The B.C. Association of FarmersB次元官网网址� Markets is gearing up for a busy summer now that COVID restrictions have lifted.

TheyB次元官网网址檙e excited to remind Greater Victoria residents of a way to find fresh food and artisan goods at markets closest to them, using the B.C. FarmersB次元官网网址� Market Guide.

The guide lets users plug in location details online, then be directed to such markets as Moss Street, Esquimalt, James Bay or Oaklands, or heading north, the North Saanich Farm Market or Peninsula Country Market.

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More than 300,000 people in the past year visited the BC FarmersB次元官网网址� Market Trail website, according to a report by the BC Association of FarmersB次元官网网址� Markets. A non-profit organization, the associationB次元官网网址檚 commitment is to support and develop markets across British Columbia.

Greater Victoria farm markets listed include:

B次元官网网址� Esquimalt FarmerB次元官网网址檚 Market, Thursdays 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Bullen Park

B次元官网网址� James Bay Community Market, Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Superior at Menzies streets

B次元官网网址� Moss Street Market, Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Moss Street and Fairfield Road

B次元官网网址� North Saanich Farm Market, Saturdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at St. JohnB次元官网网址檚 United Church (10990 West Saanich Rd.), until Oct. 16

B次元官网网址� Peninsula Country Market, Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 4 to 8 p.m, now through October at Saanich Fairgrounds, 1528 StellyB次元官网网址檚 Cross Rd.

B次元官网网址� Sooke Country Market, Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2201 Otter Point Rd.

To learn more visit bcfarmersmarket.org.

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