale, broccoli, cauliflower, and of course, cabbage. It has a firm crispy texture, tastes like a cross between cabbage and mild turnips, and is absolutely delicious raw in salads and slaws. The green and purple colours have the same flavour and colour of flesh inside, though they do offer slightly different phytonutrients. In addition to being a fresh seasonal treat, kohlrabi is also a nutrient powerhouse, offering vitamins that support the immune system and healthy digestion.

Kohlrabi slaw is perfect as a side for dinner or a main for lunch!

Fresh Kohlrabi Slaw

ingredients
3/4 c. kohlrabi, thinly sliced into matchsticks
1/2 c. fennel, thinly sliced
2 cobs corn, shucked
2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
2 tbsp butter
100 ml White Wine 1 c. crème fraiche or sour cream
2 tbsp mayonaise
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 sprigs of thyme, leaves plucked
4 sage leaves, thinly sliced
1/2 c. apple, thinly sliced into matchsticks
1/4 c. sweet or green onion, thinly sliced
Salt and pepper to taste

directions
1. Lightly sauté the corn with the butter and garlic.
2. Once lightly browned, add the white wine and reduce until almost dry. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
3. In a bowl, whisk together crème fraiche (or sour cream), mayo, canola oil, apple vinegar, thyme, sage and seasoning.
4. Add in the kohlrabi, fennel, corn, apple, and onion.
5. Mix everything together and serve.

This will last in the fridge for a day or two, so it's perfect to pack for lunch! Adding other fresh vegetables, like grated carrots and thinly sliced radishes is a perfect way to add a twist to this basic slaw recipe.

where can you find ingredients at our market?

Riverbend Gardens grows kohlrabi and fennel.
The Plot sells a variety of herbs at market, and will be back at market on August 13.
Dargatz Family Farm and Holden Colony have radishes available in July to add to the recipe if you need an extra spicy kick!
Dargatz Family Farm, Holden Colony and Riverbend Gardens all carry corn and carrots (optional in this recipe) at different points in the season.
Red Apple B.C. Fruit, AIG Produce and Steve and Dan's all carry many varieties of apples.
Birds and Bees Winery sells delicious white wines.

Contributed by Carley-Jane Stanton from her blog, The Northern Urbanites. Visit the original post here
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Fresh Sheet: July 16, 2014

Taste fresh, local food from your community!

Join us WEDNESDAY in the Terwillegar Recreation Center Parking Lot from 4:30-7:30

It's going to be an exciting week at SWEFM, with fresh food, great artisans, and stage fighting performances by the players from the Freewill Shakespeare Festival!

For those of you looking for other ways to introduce healthy eating into your lifestyle, our Health Tours run every week. Stop by the info tent to talk to one of our nutrition guides who will answer any questions you may have and help you shop for healthier options.

As your favourite community market, we do our best to connect you to your neighbours!

The Devonshire Care Centre will be in our Community Tent this week, providing guests information about their accredited long term care centre. They strive to offer a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere for our residents, families and employees, so be sure to say hello and ask them some questions!

The Servus Credit Union tent at this week’s Farmers’ Market will be a monstrous amount of fun!
Servus Heritage Festival 2014 (August 2nd-4th) is kicking off in just a couple of weeks at Hawrelak Park! For the first time ever, Servus is exclusively offering food tickets at a 20% discount. Drop by the Servus tent and learn more about this exclusive deal! You can also ENTER TO WIN 4 sheets of Servus Heritage Festival food tickets (Value: $100.00 CND) onsite at this week’s Farmers’ Market. Join Edmonton and come savour the sights, sounds and aromas from over 60 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures.
Servus will also have their ‘Crazy Can’ game at the tent. Test your throwing skills and see how well you can aim. Knock all of the cans down and you will WIN a prize.
And don’t forget to drop by for your Servus reusable tote for all of your Farmers’ Market needs (Limited quantities).

The inflatable slide and bouncy castle will also be here this week, weather permitting.

We don't fail to entertain at the Southwest Edmonton Farmers' Market! Check out this week's entertainers and buskers below.

Players from the Freewill Shakespeare Festival will be performing staged sword fighting throughout the market, so get ready for some great action!

Cheerific will be on site this week wowing you as you shop, and our musical lineup includes a variety of SWEFM busker favourites Last but not least, balloon artists Jose and Russ and face painter Lady Dolphin will be joining us again this week, weather permitting.

Cherries and strawberries are ripe and ready for you to devour! Visit our all-star fruit vendors for the best tastes of summer.

Red Apple B.C. Fruit is back again this week with their delicious B.C. apples, pears, and fresh berries.

AIG Produce will be at market this week, bringing fresh fruit and berries straight from B.C..

There's nothing like fresh local vegetables for summer salads and barbeques! Check out what our veggie vendors are bringing this week:

The Plot will be at market this week with herbs, lettuce mixes and preserves.
Dargatz Family Farm will be bringing spring vegetables, lettuce mixes, preserves, eggs, food plants, and tomatoes to market this week.

Holden Colony will be bringing a variety of fresh vegetables, including peppers, radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes, root vegetables, eggs, chickens, and delicious preserves.

S4 Greenhouses will be bringing their freshest tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and lettuce.

Riverbend Gardens is back this week with fresh vegetables from the field including peas, carrots, potatoes, swiss chard, beets, fennel, and more.

Our meat line-up has some old favourites and some new vendors to try:

Sunworks Farm brings a variety of grass-fed and organic meats to market. Be sure to ask for a sample when checking out their stall, but be prepared to fall in love!

Jerky Jerky is back this week bringing his fantastic jerky in a variety of flavours. They offer samples, so be sure to give one a try!

Our bakers are the best! There's no better way to get over the mid-week hump than a special treat from a local baker.

Raspberry and Cocoa is back this week with their delightful croissants and baked goods. Warm them up in the oven when you get home for a to-die-for treat!
Celebrate, Gluten Free is the wonderful for those who avoid gluten. She always has a feature item or two, so be sure to stop by every week!
Sweet Stuff will be stocked full with her adorable cupcakes. Her Oreo "cookies" are the ultimate indulgence after a long evening of walking the market!

Confetti Sweets will be back again with their delicious cookies. They have so many varieties you'll have to come back week after week to try them all!

Cafe O' Play's Little Crumbs is back this week with more of their hit nut-free baking. Try their Potato Chip Chocolate Chip cookie that's entered in our ingredient challenge this week!

Prairie Mill Baking Co. will have their fantastic locally-baked bread. If you're looking to satisfy a sweet tooth, their chocolate banana bread is to die for!

Want a quick and delicious take-home food item? We've got you covered!

Birds and Bees Winery is back at market this week with their fantastic meads and honey wines.

Sara's Korean Kitchen will be at market this week with her delicious Korean foods.