It was opening day of the Port Coquitlam Farmers Market yesterday, June 6, and hundreds of shoppers came out with their grocery bags to load up on fresh fare.
Run by the Fraser North Farmers Market Society, the market is on each Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Terry Fox Hometown Square behind Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave.).
The Tri-Cities has two other farmers markets, operated by the Grow Local Society: the Coquitlam Farmers Market on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Dogwood Pavilion parking lot (1655 Winslow Ave.); and the Port Moody Summer Farmers Market from 3 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays in the parking lot next to the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Rd.).
