The Langley Community Farmers Market has returned for another summer of delicious treats, locally grown produce, handmade trinkets, and live music.
The market features over 30 vendors and runs Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum on Fraser Highway.
Amanda Smith, executive director of the market, said some local vendors to check out at the market include Ocean’s Edge Seafoods, Dhaliwal Farm, a new gluten-free baker, and the famous Stapleton Sausage Company.
“We are your mid-week shopping destination after work, and we have some dinner options as well,” she said.
Loretta Stapleton, mother of the family sausage business, said she enjoys meeting new people at the markets and providing a healthy option.
“Some people have given up eating sausages because of all the stuff in them. [Ours] are all natural, organic ingredients with no nitrates. It’s a healthy product,” she said.
Stapleton sausages are also sold in over 100 stores across B.C.
On Wednesday, June 21 vendors included Rolled West Coast ice cream, Dead Frog Brewery, Comb Sweet Comb, Dhaliwal Farm, and volunteers sharing their concerns about Bill 36.
To find details about the market or other markets in B.C., people can visit bcfarmersmarkettrail.com.
The platform is an initiative of the BC Association of Farmers Markets (BCAFM) to help shoppers find the nearest market to them. It also shows which markets are dog-friendly and wheelchair accessible.
“We are very careful about the vendors we choose because we want them to be more agriculturally focused to highlight the farming community we have in the Langley Township,” Smith said.
The last day of the market is Sept. 20.
“Langley is all about being unique, and that’s kind of who we are.”
In 2019, before the pandemic hit, the non-profit Langley Community Farmers Market Society (LCFMS) announced it was suspending operations to undertake a process of “revisioning” the market after a “disappointing” season operating at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University campus in Langley City.
For the first time in 10 years, the BCAFM and the University of Northern British Columbia are conducting a province-wide economic impact study to count the contributions of farmer’s markets to local communities. The study is assessing 65 of the markets this season.
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