BC Veggie Day is Coming March 20, 2014
The first ever BC Veggie Day is coming next week! The BC Greenhouse Growers’ Association is celebrating the annual springtime arrival of locally greenhouse veggies from British Columbia’s 42 Greenhouse Growers throughout the Lower Mainland. It’s going to be a jam-packed week, so take a look at some of the fun events in store…
On March 20th, guests will be able to mingle with greenhouse growers from Houweling’s Tomatoes, Windset Farms, Village Farms, SunSelect Produce, Atwal Farms, and more at the Vancouver Art Gallery north plaza from 11 am to 2 pm. There will be a pop-up greenhouse filled with plants and ‘good’ bugs from the Bug Factory, a farmer’s market, live entertainment by emcee Prevail from Swollen Members and the 7 member Vince Vaccaro Band, a first ever pop-up restaurant by Earls Kitchen + Bar and food trucks Verinicey Pankoras and Mangal Kiss, according to the BC Greenhouse Growers’ Association’s website.
Throughout the week guests will also get the chance to sample some of the best and newest greenhouse offerings from Earls Kitchen + Bar at its Hornby, Yaletown, North Van, and Bridge Park locations. Try out the new Mediterranean Quinoa Salad, which features locally sourced greenhouse cucumbers, or some of the other special veggie samplers! All Earls’ sandwiches and burgers come with fresh Windset Farms tomatoes straight from Delta, BC. Don’t forget to take a picture of your favorite dish and upload it to Buy Local Eat Natural’s Facebook page or use #BCveggieday on Twitter or Instagram to enter for a chance to win one of five $100 Earls gift cards.
The radio stations 93.7 JRfm and 102.7 THE PEAK will cover the event live and will feature chances to win special prize packages as well.
To further promote the event, Village Farms is featuring the red BC Greenhouse Grown seal on all of its packaging of its locally grown tomatoes throughout all of its retail partners in British Columbia.
Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, and more from British Columbia are all harvested and ready to arrive in stores on the first day of spring. It’s easy to see why BC Veggie Day will be the perfect time to promote these fresh greenhouse veggies!
