Buying Local in Vancouver
11-03-11
One of the spectacular aspects of traveling, is the food. From the roadside hawkers in Phuket to the coconut farmers selling out of the back of their pickup trucks on Mexican beaches to the vendors of the world’s greatest hot dogs on the street of Manhattan…one will find the local flavor of culinary traditions, and usually a pretty good story or two to go along with it. This holds true for the Canadian city of Vancouver as well. While looking for Vancouver apartment rentals , one may choose from neighborhoods surrounding the downtown area, and they will find various farmers markets, each specializing in different items and produce but each one offering a bit of that local flavor, and a story or two, as well.
Farmers markets are most abundant in the summer and fall months, with many of them closing down for the winter towards the end of October. However the downtown market stays open throughout the holiday season, offering the best of fresh local produce, handmade food items such as bread, pies and jams, and a few festivals celebrating each of the holidays. Live music fills the air and the local artisans and artists offer the public a plethora of interesting gift ideas for the Christmas shopping season. Why go to a commercial mall, when you can get something made by hand, and actually talk with the person who made it? Why go to a restaurant or supermarket chain to buy the holiday pies, when you can chat and swap recipes with the men and women who spent the night before baking those pies?
The Vancouver Farmers Market will offer all of this throughout the Christmas holidays. This is a child friendly and pet friendly market place making it a wonderful place to enjoy the seasons, have some food, listen to music and shop. The Vancouver Farmers Market at Evergreen will also be donated half of the profits made during the holiday months to the Evergreen Community Education Foundation. Thus, making it possible for them to offer scholarships the rest of the year for students to study at the Evergreen Tutoring Facility and various summer academies. Creating community through giving back to the community, that’s what farmers markets have been all about. When looking for a new home @StarlightApts , be sure to make certain you will be located close to one of these markets. This will ensure that your kitchen will be stocked throughout the year, with the best of everything these neighborhood vendors have to offer.