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Penticton Farmers’ Market
Penticton Farmers’ Market
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Event Region - Penticton
Description
Penticton Farmers’ Market has been operating in downtown Penticton since 1991. Our first market was located in Gyro Park with a few vendors who had the vision of a true “make it, bake it, grow it” farmers’ market. Currently, the market has the capacity of 90+ vendor stalls per market day. This past market season we opened every Saturday from mid April to the end of October with record numbers of visitors. We are pleased to welcome over 10,000 visitors per day to the market. Although most are local to Penticton and area, many visit from other parts of British Columbia, other Provinces, and even from other countries. The Penticton Farmers’ Market is an economic driver for downtown businesses. The Penticton Farmers’ Market is proud to be a member of the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets, to participate in the Farmers’ Market Nutritional Coupon Program and to work collaboratively with the City of Penticton to continue to support local “make it, bake it, grow it” farmers and craftspeople, and the broader business community,
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The Penticton Farmers’ Market is run by a non-profit society with a simple mandate: The purpose of the society is to promote and conduct a market in the City of Penticton at which small-scale agricultural producers and craftspeople may offer their wares directly to the public.
From its humble beginnings in Gyro Park in 1991, the market has grown into one of the most vibrant and successful “farm to city” food micro-systems in BC.
Today, the market is held every Saturday on the 100 Block of Main Street in downtown Penticton, from mid April until the end of October. Traditionally the society also hosts indoor Spring and Winter Markets and we have been fortunate in recent years to have secured space in Cherry Lane Mall.
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