New West residents can now stroll down to Hyack Square to pick up everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to local bacon and honey thanks to a new, open-air urban grocery cart that will be setting up shop there.
The FarmCity Fresh Cart made its debut in New Westminster Wednesday and will be at Hyack Square most weekday evenings from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and on Saturdays.
The farmers’ market-inspired kiosk will feature an ever-changing bounty of local products, including sustainably farmed fruits and vegetables, pastured eggs, local honey, preserves, sodas made from locally farmed fruit and an assortment of snacks and salads.
Visitors will also be able to buy take-home products like bacon and cured meat from Re-Up BBQ, cocktail bitters and culinary extracts from Bittered Sling, seeds and merchandise from Victory Gardens, artisan pasta from Pasta Famiglia and cold-pressed juice from SPUD, as well as meat and deli products from pastured animals, prepared by local chefs.
“FarmCity Fresh Cart is an innovative, grassroots means of nurturing and growing a network that links urban farms with local restaurants and consumers,” said Re-Up BBQ co-partner Lindsay Kaisaris.
Besides its appearances at Hyack Square, the FarmCity Fresh Cart will also pop up at various New West summer events and festivals this summer, including this Sunday's Key West Ford Show and Shine on Columbia Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pecha Kucha Night at Westminster Pier Park, July 19 from 4 to 11 p.m., and the Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest, Aug. 23 from 4 to 10 p.m.
To keep track of the Fresh Cart’s whereabouts, follow @CityFreshCart on Twitter. For further information, visit farmcity.coop/fresh-cart.
