2026 Season
Winter Market is in progress and our Summer Market is coming May Long weekend.
Go to penderislands.org to apply to the Hall winter market
Welcome to the Pender Islands' Farmers' Market where everything is made, baked, or grown on Pender Island! We would be happy to have you as a vendor. Our Summer Market is outside at the Pender Island Community Hall every Saturday from the May long weekend to the Thanksgiving weekend each year from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm and is managed by the Pender Island Farmers' Institute. We give the community a common meeting place for local producers to promote their businesses and provide local food to the community. These products include produce, baking, specialty food products, meats and eggs, as well as a variety of local craftworks. This weekly event supports our community's farmers and producers as well as serves as a major attraction for Island visitors!
NEW 2026 - THE WINTER MARKET WILL ALSO BE PART OF BC FARMERS’ MARKETS AND PENDER ISLAND FARMERS’ MARKET. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HALL ON THIS COLLABORATION SO THERE IS MORE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE TWO MARKETS. During the winter market season the market will be run by the Community Hall following the same market rules as our summer market.
All farmers and food producers are also welcome to participate in the Wednesday food-only market that takes place in the Farmers’ Institute barn behind the Hall. Hours are 3-6 June through August and 3-5 in May, September and October. We also run a Farm Food Hub out of the barn on Saturdays 9:30-1 through the year. Vendors are charged 7.5% of sales, and are not required to be present. Items are sold by the market manager and volunteers on the producer’s behalf. Both markets are members of BC Farmers’ Markets - vendors only pay one registration fee and can attend all the markets they choose. After October 15th the Wednesday market will be closed until May long weekend.
All vendors are required to complete the following annually before their first time attending the Market to vend:
1. Annual Vendor Application: This can be found at this link . This online application is simple, just fill out and upon your vendor approval we will send you an invoice. You will also receive the market handbook for your reference, with regulations, general information about how the Farmers' Market runs as well as a list of rules that vendors agree to follow. Please email penderislandmarket@gmail.com if you need assistance with your application. At the top of the page there are links to both the online application and the pdf form.
Please click the following link for a PDF version of the Farmers’ Market Handbook: This has been updated for 2025.
2025 Pender Island Farmers’ Market Handbook
2. A photocopy of your Food Safe Level 1 or Market Safe Certificate: This requirement is for food and food product vendors only. You must have a current Food Safe Level 1 or Market Safe certificate and have read the BC CDC Guidelines for the Sale of Foods at Temporary Food Markets if you are a food vendor. A copy of your Food Safe certificate should be submitted with your Application Package. It can be uploaded into your application or emailed to the market. Note that Island Health is requiring that those vendors selling high risk food products (E.g. Eggs and meat ) must apply to Island Health using the following form. Please consult the guidelines to determine if your food is high risk. Plus, Market Safe or Food Safe is necessary to sell lower -risk products at our market. Food Safe is required by the health authority and our market for high risk foods a Market Safe certificate does not qualify for high risk foods. A Food Safe or Market Safe certificate are good for five years. Link to online courses is here
The link to the BC CDC Guidelines.
3. You will be invoiced a registration fee of $30, which includes membership of $5 and administration of $25. Instructions for payment are on the invoice (credit, debit, e-transfer, cheque or cash) or you may pay in person to the market manager or at the Farmers Institute barn behind the hall on market days. The membership becomes due on January 1st of each year and the form is here if you want to pay outside of market season.
That's it! Please submit your Application as soon as possible, or email penderislandmarket@gmail.com if you have questions or require assistance.
We appreciate vendors who bring their own tables and canopy tents. If you haven’t paid in advance, the Market fee is payable each time you attend the Farmers' Market and is $10 for a 10x10 ft spot if selling agricultural products, and $12 for non-agricultural vendors. Each spot must be booked in advance and no drop ins are accepted. A canopy tent may be rented from the Farmers' Institute for an additional $15 and tables 8’ and 6’ long can be rented for $5 for each market day and must be booked ahead of time.
The Farm Food Hub behind the Hall is run by the Farmers’ Institute year round. You are always allowed to sell out of the barn for 7.5% of sales if you are a Farmers Market farm or food vendor.
We look forward to seeing you! Please note that your Application is subject to approval by the Pender Island Farmers Institute Board of Directors and the market manager. For inquiries, please email the Farmers' Institute at penderislandmarket@gmail.com EVERYTHING MUST BE MADE, BAKED, OR GROWN ON PENDER ISLAND.