Fertile Food
Nourish the soil before you plant the seed. This Acubalance mantra for fertility was born out of the understanding that if a farmer wants their land to be fruitful, they must first nourish the soil. This is why Acubalance has taken it upon themselves to support local and organic food. The average North American meal travels 2,400 km to get from field to plate and contains ingredients from 5 countries in addition to our own. Local and organic food will contain the essence that is needed for optimal health and fertility that may be missing in so many processed, denatured, and imported foods. At the same time, it produces a sustainable local ecomony, thus maintaining a healthy community.
Please use this resource below to cultivate a different outlook on food in general. Food and air give us life. Fertile soil produces fertile food. Fertile food creates fertile bodies.
Many of the resources were found on the Earth Save Canada web page. We included mainly organic restuarants. Please vist their site for a larger list of vegetarian restuarants.
Meats
Big Sky Natural Meats
2237 West 33rd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6M 1C1
Tel. 604-230-3003
Big Sky Natural Meats provides a food link between city consumers and
country suppliers by promoting top-quality natural products from
selected farmers to the urban consumer. We take orders for bulk
quantities of meat, mainly grass-fed organic beef and deliver it to the
customer frozen and packaged. We are committed to supporting small
family farms and providing them with a viable market for their
products. We also feel that consumers need the option of eating
nutritious food that they can trace back to the farm. Please visit the
Vale Farm web page (http://www.valefarms.com)
Beef: 100 Percent Vegetarian Feed, Grass Fed, No Added Hormones, No Antibiotic Use, Non Confined, Pasture Raised.
Phone / Fax 604-986-5606
Email: info [at] 3pnaturalandexoticmeats [dot] ca
Debbie and Paul Benson opened 3P Natural and Exotic Meats
in 1996 to provide a full range of products gathered from the
organic and non-medicated side of distribution.
3P is a "Butcher Boutique" operated with the idea of good
"Olde Fashioned Service" as a priority to match the quality of
the FREE run natural lines carried.
The 3P philosophy of handling only the finest quality natural
products is coupled with a pricing policy that is comparable to
chain store non natural product!
With additives like pesticides, antibiotics and growth
hormones in many products Debbie and Paul simply say with
all our meats naturally raised for maximum flavor and quality
"Can you afford not to!"
info [at] 3pnaturalandexoticmeats [dot] ca
Organic World’s Specialty
22268 Dewdney Trunk Rd
Maple Ridge V2X 3H9
(604) 476-0717
organicworld [at] telus [dot] net
Food Delivery
Blue
Moon Organics
Phone 604-469-3003
Delivers: Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam,
Maple Ridge, Burnaby, Pitt Meadows
Green
Earth Organics
Phone 604-708-5969
Delivers:
Lower Mainland and beyond.
Ladybug
Organics Home Delivery Service and Market
Phone 604-513-8971
Organics @ Home - A Healthier
Way to Live
Phone: 604-983-6657
Delivers: North Shore, Vancouver,
Burnaby, New Westminster, and Tri-Cities.
Small
Potatoes Urban Delivery
Phone (604) 215-7783 Email: info-van [at] spud [dot] ca
Delivers: Lower Mainland - East to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, north to
Pemberton, south to White Rock.
Meals for Mums Delivery ltd.
phone: 778 230 4245
Delivers: Vancouver and North Shore. Click here for list of locations and map of areas
Sliced Tomatoes
Sliced Tomatoes Foods is Vancouver's only meal delivery service that
provides easy, healthy, ready-to-cook food. We give you fresh, whole
foods that both nutritionists and chefs approve of. We use local meats
and produce, organic food, and sustainable seafood.
1428 Vernon Dr. Vancouver BC 604-254-2545
Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD)
1660 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, 
604-215-7783
Flexible
odering, fresh bread, vegan products and organic local produce make
SPUD the leading online grocery delivery service in Canada.
Farmers Markets
Granville
Island Public Market
Not a solo farmers' market, but many farmers sell their products at this
fine, colourful and delicious public market. Over fifty permanent vendors
and a constantly changing array of farmers, artisans and cottage industry
food producers are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week.
Vancouver Summer Farmers Market Locations 2008
- East Vancouver - Trout Lake Community Centre,
15th and Victoria Drive
Saturdays, 9am - 2pm, Dates: TBA (May to October)
- West End - Nelson Park,
1100 Block Comox Street
Saturdays, 9am - 2pm, Dates: TBA (June to October)
- Riley Park - Across from Riley Park Community Ctr
30th and Ontario Street
Wednesdays, 1:00pm - 6:30pm, Dates: TBA (June to October)
- Kitsilano - Kitsilano Community Centre
10th and Larch
Sundays, 10am - 2pm, Dates: TBA (June/July - October)
- The Winter Farmers Market
WISE Hall 1882 Adanac Street at Victoria Drive 10am - 2pm
2nd & 4th Saturday of the Month, November 2007 to April 2008
Food Buying Clubs
Neighbours Organic Weekly Buying Club
Neighbours is a network of organic buying clubs operating in the
Greater Vancouver area of BC. We are groups of people who live or work
close by one another, co-operating to purchase groceries, often
directly from local farms, through this website.
The Passionate Gourmet Online
Vancouver,1-866-343-3663
A
Vancouver based, internet retailer dedicated to healthy eating. The
main brand name of Casa Retaggio, consists of ancestral and heritage
grains, speciality pulses and related products, such as pasta and
beverages. All products are organically grown and are non GMO
Organiko
North Vancouver, 604-987-6899, organiko [at] telus [dot] net
Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm; Order pick-up: Daily, 7am-10pm
Neighbours Organic Weekly Buying Clubs (NOWBC)
Grant Watson at 604-872-4060,
Sweets/Desserts
A local vancouver organic chocolate company that not only provides something sweet and tasty - but sustainable and ethical as well. Terra Nostra is a founding member of Equi-Trade (now called Equitable
Trade), which gives the farmers fair trade and beyond with organic
chocolate production. Our organic chocolates are made from the highest
quality raw materials which have been organically grown, harvested and
compassionately processed. This process ensures a gourmet chocolate
that delivers a robust and intense earthy cacao taste.
Vegan Choice Foods Inc.
21-7621 Vantage Way, Delta, 778-888-3426, Maker of Chi Cake, the vegan, glutenfree cheesecake and veganaimo bars.
Restaurants
C Restaurant
Featuring the finest seafood from local waters and around the world,
prepared with fresh local produce and innovative sauces, C is the
dining destination for seafood lovers. Our goal was to create menus
that are, what we call, "21st Century Responsible", and not only invest
in our own business and ecological futures, but hopefully bring
awareness to our customers so they may invest in their own.
2-1600 Howe Street Vancouver ph 604.681.1164
RainCity Grill
We began celebrating 'all things Vancouver' in 1992, becoming one of
the first restaurants in the region to firmly embrace local
ingredients. Our kitchen has, in large part, helped define Pacific
Northwest cuisine. These days, our approach has evolved to 'the more
local, the better,' which describes much more than the extraordinary
palette of flavours brought to our back door by the community of
farmers and fishers we're proud to know. It also reflects our
commitment to making every effort to ensure a sustainable* future for
everyone who helps put local food on our tables, and for all of us who
relish it.
1193 Denman Street Vancouver, BC 604.685.7337
Tomato Fresh Food
Café
Over the years Tomato Café has evolved into one of Vancouver’s most
versatile and organically-rooted restaurants serving Breakfast, Lunch
and Dinner. Seasonally focused menus built around ever changing
offerings of local farmers and suppliers are supplemented by innovative
and renowned Blue Plate Specials and Tomato Fresh Food Café favorites
2486 Bayswater (at broadway) Vancouver (604) 874-6020
Capers Community Markets
At Capers, we've spent a good part of our first 20 years as your
community market developing some of the highest, most exacting
standards for quality, purity and ethical production. Our in-house
chefs shop where you do, and we work hard to partner with like-minded
local producers in every department.
925 Main Street Village at Park Royal West Vancouver 604.678.0500
2285 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver 604-739-6676
1675 Robson Street, Vancouver 604-687-5288
3277 Cambie Street, Vancouver 604-909-2988
Pair Bistro
Regional and seasonal, focusing on local organic produce. We are about
ethical food production, community and sustainability. We strive to
remain informed and responsive to the values and changing environment.
Pair works with farmers who know the soil, ranchers who care for their
livestock, fishermen who care about the sea.
3763 w. 10th Point Grey Vancouver, 604.224.7211
Rocky
Mountain Flatbread Co.
Respect for the land and small-hold
farmers that produce natural foods. We buy local organic produce and meats. Respect for the community that
supports us, inspires us and makes life fun! We particularly focus on
working with students to promote responsible entrepreneurship.
1876 W 1st Avenue (between Cypress and Burrard) Vancouver 604-730-0321
Aphrodites Organic Cafe
The feeling of a country café, the taste of wholesome organics, the
aroma of grannie's kitchen and sometimes the wild and sensuous poetry
by Hafiz. Owner Allan Christian, farmer and shareholder of Glen Valley
Organic Farm in Fort Langley provides nearly all of the in-season
organic produce for the restaurant, often picked in the AM and served
the same day to our guests.
3598 W 4th Ave, Vancouver 604.738.5879
The Seasonal Experience
The Seasonal Experience was started as a vehicle to bring my passion
for our local food into your home. A meal prepared by us will take you
on a journey through the fields, farms, streams and oceans of British
Columbia and Canada. I hope that such an experience will open your
eyes to the vast bounty of products available to us and to see that we
truly have some of the finest food in the world. The food served to you
will be of the up most quality, whether its organic vegetables from
Hazelmere Farms, organic goat cheese from McLennan Creek dairy, Artisan
cheese from Moonstruck Farms, hand picked greens from Aldergrove, or
pasture raised duck from Cowichan Bay Farms. We are committed to
sourcing out and dealing with only those producers that respect their
products and the sustainability of our land.
#118-20226 Fraser Highway (Sundel Square), Langley
West
Pristine local ingredients are sourced by Acting Executive Chef
Stéphanie Noël to deliver superbly conceived dishes offering modern
interpretations of classics.
2881 Granville St. Vancouver 604 738 8938
Dharma Kitchen
3667 West Broadway, Vancouver, 604-738-3899
Open Daily, noon-10pm
Gorilla Food - (take-out only)
422 Richards Street, Vancouver, 604-722-2504
Open Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm
Radha Yoga & Eatery -
728 Main Street (at Union), Vancouver, 604.605.0011 www.radhavancouver.org
Open Thurs-Sat, 6-10pm
Radha is a vibrant center for reflective yoga, delicious vegetarian
food, inspired arts and community building. Discover this second storey sanctuary in Vancouver's eastside.
Truffle Cafe
1025 Commercial Drive, Vancouver,604-255-8690
Mon-Sat 10am-8pm;Sun 11am-7pm
Chai Gallery -
3243 West Broadway, Vancouver,778-837-1862
Open Thurs-Tues, 6pm-11pm; Wed, 6pm-1:30am
East Is East -
1) 4413 Main Street, Vancouver, 604-879-2020
2) 3243 West Broadway, 604-734-5881
Open Sun-Thurs, 11am-10pm; Fri & Sat, 11am-11pm
Jamaican Pizza Jerk
2707 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, 604-876-3343
Open Tues-Sat, 12pm-9pm; closed Mondays; open every other Sunday 11am-4pm
Nuba Restauraunt
1) 322 West Hastings Street (between Homer & Hamilton), Vancouver,604-688-1655
Open Mon-Fri, 11:30am-8pm
2) 1206 Seymour Street (@ Davie), Vancouver, 778-371-3266
Open Mon-Fri,11:30am-8pm; Sat 12:00-9:00pm; Closed Sunday
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Organc (mostly organics) food stores
# Capers Community Markets
* Kitsilano - 2285 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, 604-739-6676
Open Daily, 8am-10pm
* Robson Street Store - 1675 Robson Street, Vancouver, 604-...
Open Mon-Sat, 8am-10pm; Sun, 8am-9pm
* West Vancouver Store - 2496 Marine, West Vancouver, 604-...
Open Mon-Thurs, 7am-7pm; Fri & Sat, 7am-9pm; Sun, 8am-7pm
* Cambie Store - 3277 Cambie Street (@ West 16th Avenue), Vancouver, 604-909-2988
Open Daily, 8am-10pm
# Choices Market
* Kitsilano - 2627 West 16th Avenue, Vancouver, 604-736-0009
Open Daily, 8am-11pm
* Cambie - 3493 Cambie Street, Vancouver, 604-875-0099
Open Daily, 8am-11pm
* Kerrisdale - 1888 West 57th Avenue, Vancouver, 604-263-4600
Open Daily, 8am-10pm
* Yaletown - 1202 Richards Street, Vancouver, 604-633-2392
Open Daily, 8am-11pm
* Burnaby-Park - 6855 Station Hill Drive, Burnaby, 604-522-6441
Open Daily, 8am-10pm
* Burnaby-Crest-8683 10th Avenue, burnaby, 604-522-0936
Open Daily, 8am-9pm
* White Rock - 3248 King George Highway, South Surrey, 604-...
Open Daily, 8am-10pm
* Kelowna- 1937 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, 250-862-4864
Open Daily, 8am-9pm
# Drive Organics
1045 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, 604-678-9665
Open Daily, 9am-9pm
# Eternal Abundance
1025 Commercial Drive Vancouver, 604-255-8690
Open Mon-Sat,10am-8pm; Sun,11am-7pm
# Famous Foods
1595 Kingsway (east of Knight), 604-872-3019
Open Mon-Fri, 8am-9pm; Sat & Sun, 8am-7pm
# Mainly Organics
4348 Main Street, Vancouver, 604- 872-3446
Open Daily, 10am-10pm
# Planet Organic Market
10-2755 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam, 604-552-2799
Open Mon-Fri,9am-9pm; Sat & Sun,9am-7pm
# Sweet Cherubim Organic and Natural Foods Store
1105 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, 604-253-0969
Open Mon-Sat, 10am-8pm; Sun, 11am-7:30pm
# West Pointe Organic Produce
2625 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, 604-736-2839
Open Daily, 9am-6:30pm
# Whole Foods Market
925 Main Street @ Park Royal Shopping Centre, West Vancouver,
Cambie & 16th, Vancouver
Open Daily, 8am-9pm
New location opening soon
Cambie Street @ West Broadway, Vancouver
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