Have you stumbled across our recently-published Food With Thought guide yet? It’s a good old fashioned hold-in-your-hands magazine with colourful pages chock-full of culinary content. Within its fancy pages is an article about the benefits of being a locavore. “What the heck is a locavore?” we hear you ask. Well, it’s simple really. A locavore is an individual who’s interested in eating locally. So, why become one? The article in our Food With Thought guide expounds upon the perks of eating locally, but we’ve summarised them below:
It helps the local economy
Keep the money within your community and watch it flourish! Easy as.
It feeds community
Eating locally opens you up to the people behind your food. Find your favourite places, become a regular, build a rapport… These connections help to build a sense of community.
It’s kind to the environment
Food that’s grown closer to home doesn’t need to travel long distances.
Decreased fuel use + less vehicle emissions = a smaller carbon footprint
It’s good for you!
Food that hasn’t been allowed to ripen naturally is lacking in nutrients. ( And non-local food is often picked before it’s ripe.)
So you’re sold on becoming a locavore, but now what? We know making any kind of lifestyle shift can be intimidating, but we’ve made it easy-peasy by listing everything you need to know below. You’re welcome!
Year-Round
Avante Farms
5155 160 Street
(604) 841-5041
Mon-Sat: 8am-6pm
All year: eggs and free range chickens
September-November: Angus beef
Cloverdale Country Farms
5688 168 Street
(604) 575-7818
www.cloverdalecountryfarms.com
Summer Hours: Open 7 days a week, 9am-8:30pm
Winter Hours: Open 7 days a week, 9am-6pm
Closed Christmas & New Years
Variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as other products such as dairy and baked goods. Grocery line and greenhouse.
Hazelmere Organic Farm
1859 184 Street
(604) 538-3018
Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm | Sat, 9:30am-5pm
Closed December 24-January 31
Certified organically grown veggies & fruits and other agricultural products
from the farm, Surrey producers, and other associated organic growers in B.C.
Call or e-mail: (hazelmereorganics@telus.net) to place case lots or wholesale orders.
Honeybee Centre
7480 176 Street
(604) 575-BEES(2337)
www.honeybeecentre.com
Open 7 days a week | Tours Sat, Sun, Stat Holidays 10-4pm
Store and café open every day: Mon – Fri 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-6pm
Katissa Poultry
3085 184 Street
(604) 541-0007
www.specialtychicken.com
Wed-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm
Chicken and eggs
Mary’s Garden
15649 40 Avenue
(604) 576-9297
www.marysgarden.ca
Open Mon to Sat & holidays, 9:30am-6pm
Thanksgiving Monday: Closed
Tomatoes, potatoes, onions, herbs, carrots, beets, spinach, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, beans, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, turnips, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers (pickling & English), eggplant, leeks, peppers, squash rhubarb, kale, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, cantaloupe, strawberries, Okanagan fruit and honey and much more.
Painted River Farm
218 Barnston Island
(604) 581-2665
www.paintedriverfarm.ca
Mon-Sat 7:30am-6pm | Visitors please call ahead
Humanely raised beef and goat, hormone- and antibiotic-free. Beef available from November to March. Fresh goat available Fall/Winter and Easter. Put your orders in all year round. All-beef smokies and hamburger available in the summer.
Two EE’s Farm
16411 Fraser Hwy
(604) 572-1813
Open 6 days a week – closed Sundays and holidays
Summer/Spring/Fall hours: 8am-7pm
Winter hours: 8am-6pm
Apr-Nov: Green onions, radish, spinach, swiss chard, bok choy, sui choy, herbs, leeks
May-Nov: Carrots, beets, kohlrabi, fancy lettuces, green cabbage
Jun-Nov: Cauliflower, peas, yellow potatoes
Oct-Nov: Pumpkins, assorted organically grown squashes
Seasonal
Can Pacific Packers Ltd.
4586 176 street
(604) 575-9350
April-September 30 | Mon-Fri, 8am-4:30pm
Fresh and frozen blueberries
Capella Farm Market
5276 160 Street
(604) 576-2465
May 18-October 31 | Open 7 days a week, 10am-6pm
In season: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, Okanagan fruit, peas, beans, potatoes, cucumbers, dill weed, broccoli, corn, peppers, pumpkins,squash, cabbage, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts.
All year: eggs, beef (by order only)
Activities: Aug-Oct: corn maze, Oct: Pumpkin patch, hayrides and haunted house
Chu Lin Farm
17535 40 Avenue
(604) 574-0268
May-October 31 | Open 7 days a week, 9am-6pm
Lettuce, herbs, leeks, green onions, spinach, kale, long English cucumbers, potatoes, mixed Swiss chard, carrots, beans, rhubarb,zucchini, hanging baskets in May.
Clover Valley Organic Farm
Call for directions to farm & produce availability
(604) 576-1790
June – October | Saturdays, 12:00pm-5:00pm
(or by appointment during the week)
Organically grown vegetables in season. Lettuce, beets, carrots, rhubarb, corn, swiss chard, leeks, onions, garlic, squash, collards, cabbage, broccoli, beans, flowers, herbs, grapes, plums, apples.
Dhillon Enterprise
15926 Hwy 10
(56 Avenue)
(604) 783-7332
End June-early August | Open 7 days a week, 8am-8pm
Blueberries
God’s Little Acre
16582-40 Ave.
(604) 375-1172
godslittleacrefarm.com
June-October | Open Thurs-Sat, 10am to 8pm
All kinds of veggies, grown with limited or no use of chemicals. Your patronage will go toward supporting over 100,000 lbs of vegetables that will be donated to charity in Surrey
Greenfield Farm
8955 176 Street
(604) 882-1247
Late April-October 31 | Open 7 days a week
Spring hours: 9am-6pm, Summer hours: 9am-7pm
Radishes, spinach, beets, dill, cucumbers, squashes, green onions, lettuce varieties, cauliflower, summer squashes, swiss chard, kale. Okanagan fruit sold in bulk, honey products bedding plants, hanging baskets and planters.
Green Leaf Farm
7851 184 Street
(604) 882-1578
May-October | Open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm
Variety of Chinese vegetables: bok choy, sui choy, yam leaf, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes
Lally Farms
3518 168 Street
(604) 575-2606
Mid-July to August | Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm
Blueberries
Liu Farm
16104 Hwy10 (56 Avenue)
(778) 889-9878
July-September | Open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm weather dependent
Blueberries
M&M Pacific Coast Farms
4962 152 Street
(604) 574-5739
Mid June-September | Open 7 days a week, 9am-6pm
In season raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, Okanagan cherries
Missing Goat Blueberry Farm
17318 32 Avenue
(604) 538-1443
www.missinggoat.com
August | Open Saturdays, call to confirm hours
Organic jam and blueberries
Rai’s Colebrook Farm
14176 Colebrook Road
(604) 599-3516
www.raicolebrookfarming.com
July to August/September | Open 7 days a week, 9am-7pm
Blueberries
Surrey Farms
5180 152 Street
(604) 574-1390
May 1-October 31 | Open 7 days a week, 8am-7pm
In season: Variety of vegetables and Okanagan fruit
Jun-Aug: Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries
Jul-Oct: Corn
Oct: Pumpkins
Rondriso Farms
8390 172 Street
(604) 574-5585
www.rondriso.com
June-October 31 | Call for summertime hours
Naturally raised beef, dinner sausage, potatoes, zucchini, squash, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, beets, pickling cucumbers, parsnips, radishes, hay, pumpkin patch, sweet corn and home-grown produce stand.
Pumpkin patch hours are Monday-Friday, 3pm-6pm, Saturday & Sunday 10pm-6pm.
Sidhu Farms
5033 152 street
(604) 649-8855
June-September | Open 7 days a week, 9am-7pm
Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries
Zaklan Heritage Farm
13278 84 Ave.
(604) 355-1061
zaklanheritagefarm.com
Mid June-Oct 31 | Open Saturday 10am-3pm
Over 40 kinds of fresh organic vegetables, fruit, herbs, flowers and eggs.
U-Pick
Capella Farm Market
5276 160 Street
(604) 576-2465
May 18-October 31 | Open 7 days a week, 10am-6pm
In season: Strawberries, pumpkins
Chu Lin Farm
17535 40 Avenue
(604) 574-0268
May-October 31 | Open 7 days a week, 9am-6pm
Oct: pumpkins, squash, gourds, ornamental corn
Hazelmere Pumpkin Patch at Gabriel Farms Ltd.
18507 20 Avenue
(604) 992-7748
October | Sat-Sun, 10am to 5pm
(Open Mon-Fri for pre-booked groups after 9:30am)
Open until 9pm Saturday October 16,23,30
Pumpkins, gourds, mini corn maze, concession
Historic Collishaw Farm
16520 40 Avenue
(604) 576-0441
July & August | U-pick by appointment only
No spray blueberries
Surrey Farms
5180 152 Street
(604) 574-1390
May 1-October 31 | Open 7 days a week, 8am-7pm
Ready picked and U-pick strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and pumpkins in season.