Market Information
MARKET HOURS - SATURDAY'S, 9 A.M. TO 2 P.M., JUNE 15, 2013 THROUGH OCT. 12, 2013
Come out and help us celebrate knowing your farmer, baker and candlestick maker!
The Millarville Farmers' Market is one of the largest and most successful of the Alberta Approved Farmers' Markets and belongs in a special group sometimes described as a "Make It, Bake It, Grow It Market."
Dogs are not allowed at the Farmers' Market as per health regulations. Please leave your dog at home.
WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR?
Meat Pies, Custom Clothing, Jewlery, Pate, Quiche, Wood Furniture, Honey Wine, Home & Garden Products.... The list goes on and on! Many artists and craft people are part-time so be sure to come often and check the quonset and the garden for something new.
AMBASSADOR CLASSES
Learning about food, and developing cooking skills are essential to good health and food security. Learn from our instructors, and then share it with your friends. Classes begin at 9:30 am in the Racetrack Hall Kitchen, and are approximately 3 hrs. Meet your class, tootle through the market, learn, cook, eat….take home some lasting food skills. Registration is required, $60 per person + gst. Fees include instruction and ingredients. Sign up by calling (403) 931-3411 or email marketmanager@millarvilleracetrack.com
FOOD CLASSES
- July 20th, 2013: Chutney & Jam’s with Pam Vipond @ 9:30 am
Learn to make a fruit jam, and chutney from local condiment guru Pam Vipond. Skills learned can be transferred to all kinds of ingredients.Pam won first place at the 2012 Priddis & Millarville Fair with her Rhubarb Chutney, and learned her skills in her grandma’s kitchen.
- August 24th, 2013: Mastering Your BBQ @ 9:30 am
Learn a series of tips and tricks on mastering your home BBQ experience. Learn skills some wonderful take home skills that will impress all your summer cookout guests. You’ll be your neighborhood’s grill master by the end of class!
- September 7th, 2013: Pickling with Pam Vipond @ 9:30 am
After more than 10 years hanging around the Millarville Farmers’ Market, Pam is sharing her knowledge on pickles. Joins her as she walksstudents through the basics of pickling vegetables. From cukes, beets, carrots, and other hearty veggies; this is a great way to enjoy local produce year round!
**NEW in 2013**
HOME DECOR CLASSES
- August 31st, 2013: Interiors to Inspire: Chalk Paint® @ 10:00 am
Join Mel and Jen from "Interiors to Inspire" for a morning workshop with Chalk Paint®. Chalk Paint® is a unique decorative paint developed by Annie Sloan in 30 decorative and historical colours made specifically for
painting furniture and other surfaces without sanding or priming. Chalk Paint® sticks to just about any surface inside and outside the home: wood, concrete, metal, matt plastic, earthenware and much more. Its fast dry time allows you to add a second or third coats quickly and start enjoying your revitalised walls, floors and furniture sooner. Gorgeous results have never been so simple and straightforward.
We will be demonstrating how to apply Chalk Paint® decorative paint and waxes to refurbish and upcycle old furniture and accessories. So fun and easy, with a professional looking finish every time... no one will believe you did it yourself. Just come in your painting clothes, and get ready to be inspired!
OUR VENDORS 2013
We take great pride in the quality of our vendors. Most of these vendors are small business people, farmers, ranchers, orchard owners and craftspeople. In truth, people a lot like you. Check back in April where we will show each and every one of our approved vendors, including some who have web sites you can drive through and check them out a little closer.
We know you have to be at least a little bit curious about what a "Whiskey Cake" might be or, for that matter, what might be coming to our Market from the Red Neck Goat Ranch.
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF 2013 VENDORS 
BECOMING A VENDOR AT MILLARVILLE IN 2013
Think you’ve got a great idea or the right product to make it past Market Manager Mel's screening process, thereby allowing you the privilege of joining the illustrious ranks of Millarville Farmers' Market vendors? Well, we’re pulling for you as well. We are an Alberta Approved Farmers' Market; which means we have are at LEAST 80% "Make It, Bake It, Grow It in Alberta Market". If you have a unique product that will enhance the market, contact Melonie at marketmanager@millarvilleracetrack.c ...