Local food producers
Coombs and Hilliers - Qualicum Beach - Errington - Parksville - Nanoose Bay
Lantzville, Nanaimo, Cedar, and Ladysmith - Cowichan Valley
Qualicum Bay/Bowser
Echo Valley Farms John and Susan Walsh 555 Baylis Rd 250-752-5205 (potatoes and u pick cranberries)
Fore and Aft Foods Patrick & Beverly 5390 Island Hwy West 250-757-8682 (jams, jellies, chutneys, antipasto, marmalade, sauces, baked goods)
Island Scallops 5552 West Island hwy phone orders 250-757-9811 (scallops)
That Extra Touch Min and Gene Gaudreau 3892 Charlton Drive 250-757-8961 leonard@telus .net (hot sauces, humus and specialty food items)
Zipp’s Farm Kathy Zipp 1135 Corcan Rd 250-752-2724 (apples, greens and free range eggs)
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Qualicum Beach
Fallen Fir Ranch Hugh and Rosemary Ashworth 879 Drew Road 250-752-0885 (cauliflower and lettuce, greens and Swiss chard)
Furneaux Family Farm Barry and Donna Furneaux 290 East Fern Rd 250-752-9935 (chicken)
Mindi’s Farm Surinder Singh Waraich 797 Qualicum Road 250-752-9221 (raspberries, strawberries, carrots, swisschard, broccoli, cuke, zucchini)
Qualicum Beach Farmers Market May 3 to Thanksgiving weekend Saturday mornings 8:30 to noon Up to 45 vendors in the summer (Fresh produce, sea food,jams and jellies, eggs, fresh Bread, plants, meat, chicken)
Sloping Hill Farm/ Happy Island Pigs Bea Graf/ Dirk Keller 350 Parker Rd 250-752-0570 (chicken, eggs and bacon)
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Coombs and Hilliers
Country Pies 2465 Alberni Hwy 250-248-6415 (all pies, fruit, meat, scotch, chicken)
Evelyn Gilmar 3379 Alberni Hwy 250-752-1703 (eggs)
Goldstream Gardens & Sunshine Herb Pharmacy 2459 Grafton Ave 250-248-8809 (salad greens, eggs, rabbit & goat meat, herbal tinctures and salves)
Grafton Blueberry Farm Richard and Joanne Sales 2795 Grafton Ave Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1W8 250-752-4816 Joanne@glasswing.com (organic blueberries)
Horizon Heritage Farm Jacqueline Cormier & Warren Leclerc 2980 Grafton Ave 250-752-6085 (beef, lamb meat, fullsize sheepskin, breeding stock)
Lori’s Farm The Cluck Stops Here Lori Gillies 1229 Walz Rd (off Chatsworth) 250-752-3082 (free range poultry sales)
Regatta Gardens Barry & Sylvia Neden 1990 Alberni Hwy 1 mi east of Coombs 250-248-9240 (winter potatoes, beets apples)
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Errington
Ann Voigt 1291Crenswick 250-248-5489 (apples, grapes, pears)
Aspenwood Farm Pat Spring and John Murphy 1794 Fisher Rd 250-248-4065 (hay and livestock)
Holly Fort Farms Dean & Tracey Turner 1489 Grafton Avenue 250-248-3819 (Jams, jellies, pies, bread, relish and chutneys)
Rocky Acres Luise Norman 1297 Englishman River Rd 250-248-4473 or 250-954-8518 (rhubarb cake, pineapple, banana loaf, eggs, perennials, hypertufa pots,)
Steve Simo 1245 Dobson Rd, 250-248-3404 (annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, canning, baking)
Traehus Haven Farm Bev Roberts Peter Pottruff 1264 Ruffels Rd 250-248-8754 (pork and eggs)
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Parksville
Blue Heron Farm Kris and Maria Chand 1480 Hodges Rd 250-954-0764 (bulk garlic)
Cormie Farms Brian Cormie Island hwy near Rathtrevor Beach Park Turnoff 250-248-2733 (fruits and vegetables)
French Creek Seafood Ltd. Brad McLean 1097 Lee Road, Parksville BC V9P2E1 (on east end of wharf) Phone 250-248-7100 Fax 250-248-7197 Wide variety of local fish and seafood
Hof Waldeck Farm Claudia & Dean Bruyckere 1420 Hodges Rd 250-951-0124 (free range chickens, eggs, beef)
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks Clarke & Nancy Gourlay 406 Lowry’s RD 250-954-3931 (local specialty cheeses)
Mountain Mist Plant & Gift Gina Thomas 1030 Bellevue Rd 250-248-0006 thomasdg@telus.net (produce in season, squash, houseplants, jelly’s)
Ray the Shrimp Man 198 Stanford St 250-248-1184 (fresh and frozen shrimp and side stripe prawns)
Windsong Farm Julie Caldwell 480 Evergreen Way 250-248-0338 (artisan baker)
West Coast Wild Whites Elise Willson/Raymond Ubell 844 Reid Rd 250-248-2719 Wild salmon (smoked, canned, steaks and fillets and ling cod)
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Nanoose Bay
Anne Marie Bampfield Box 6, Nanoose Bay 250-468-5904 (blackberry and raspberry vinegar - order only)
Mitchell's Farm Jill and Charles Ennals 1478 Northwest Bay Rd., Nanoose Bay, V9P 9C3 (near Craig Bay Estates) 250-248-0565 or 250-228-0019 cennals@shaw.ca (fruits and vegetables)
Nanoose Edibles Lorne and Barbara Ebell 1960 Stewart Road (off Northwest Bay Rd.) 250-468-2332 (strawberries, apples, pears, tomatoes, onions kale, greens, winter squash, various kinds of leafy green vegetables, apples, pears, winter squash, broccoli, honey, locally produced salad dressings, cheeses and organic eggs.) Check out their 16 week, 'produce box' program, starting mid-June.
Springford Farm Colin & Diane Springford 1950 Northwest Bay Road 250-468-7510 (registered Herefords, feeder stock, beef sides, hay)
Whitta Farms Brian& Bev Whitta 2545 Edwards 250-468-9257 (poultry)
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Lantzville, Nanaimo, Cedar, and Ladysmith
Berry Point Orchard Berry Point Orchard is at the end of Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island. 250-247-9210 Wide variety of apples and pears. Call to place 20 pound orders over the winter.
Blue Harvest Farm 13387 Code Road, Ladysmith 1-877-660-6118 info@blueharvestfarm.com Several varieties of organic blueberries.
The Bowen Road Farmers' Market 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM each week from third week in May until Thanksgiving Location: Mid Island Co-op Parking Lot on Bowen Road at Labieaux Road Local farm produce, seafood, meats, baking, preserves.
Cedar Valley Poultry 2409 Yellowpoint Road, Nanaimo BC V9X 1W5 250-722-3526 Phone orders ahead (poultry and eggs)
Compassion Farms Dirk Becker 7560 Fernmar Road (at end of Aulds Road, turn right onto Harwood and then left onto Fernmar)Lantzville, BC. (organic fruits, vegetables and 45 gallon rain barrels)
Dee's Harbour City Farm Dolores Gottenberg 454 Kennedy Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2J5 Tel: 250-753-4979, Cell: 250-618-4218 Fax: 250-753-4979 Email: deesfarm@telus.net (organic herbs and vegetables)(veggie boxes delivered weekly)
Dudink's Garden 2219 Gomerich Road (located just south of Nanaimo in the South Wellington/Cranberry district- turn inland at Morden, at lights, north of the airport). Open from mid-June to mid to late August, we sell fresh vegetables, U-Pick and We-Pick berries: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries and red and black currants.
Gary Argyle's Farm 2403 Maxey Road (off of E.Wellington) (wide range of Veggies)
Pipers Meats 2139 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, V9S 1H8 Phone 250-758-3611 Fax 250-758-3611 E-mail: pipers@shaw.ca Local chicken, eggs, pork and most of our beef are hormone and antibotic free
Shady Mile Farm Market 3452 Jinglepot Rd. Phone 250-729-3801 Fax 250-729-3802 Offers a range of local produce, frozen local meats and shrimp.
Stocking Creek Farm 10735 Edgelow Road South, Ladysmith BC V9G 1X6 250-245-8615 Poultry, weaner pigs, turkeys, chickens, blueberries, raspberries.
Yellowpoint Cranberries Grant and Justine Keefer 4532 Yellow Point Road, Ladysmith, V9G 1G5 250-245-5283 Fax 250-245-5263 Cranberries in every form.
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Cowichan Valley
Broken Briar 2692 Mount Sicker Road, Chemainus BC V0R 1K4 250-246-9749 Raises fallow deer
Code's Corner Emu Farm 5816 Menzies Road, Duncan BC V9L 6J9 Phone 250-746-1593 Fax 250-746-4803 E-mail dcode@shaw.ca Emu farm - meat and oil, breeding and incubation. We do tours.
Cowichan Bay Farms 1560 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay BC V0R 1N0 Phone 250-746-7884 Email farmer@cowichanbayfarm.com Poultry farm - specialty chicken and duck products. Open daylight hours year round.
Cowichan Water Buffalo Dairy - Fairburn Farm 3310 Jackson Road, Duncan BC V9L 6N7 Phone 250-746-4637 Fax 250-746-4317 Email info@fairburnfarm.bc.ca Pioneer water buffalo dairy in Canada. First purebred Bulgarian Murrah (dairy variety) water buffalo in North America.
Hardie Honey 4035 Robson Road, Duncan BC V9L 6G7 Phone 250-746-4389 Fax 250-746-4389 Email hardiehoney@shaw.ca Commercial beekeeper and honey producer. Products produced: fireweed and wildflower honey, bees wax, queen bees, bee packages and nucs.
Schmidt Farm Meat Market 4651 Wilson Road, Duncan BC V9L 6L1 250-748-8282 Custom beef slaughter house and wrapping services.
Twin Beaks Farm 4908 Cowichan Lake Road, Duncan BC V9L 6J1 Phone 250-748-5636 Fax 250-748-5657 Sell ducks, eggs, lamb, chicken, turkey and care for llamas and horses.
Westholme Farms 7824 Westholme Road, Westholme BC V0R 3C0 Phone 250-246-3609 Fax 250-246-3669 Dairy farm (Holsteins) and beef, port, veal & turkey.
Farmers Institute & Agricultural Society 3550 Watson Avenue, Cobble Hill BC V0R 1L0 250-743-5263 We are a non profit society dedicated to the organization and promotion of the farmers fair to create awareness of local agriculture in the community.
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