UBC Farm Market

The UBC Farm Market - selling local, organically-grown produce from the idyllic setting of a comlete working farm right in the city. Featuring a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs, and flowers plus eggs from our free-range hens.
9:00am - 1:00pm, every Saturday through October, rain or shine

Welcome back dedicated market goers! We hope you are as excited as we are for the 2010 market season to start. It's shaping up to be another exciting, fun-filled year at the farm, and we hope you'll join us this weekend and many more.

The name of the game this week is greens greens greens! We are very excited to offer an amazing assortment of green leafy veggies at market this week, including arugula, mizuna, ruby streaks, kale, chard, and spinach. Also - excellent supplies of our ever-popular salad mix - get it in the early season before the heat causes it to become scarce. Read on below for a full list of what to expect on the stands tomorrow. Our fresh herbs are also growing like mad, so it's time to get creative in the kitchen! New this season - mixed herb bunches! At market this week we will have an 'Italian Herb' medley including oregano rosemary and thyme, as well as a 'Hearty Herb' medley including oregano, sage, thyme and savory.

Market details:

* Payment information: Cash is the preferred (and quickest!) method of payment at the market. We are unable to process Interac or credit card transactions. We'll accept cheque payment for purchases over $30. Many vendors only accept cash, so make sure you are prepared for the day!

* Parking: Please park outside the farm gate in the lot or along South Campus Road. Three spots in our parking lot are reserved for persons of limited mobility. As parking space is limited, it's even better if you can carpool, bus, bike or walk to the farm! See our website for directions. Please drive carefully along South Campus Road and watch for pedestrians, children and cyclists! Bike racks are available inside of the farm gates.

* Plastic bag charge: In order to reduce our consumption of plastic and lessen the ecological footprint of our market, we charge customers 10 cents per plastic produce bag used. (This charge is for the tear-off roll bags and not for pre-bagged items). We encourage you to bring your plastic produce bags back and reuse them and let our cashiers know this. Thanks for your support in this effort!

* Bring your own shopping bags! In addition to reusing your produce bags, please make sure to bring your own shopping bags to pack your purchases in and take them home. We will gladly accept donations of clean, used grocery bags to have on hand.

* Eggs: No Eggs this week! When the hens start to lay (in the next couple of weeks), egg quantities will be limited (the hens can only produce so much!) and so we will continue our limit of one dozen eggs per family.

* Line-ups: We operate on a first-come, first serve basis, therefore line-ups may take 30 minutes or more when the market first opens at 9am. Please visit us after 10:00am for much faster service. Some specialty items such as eggs and berries may be sold out, but we maintain a great selection of veggies all through the morning We greatly appreciate your patience with this matter!

* Farm Tours: This season we will be offering UBC Farm tours to the public at 11:00am each Saturday. Please meet on the hill above the market by the picnic tables five minutes to 11:00. Tours will be approximately 30 minutes in length and are by donation. *Saturday Farm Tours tours are intended for individual market customers; organized groups interested in tours need to book tours ahead of time with farm staff by emailing