Culinary / Wine Wheelchair Accessible Family Friendly Community

 manager@wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
 902.697.3344

Join us as together we showcase,celebrate, share and learn about the many cultures that are part of our history and part of our community. Come in traditional dress and enjoy our World-on-a-Plate Market Supper Menu as our vendors share their heritage through their unique cuisine.  Meet people from around the world who have made this their home.  We will have organizations who support newcomers and others who can help tell the story of our shared heritage here in the Valley.  

We will be joined by organizations that share heritage or support multiculturalism or offer services to immigrants.  Learn about African Nova Scotian history and community services with VANSDA.  Children can try on period costumes from the Grand Pre National HIstoric Site.  And the Wong Centre will be sharing many cultural crafts with the kids.  

World on a Plate Menu Features

All Our Vendors will have their regular menu PLUS!

Asian Temptations:  samplings of Dim Sum and Dumplings

Frais Catering (Manitoulin Island, Ontario):  Wild Rice Soup

Jayn & T's Fine Food (Italy):  Roasted Veggie Pizza

Julien’s Feel Good Food (Albania):   Sour lamb casserole with yogurt sauce ( Tave Kosi); Aubergines stuffed with vegetables and beef (Patellxhana te mbushur); Peppers stuffed with rice,  fresh  herbs and spices (Speca te mbushur); Pie with beef and spices ( Byrek me mish vici dhe ereza)

Harbourville Schnitzelhaus (Germany):  Gingerbreas-lebkuchen and Apple Strudel

Prized Imports:  Saffron Rice Pudding

Slow Dough (Quebec):  Tart au Sucre

The Noodle Guy:  Traditional Québécois Tourtière

Taj Mahal (Indian):  Vegetable stuffed Parantha

Music (5:00pm-7pm):   

Lika Cai will be singing traditional Chinese songs

Yi Zhi Yuan (Selina), from China, is now a high school student at NKEC who has been learning this Chinese Zither for the last 3 years.  “It is really fun to play,”  says Selina. It is in the national tradition of the Han Zheng instrument,and  is also a string instrument.

Sahara Jane  is a traveling songstress who has been studying Indian music for many years.  Tonight, accompanied by Daunt Lee, she will perform songs originating from India, as well as her own unique brand of Indian/Western fusion songwriting!

François Coté:  Although originally from Quebec, François Coté has been a staple in the Wolfville music scene for as long as anyone can remember.  His extensive musical knowledge will inform the selections he will perform, in English and French!

HERITAGE NIGHT  Participants:

Each participant will have information to share about their community and organization

Asian Temptation:  We do Asian cuisine service, multi-language teaching, translation, multi-cultural activities, tourism consultant and other liaison activities.  We will have some free samples of Dim Sum, dumpling and other Chinese food. China Dresses, handwriting, drawing and other art pieces. Some introduction of Chinese Language and hot sightseeing places. Introduction of some Japanese products.

Grand Pre National HIstoric Site:  Immerse in a powerful monument that unites the Acadian people. Uncover the tale of le grand dérangement through engaging multimedia. Admire the statue of Evangeline, heroine of an epic Longfellow poem. View impressive artefacts and statues, storytellers of a turbulent history. Located in the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this is Grand-Pré National Historic Site—once the epicentre of Acadian culture and now the most significant memorial to their tragic upheaval.  pc.gc.ca/grandpre

Laissez-vous imprégner par la puissance d’évocation d’un monument qui unit le peuple acadien. Découvrez le récit du Grand dérangement grâce à de dynamiques présentations multimédias. Admirez la statue d’Évangéline, l’héroïne d’un poème épique de Longfellow. Vous serez ému à la vue d’artéfacts et de statues, témoins d’une histoire mouvementée. Au cœur d’un site inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, le lieu historique national de Grand-Pré – jadis plaque tournante de la culture acadienne – est maintenant le plus important monument qui rappelle les tragiques bouleversements qu’a connus le peuple acadien.  pc.gc.ca/grandpre

The Landscape of Grand Pré was inscribed by UNESCO in 2012 as a World Heritage Site. The 13 square-kilometre site is located on the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are recognized as having Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) for humanity as a whole. This means they have cultural and/or natural significance which is so exceptional as to transcend national boundaries and to be of common importance for present and future generations everywhere.  landscapeofgrandpre.ca

Prized Importers I am from Iran, I import Iranian saffron, Barberry and hand crafts and carpet from Iran. I sell my products at Seaport farmers market in Halifax since 2010. I like to introduce Persian culture to other people and learn about their culture too. Prizedco. Com

VANSDA (Valley African Nova Scotian Development Association) is a not-for-profit community development organization which operates through project based funding. This funding is provided through proposal submission approval by various Government of Canada and Nova Scotia Government Departments. The organization is guided by a representative community volunteer group that make up its' Board of Directors and a secondary group of Associate/Resource members representing community partners. vansda.ca

The Wong International Centre promotes and embraces diversity.  Established in 1997, the Wong International Centre (WIC) offers international students a “home away from home.” international.acadiau.ca

YREACH is a YMCA program providing information, orientation and settlement support to Immigrants and Temporary Foreign Workers and their families who are new to communities outside of HRM.  fundyymca.com/y-reach

Regular Wednesday Community Night at the Market Activity:

The $10 Market Supper (4pm-7pm):   Just pay $10 dollars and in return get complimentary serving of bread and salad plus $10 in coupons that you can use with any different vendor on any Wednesday.The Market Supper is enjoyed with real plate, cutlery, water glass and community seating.

Pricing: Free

The DeWolfe Building
24 Elm Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

 info@wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
 902-697-3344

         

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