Definition of Grow, Make, Bake, Raise, Wild Harvest

From Policy Document Approved by BCAFM Board of Directors on September 18th, 2023

100% Grow, Make, Bake, Raise, Wild Harvest

As indicated in Bylaw 1.1 (j) a Farmers’ Market is comprised exclusively (100%) of BC Vendors and Qualified Extra-Provincial Food Vendors who grow, make, bake, raise or wild harvest the products they sell.

The reselling of products at BCAFM member farmers’ markets is not allowed.

Grow means:

  • Farm products that are grown or produced in BC or extra-provincially (see definitions below).

  • Nursery products, such as plants, trees, or seeds that are grown and/or propagated by a farm vendor in BC or extra-provincially.

  • Cut flowers that were grown and/or propagated by the farm vendor.

Make means:

  • Processed/prepared foods in BC or extra-provincially: value added edible product that has been cut, cooked, smoked, canned or otherwise altered from its original/natural state. Qualified Extra-Provincial Food Vendors must comply with British Columbia health authority regulations.

  • Artisanal and craft products: value added products that are created, sewn, constructed or otherwise fashioned from component materials in a way that makes the item unique. These may include raw component products that were purchased or that originated on one’s farm. Artisan and craft items must show artistic effort and a substantial change from base components. An artist may sell reproductions of their own original creation.

  • Services that are provided at the farmers’ market. Examples include knife sharpening, chair massage.

  • Priority should be given to makers that source ingredients and components of BC origin.

Bake means:

  • Products that are baked from scratch in BC or extra-provincially (i.e.:utilizing basic ingredients, not purchased pre-mixed or pre-made components).

  • Priority should be given to bakers that source ingredients of BC origin.

Raise means:

  • Farm products that are raised onland or waters in BC or extra-provincially, with the appropriate permits and/or approvals.

Wild Harvest means:

  • Products harvested, caught, hunted or wild crafted from wild lands or waters in BC or extra-provincially, with the appropriate permits and/or approvals, including Indigenous communities.

“Qualified Extra-Provincial Food Vendor” means a Person or Organization that is not located within British Columbia, or whose food products are not grown, made, baked, raised or wild harvested within British Columbia but who is located in Canada not more than 300 kilometres away from the applicable Farmers’ Market at which it intends to sell food (and only food) products it has itself grown, made, baked, raised, wild harvested and processed (as applicable) within 300 kilometres of the applicable Farmers’ Market; made, baked, raised or wild harvested, all of which food products must be grown, made, baked, raised, wild harvested and processed (as applicable) within 300 kilometres of the applicable Farmers’ Market;