BIPOC Foods Van hosts virtual holiday market, November 20 to 22
With food, art, and wellness products, the online market is a way to directly support local BIPOC businesses
Salty Cabbage Kimchi is one of several local vendors participating in BIPOC Foods Van’s upcoming holiday market.
BIPOC Foods Van’s virtual holiday market runs from November 20 to 22.
FOOD, ART, AND WELLNESS products are all on offer at BIPOC Foods Van’s upcoming holiday market.
It’s taking place online from 9 am November 20 to 8 pm November 22.
You can browse now, with shoppers getting 10 percent off on November 20.
Participating vendors include:
Guntaj Deep Singh: Art Sentiments
Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Primal Sisters: Louis Pasture Pork Crisps
Four Women of Colour founded BIPOC Foods Van earlier this year: Ariela Badenas, co-founder of Tempea, who hails from the Philippines; Mithalee Rawat of Shorba Bone Broth, who was born and raised in Pune, Maharashtra; Anika Makim Talwalkar of The Indian Pantry, who’s also from Pune; and Avneet Takhar, a food lover originally from London.
“We launched our start-up in July 2020 in order to raise awareness of BIPOC food businesses, to highlight their integral existence in Vancouver as cultural and flavourful food outlets,” BIPOC Foods Van said in a release. “Our aim was to put a spotlight on them so more people could learn about their origins and try their delicious food, knowing that their money would be supporting a BIPOC business.
“We achieved success and the knowledge that people wanted this venture to continue, hence making a recurrence for the festive season and future pop-ups. We've added art and self-care this time, and there will be surprise limited edition hampers on Saturday and Sunday.”
Five percent of all sales will go to Indigenous organization Yintah Access.
Purchases can be made online and pick up will be on November 28 from 10am to 2pm at Coho’s Strathcona (1370 East Georgia Street)
Coho Commissary is partnering with BIPOC Foods Van in other ways. It’s offering a promotion on Coho Coffee gift cards via BIPOC Vancouver's website on November 21 and 22, with a 10 to 15 percent bonus. And people who shop the market get 10 percent off Coho’s Espresso Bar.
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