Canwest Farms

Have bought my blueberries here for the past several years. I like ‘em huge and sweet and theirs are as nice as can be found in any given year. Their pickers are so much better than I am — no leaves, rarely a stem or green berry. Delicious!

On a beautiful sunny Saturday, while failing to get across the border for a gas run across the border, we decided to roam around Richmond and due to traffic, tailed down Blundell and saw this place open, one car parked, and since we were going to enjoy the day, decided to roam on in here. When you see one car, sometimes you get skeptical on why there is no one around and sometimes you may not make that turn to go to a place, luckily I don’t have this complexity in my system and with my partner, we try to venture into joints like this. We just came from that other busy ‘Farmer’s Market’ close to the theatres, so seeing this little people makes you wonder if there is anything in here, well you sometimes walk into surprises.
Sure this place is not filled with the produce, or even the garden section, don’t look for over and above, but for some main staples, like romaine lettuce, peppers, carrots, parsley, tomatoes, blueberries, and other non-​exotics, come on in, you might be surprised on the selection, freshness, and price. The lady that was running the place that day was very friendly, and helpful too, guiding us to some sales they were having on some older vegetables where they were individually bagged, 6 for $ 1, believe me, this was a deal, we picked up a bag of asparagus which we cooked later on for lunch, tasted great, and got a bag of carrots for my rabbit at home.
So, if somehow your along this stretch of road, need to stretch out your legs, come in here, she said they are opened every day, you may find something that you weren’t really looking for, and go home with it.

Mmm blueberries galore!
Fresh and frozen blueberries are both available. There’s also a Farmer’s Market which has different types of fruits and vegetables. The farms specializes in nectarines and cherries. Everything is fresh and well priced here.
For fresh, sweet and plump blueberries, I recommend checking this place out!

The entrance is on Sidaway, just north of Blundell.
Even when it was too early for good blueberries, they had last year’s frozen ones available. I think this year’s are out now.
I’ve heard that Richmond has better blueberries than Abbotsford, and I tend to believe that because Richmond’s made of a delta of sand brought down by the river. I do like this farm’s sweet and firm berries.
They have a farmer’s market selling other produce, too. Sounds like those are from other local farms. I can’t comment on the price, because I’m not good at remembering what the «usual» prices are.