Make Every Stop Count: Take the 2025 BC Farmers’ Market Summer Challenge on Your Camping or RV Adventure

Summer in BC is a time for hitting the road, discovering new landscapes, and making memories at campgrounds, lakes, and mountain trails. If you’re one of the many who spend the sunny season RVing or camping across the province, there’s a new way to make your summer travels even more rewarding—by joining the 2025 BC Farmers’ Market Summer Challenge.

Whether you’re a seasoned RV explorer, a weekend camper, or planning your first summer road trip, the Summer Challenge invites you to connect with local communities and fuel your journey with the freshest produce, artisan treats, and handcrafted goods—straight from the source. It’s all part of a simple idea with a big impact: every time you stop at a BC farmers’ market, you’re supporting local growers, makers, and the Canadian economy.

Your Passport to Fresh Finds on the Road

The BC Farmers’ Market Trail App is your guide to discovering more than 145 farmers’ markets across the province. This summer, the app is your ticket to the 2025 Summer Challenge. It’s easy to join, and even easier to make part of your camping and RV routine.

Here’s how it works:

• Download the BC Farmers’ Market Trail App
• Sign Up For the 2025 BC Farmers’ Market Summer Challenge on the app’s home screen
• Check in at BC Farmers’ Market member markets as you travel and complete the 2025 Summer Challenge Survey each time at you do

Every check-in gets you closer to unlocking prizes, earning ‘Super Foodie Status,’ and discovering your new favorite foods.

A Delicious Detour Worth Taking

Imagine this: You roll into a lakeside campground on a Thursday evening. On Friday morning, instead of just hitting the beach, you stroll into town and find a vibrant farmers’ market buzzing with fresh berries, local honey, smoked salmon, sourdough bread, and handmade crafts. You grab a coffee from a local roaster and chat with the people who grow and make the food you’ll cook over the campfire later that night.

That’s the kind of experience the Summer Challenge is all about.

BC Farmers’ Markets are more than places to shop—they’re a window into the heart of a community. Each one reflects the unique landscape and people of its region. Whether you’re parked near the ocean, the Okanagan, or nestled in the Rockies, you’ll find a farmers’ market ready to welcome you with seasonal produce and local charm.

RVers and Campers: You’re Already on the Trail

If you’re RVing or camping, you’re already exploring the backroads and small towns that make BC special. Why not add local farmers’ markets to your itinerary? Not only does it make mealtime more exciting (goodbye, boring canned meals!), it’s a great way to reduce waste, support sustainable farming, and meet friendly faces along the way.

The app makes it easy to plan ahead too—check market days and times before you go, and use it to discover nearby stops you might otherwise miss. Plus, the more you participate, the closer you’ll get to the Super Foodie badge—just one more reason to take the scenic route.

Join the Local Food Movement, One Stop at a Time

The 2025 BC Farmers’ Market Summer Challenge isn’t just about food—it’s about being part of something bigger. It’s a fun, hands-on way to take action on values you care about: supporting local and eating well.

Even if you’re new to BC Farmers’ Markets or just curious, this is your moment. If you’re already a die-hard farmers’ market fan, the challenge is a great excuse to try new ones and turn your usual farmers’ market habit into a summer-long adventure.

So, as you plan your camping getaways and RV routes this summer, don’t forget to include a few farmers’ market stops along the way. With the BC Farmers’ Market Trail App in your pocket and your cooler ready, your next trip might just be your tastiest one yet.

Take the challenge. Download the app. Make your summer journey one that supports BC—one farmers’ market stop at a time.

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Follow the BC Farmers’ Market Trail on Your British Columbia Travels

Stay local, support local, and shop local — outdoors or online — with BC Farmers’ Market Trail! Our market finder is your quickest route to fresh, local, in-season food, and artisan goods direct from the people who produce them.

At 145+ authentic farmers’ markets, you’ll find dedicated vendors who grow, make, bake, or raise the products they sell, across 10 regions of British Columbia. Take a peek and get inspired by the bustling markets local to some of our featured regions!

Northern BC

Each farmers’ market offers unique products, reflecting its distinctive landscapes — from misty Haida Gwaii, to the Skeena River, volcanic valleys, glacial lakes and snowy mountains.

Sunshine Coast

Decade old farmers’ & artisan markets enrich the culture of this sunny mainland coastline.

Cariboo Chilcotin Coast

The geographic heart of the province, this region spans from the west coast to the historic Gold Rush region. 

Kootenay Rockies & Columbia Basin

The southeastern corner of BC is renowned for its orchards, pasture and farmland—it’s a hub for fresh local food and farming.

Hop on the trail to find an online market or a market near you!

Maintaining the health and safety of farmers’ market organizers, vendors, and shoppers, along with the communities in which they operate is a top priority for all of us. 

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Fun Family Camping Trip to the Okanagan, British Columbia

It doesn’t feel like summer until we visit Penticton, the interior of BC where it’s always warmer and where fruit orchards and wineries make for a picturesque summer photo. With our trailer in tow, the average five-hour commute allows us to enjoy the beautiful lush scenery and mountain peak tops until we arrive at Southbeach Gardens RV & Campground, where we have become regulars.  Often times the kids will have their tablets and headphones ready for the road-trip, along with pillows and blankets next to them just in case they feel like taking a nap.  We would pack fresh fruits, lots of water and some salty snacks to avoid having to make unnecessary stops if someone gets hungry.

Upon arriving and checking-in, unpacking and settling at our camping spot becomes the next item on our to do list.  We keep coming back to this campsite because it’s conveniently located across the Skaha Lake, offering over 250 RV and tent spacious camping spots and lots of greenery to keep cool during the hot summer days. The kids playground, arcade and the mini golf is where the kids like to spend most of their time.  For us, being able to grab the beach towels and walk across the street for a swim in the lake saves us time and makes it that much more enjoyable. Renting equipment for various water sports such as paddle boards, jet-skis and kayaks is also available at the beach.

This year we could not have asked for better weather, with temperatures tempering between high twenties and mid thirties, it was beach weather everyday.  And since we booked two weeks in August, I made a list of all the places I wanted to visit and make the most of our time spent here.

One of the first places we visited was the Okanagan Lavender Herb Farm.  Situated on the hills of South Kelowna overlooking the Okanagan Lake, it is the perfect spot for an afternoon stroll or catching the last sun rays before the sun sets.  And if you are a lavender enthusiast like I am, then you will cherish the free sample of edible ‘pure lavender and lemon balm’ that you receive upon your entrance into the garden.  Beside the beautiful blooming lavender buds, we really enjoyed walking through the hedge maze and writing wishes on the wishing tree; where you write your wish on a long plastic strip and tie it to the round iron structure amid all the purple plants.

On one of the ‘cooler’ days, we felt like leaving the beach scene and checking out the H2O Adventure and Fitness Centre where the Surf Simulator is all the hype.  A fifteen-minute drive from Kelowna Downtown, the centre features three waterslides, a wave-pool, lazy river, a spray park and play area for the little ones, as well as two hot-tubs and an Olympic size pool.  Of course, most of our time was spent at the Surf Simulator, where the kids got to practice their surfing moves, either standing up or on their knees for the less advanced.

With our friends from Kelowna, we visited the Kalamalka Lake.  A glacial lake four kilometers south of Vernon, particularly known for its turquoise blue water due to crystals forming in the hot summer days that result in distinctive blue and green color.  The sandy Kal Beach roughly stretches 300m in length and 50m in width, includes a pier, and is a popular destination for swimming, picnicking and beach volleyball.  A concession stand is open during the summer months, and parking is conveniently located across the beach.

The entire Okanagan valley consists of many activities to do and places to visit, such as elegant wineries that display their ripe grapes in structured rows overlooking lakes; where wine tours are available at most wineries during the weekdays.  Other events such as various festivals and farmer’s markets are active on the weekends, where one can find sweet cream peaches among other local fruits.  U-pick is also available at most fruit orchards if you have the time and want the freshest pick.

For other campgrounds in this area or elsewhere in British Columbia go to the Camping Map.

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Published: October 21st, 2016