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Oceanside Coalition for Strong Communities

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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