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Farm Fun

Farm FunLocal farms produce our food, and many of them provide us with entertainment too. Visit a farm and pick up fresh food, enjoy a hay ride, play with farm animals and more

The Best Metro Vancouver Corn Mazes
The Best Metro Vancouver Corn Mazes

Cozy season is here! The days are getting cooler, sweaters are necessary in the morning and evening, and you may find yourself looking for a corn maze or apple field to visit on the weekends. If this is your first time visiting a corn maze, we’ve rounded up some tips
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Meadows Family Farm
Farm Fun at Meadows Family Farm

I love a good pumpkin patch. There’s a personal element to picking from a patch rather than a pile at the grocery store; you can compare for size, colour, shape, and I look forward to visiting a new farm each year. Fortunately, there are many pumpkin patches and farms to
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Southlands Heritage Farm
Southlands Heritage Farm

Bring your family to the farm! Southlands Heritage Farm is excited to introduce city-kids to farm life. You are welcome to visit the chickens, ducks, and horses. If you bring some grain you can feed the chickens (please make sure you DON’T feed the horses). Reservations to visit Southlands Heritage
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UBC Farm | A Bit of Country in the City

The UBC Farm stretches across 24 hectares of integrated farm and forest lands on the South Campus of UBC’s. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems manages the university’s farm.  The Centre offers a wide range of interdisciplinary learning, research, and community programs. This is your chance to bring home local fresh produce right from an
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EcoDairy in Abbotsford
Up Close & Personal with Cows at EcoDairy in Abbotsford

Love milk? When out in the Fraser Valley, be sure to set aside time to visit the EcoDairy. Working in partnership with Vancouver’s Science World, EcoDairy educates visitors about how milk comes from the cow into the jug in your fridge. We’ve visited the red barn for farm-fresh produce, delicious
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Maplewood Farm

Maplewood Farm is home to over 200 domestic animals and birds! The farm provides a unique experience, incorporating enjoyment, education and the rural heritage of their 5 acre setting. Maplewood Farm Contact Info: Where: North Vancouver Address: 405 Seymour River Place Phone: 604-929-5610 Website: http://www.maplewoodfarm.bc.ca/

BC Farm Museum Sign
BC Farm Museum

The BC Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum features British Columbia’s largest collection of pioneer artifacts. The kids will love riding on the Museum’s pedal tractors. While a number of the displays are for eyes-only, ask a volunteer to show your kids the vegetable sorting machine and the egg sorting machine.
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Honeybee Centre

Honeybee Centre is a commercial honey farm and visitor attraction. The main business is renting beehives to pollinate blueberry flowers and ten other fruit crops, including cranberries, raspberries, and pumpkins. Be sure to take part in the fascinating bee tours. You will learn a lot about these essential little critters.
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Tomatoes and Bees in Tsawwassen

We went on a driving adventure this weekend and found ourselves in the far reaches of Tsawwassen, just past Boundary Bay.  What a lovely part of the Lower Mainland!  We had gone in search of the Earthwise Society’s Tomato Fest.  I’m so glad we went! Earthwise Society promotes sustainability through education and community
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Apples and Corn at Apple Barn Pumpkin Farm

It can’t possibly be Fall, in our house, without multiple visits to Apple Barn Pumpkin Farm in Abbotsford.  We started this tradition before our eldest was even a year old.  Now with 2 boys in tow, aged nearly 4 & 6, we have an utter blast.  This is the first
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