Approved Products

The Powell River Farmers' Market operates in line with the BC Association of Farmers' Markets definition of approved products as stated below:

The reselling of goods purchased from wholesalers or other commercial outlets is not allowed.

Grow means:

• Farm products that are grown or produced in qathet.
• Nursery products, such as plants, trees, or seeds that are grown and/or propagated by a farm vendor in qathet for the purpose of re-planting.
• Cut flowers and herbs that were grown and/or propagated by the farm vendor.

Make means:

• Processed or prepared foods that have undergone a transformation from their original or natural state through cooking, curing, smoking, canning, fermenting, blending, baking, roasting or other forms of value-added processing. Portioning, trimming, or cutting raw products — such as meat, fish, or produce — does not constitute “making” under this definition. Products must demonstrate a change in form, flavour, or composition beyond basic butchering or packaging. Qualified Extra-Provincial Food Vendors must comply with all applicable 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. AI generated design is not considered original creation
• Services that are provided at the farmers’ market. Examples include knife sharpening, chair massage.

Bake means:

• Products that are baked from scratch ie; utilizing basic ingredients, not purchased pre-mixed or pre-made components. 

Raise means:

• Farm products that are raised in qathet or wild lands or waters in qathet, with the appropriate permits. 

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 the approval of Indigenous communities.