June 10 to September 23, 2011

3:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Strathmore Exhibition  Grounds

The Strathmore Farmers' Market is an Alberta Approved Farmers' Market. We follow guidelines set out by Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

We are run by a volunteer board of directors that set out the rules, regulations, and direction for the market. If you are interested in becoming a board member, please contact us.

Strathmore Farmers' Market was established in 1997. Its first home was the Strathmore & District Ag Society Exhibition Grounds. After a few years there, it moved to the parking lot at Kinsmen Park. In 2006, the market moved back to the Exhibition Grounds.

Strathmore Farmers' Market Rules

Click here to download our summer market Guidelines and Procedures.

Strathmore History

Strathmore has a proud and unique food-production heritage.

In his forward for the Strathmore history book, Strathmore: The Village That Moved, R. S. Allision, then president of CP Rail, wrote, "Strathmore was where the first and most famous of the CPR demonstration farms was established, where the prize-winning Holstein herd flourished, where food and flowers for the tables of the railway dining cars, stations, and hotels were produced for more than 40 years." See the page here.

This image is from a glass lantern slide which is housed at McCord Museum in Quebec. The photograph was taken in 1923.

"Strathmore -- Supply Farm: Strathmore is the headquarters of the Western section of the Canadian Pacific irrigation system. It has a large supply farm operated by the Canadian Pacific, which supplies, from its own production and by purchase from surrounding farmers, the Western dining car system and hotels of the Company with cream, butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables and other commodities."

Excerpt from "ACROSS CANADA BY C. P. R.", Section 4--The Prairie Provinces; booklet, McGill University Illustrated Lectures, 1928.

I encourage you to visit the www.ourfutureourpast.ca Local Histories section to learn more about Strathmore's grand heritage. (Search for the exact phrase "supply farm" in the text and "Strathmore" in the subject.)

With respect for Strathmore's past, the Strathmore Farmers' Market uses the famous CPR Supply Farm No.1barn in the background of its logo to challenge us to become, once again, famous for our vegetables and other food items.

Full Time Vendors for 2011:-  

Baba's Kitchen:  Has the  concession stand. They offer a weekly supper special plus sandwiches  dessert and more.

Caracol Clay Studios:  Hand crafted ceramics

Elaine's Gems: Hand crafted jewellery

 Epicure Spices: Cooking spices

Field Stone Winery: Wines made from locally grown fruit.

George's Wooden Toys: Wooden toys and puzzles for children

Harrison Farms: Jams, jellies, salsas, syrups and pies made from locally grown produce.

Kathy's T-Shirts & Totes: T-shirts for all ages and tote bags

K-9 Training & Supplies: Products to train and care for your pets.

Knit Two Purl Too- Crochet and hand knits, knitted/crocheted  toys, scouring pads & dish cloths.

Lorraine's Ukrainian Baking: Perogies, buns cinnamon rolls, and other Ukrainian specialties.

Mary Kay Cosmetics:  Shirra Turner
 

Medicine Hat Meat Traders: Beef jerky

Mosaic Fabric Art:  Bags of all kinds for cooking and storage plus aprons and more.

Mullin Publishing: Children's books

Norwex: Household cleaning supplies

Quilts 'n Things  - Quilts, water cooler covers & other sewn items.  

 Sham's Kitchen: East Indian foods and spices.

 Souto Family Orchards-Okanogan valley BC fruits  .

Standard Colony - Vegetables, baking, eggs.

Starks' Gift Baskets: Gift baskets for all occasions

Trapp's Publishing: Books for children written by Lawrence Adams and illustrated by Robert Adams.

Tupperware: Tami Bowers

Vannasa's Artworks: Paintings, framed and unframed

Watkins Products & Knitting: Lenore Stillwell

Part time Vendors for 2011

At Ease:

Badlands Images:

Beauty Control Products:

El Sante Winery:

Hillview Colony:

Lazy Pepper:

Maxine's Candles:

Monkey Business:

Patricia's Breads & Pastries:

String You a Line Beadworks:

Tina Brogan:

Tracy Grossi:

Usborne Books:

*Click on the vendors whose names are underlined for a fast track to their websites.