The Calgary Farmers’ Market is offering those less talented in the kitchen a leg up to impress their sweethearts this Valentine’s Day.  Six of our vendors — Yum Bakery, Stock and Sauce, Blu Seafood, Silver Sage Beef, Cherry Pit and Kabloom have joined together to offer a delicious and romantic Valentine’s Day meal that comes nicely packaged ready to serve with a minimum of preparation.  A bit of baking is all the cooking needed to serve up a delicious meal for your Valentine.

The delicious menu consists of:
StarterStock and Sauce Hummus and Olive Tapenade
Yum Bakery Baguette
AppetizerBlu Seafood Smoked Salmon Pinwheel with Dill Cream Cheese
Jumbo Shrimp
Salad Greens
MainSilver Sage Beef Wellington
Fallen Timber Mead Demi-Glace
Cherry Pit Vegetable Selection
Rosemary Potato
DessertYum Bakery Red Velvet Cake &
Chocolate Truffles
Valentine Rose from Kabloom

The cost for this special dinner for two is only $75 Pre- orders will be taken until noon on Thursday, February 9th, with meals available for pick up on February 11th or 12th.  Starting on Thursday, January 26th you can pre-order your meal at Blu Seafood, Yum Bakery and Silver Sage Beef at the Market. 

The Calgary Farmers’ Market believes everyone deserves a little romance and a delicious meal this Valentine’s Day.  There is a limited quantity of 100 dinners, so stop by Thursday- Sunday 9am- 5pm to place your order before they sell out.

Get cozy with the market all winter.  Do you like the smell of an apple pie fresh out of the oven? Or would you prefer to warm up with a hot chocolate by the fire? Oh and you have just got to try our hand knit-mittens, and make sure you pick up some veggies for a homemade soup. There is plenty to love about winter at the market all year round. Come visit us Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9am- 5pm.

On Saturday December 3rd from 11am-4pm , the Breakfast Television crew will be onsite at the Calgary Farmers’ Market for the fresh food drive. In cooperation with the Calgary Inertfatih foodbank we are all working together to bring more fresh food donations to hungry Calgarians. Come on down and join us!

Bring Holiday Cheer and Your Choir to the Calgary Farmers’ Market.This holiday season we are looking for choirs to perform on the ATB Financial Stage.  It is a great opportunity to share your talent and holiday spirit with everyone at the market. If you are in a choir that is looking for venues to perform during November and December please contact us at info@calgaryfarmersmarket.ca for more info.
We look forward to hearing you at the Market.

Come and pick out the perfect pumpkin and grab some candy this weekend at the market!

The 10 Items Every Thanksgiving Dinner Needs  
There are lots of delicious and helpful items around the market to ensure your Thanksgiving dinner is a success. So whether this is your 1st or your 20th time making it we want to help and show you where everything can be found in the market.
1)    Turkey:  Is always the star of the show and getting a good quality bird is key. We have multiple vendors who are taking orders this weekend for turkeys that can be picked up next week. Visit Spragg’s Meat Shop, Blu Seafood and Blush Lane Organics for more information.

2)    Pumpkin Pie: If you like a classic pumpkin or maybe something new like Saskatoon we have lots of pies around the market to impress your family.
Yum Bakery will be taking advanced order of their delicious pumpkin apple and many other flavored pies.
Simple Simon Pies has 9” pumpkin pies for sale this weekend and next weekend.
A Taste of Quebec will have Maple Pumpkin pies for pre-order and for sale next weekend.
The Saskatoon Farm has delightful Saskatoon Pies ready to go.
If you are brave and looking to bake your own Silk Road Spice Merchant has a delightful Pumpkin Pie Spice your should try.

3)    Cranberries: Who doesn’t like compliments and cranberries are the best compliment to a mouthful of turkey.
Fresh B.C Cranberries are available at the The Cherry Pit and at MacFarlane’s you can find Cranberry Sauce all ready made with a touch of Grand Marnier.

4)    Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes: If you want to grace your table with local potatoes then looks no further:  Souto Farms, Michelle’s Market, The Cherry Pit, Lone Pine Colony, Riverbend Colony, Innisfail Growers and Blush Lane Organics have loads of local potatoes.

5)    Wine & Wine Glasses: What is the best pairing to go with a Thanksgiving dinner? Field Stone Fruit Wines recommends their Bumbleberry wine during dinner and Saskatoon Dessert wine after. If you are looking to spruce up your glass wear, Rainbow Glass has gorgeous wine glass sets to grace your table.

6)    Stuffing: Is always a family favorite and to ensure yours is delicious try The Silk Road Spice Merchants Poultry Stuffing Blend.

7)    Décor: Bringing the colours of fall into your home helps warm-up the room and get everyone in the mood for Thanksgiving.  Kabloom has beautiful centerpieces that use a pumpkin as a vase. They’re stunning and sure to be a hit on your table or as a gift.

8)    Gravy: Thanksgiving dinner would not be complete without a helping or two of gravy on everything.  If there just never seems to be enough grab some at the Stock n Sauce. They have turkey, chicken and beef gravy available.

9)    Brussel Sprouts: The may have a bad reputation but cook them up in some butter and bacon and these little seasonal veggies are sensational. For Alberta grown brussel sprouts still on the stem, visit Innisfail Growers. 

10)  Turkey Alternatives:  Want to surprise everyone and try something new this year? We have 2 suggestions; Spragg’s Meat Shop is taking order for their delicious free range Ham’s and Shef’s Fiery Kitchen will be taking orders for full Tandoori Chickens. 

And if all of this does not fit your schedule let the Main Dish make it for you! They have a complete Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings available for $16.99/person. Pre-order yours before Oct 6th. Check their website for more info:

http://www.tmdish.com/events/22-let-us-cook-thanksgiving-dinner-for-you

On behalf of all of us at the Calgary Farmers’ Market we want to thank-you for your continued support of the market and our new location. We wish you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving and we look forward to seeing you around the market.

On September 29th, the market’s Thursday business hours will change from 11am- 7pm to 9am- 5pm. The market will now be open Thursday- Sunday 9am-5pm all year round!

Father’s Day Fun and Fundraiser at the Market
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men. In Alberta one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime and eight men die every week of the same disease. When detected early, it is also one of the most successfully treated types of cancer. Our mission this weekend is to help create awareness and raise money to help the Prostate Cancer Center.

Heading up the fund raiser at the market is Dave at Totalitea The Tea Boutique. He along with his daughter Joy and long time friend Colin have been collecting pledges and will be shaving their heads on Father’s Day at 1pm on the stage. Joy and Colin’s hair will be donated to Angel’s Hair for Children to create wigs for children fighting cancer. To help raise money please visit Totalitea The Tea Boutique this weekend to donate. Dave will be accepting donations at pledges at his booth all weekend. All proceeds will go to the Prostate Cancer Center and all pledges over $10 will receive a tax receipt.

The Prostate Cancer Center will have The Man Van on site parked at the Main SE Entrance on Sunday June 19th 11am- 2pm. They will be providing complimentary blood screening tests to men over 40. These tests help provide insight into your risk for prostate cancer. They will also be selling boxers to help raise money.  What a perfect gift to give your father or husband.

Now for the fun part of the weekend, on Sunday we will be giving away 200 snack bags filled with beer nuts to the first 200 Dad’s at the market. Attached to those giveaways will be an entry form for them to enter to win Dad themed gift baskets.  These baskets will include Calgary Farmers’ Market aprons, mugs, market bucks and vendor products. Come on down and make sure your Dad enters to win.

We look forward to seeing you this weekend and Happy Father’s Day!

Fratello Coffee Roasters and Analog Cafe are honored that we can help bring this part of coffee tradition to you in Calgary and hope that you are able to join us June 3rd at 11am!

This past weekend at the market we raised $567.00 and an entire booth full of donations to help the people of Slave Lake. Thank-you to everyone who donated to help our neighbors in Slave Lake.