Buy Local Food
Cow-op.ca is an online farmers’ market of locally grown and produced food. We use a cooperative model to make it possible for our farmers to work together and meet the growing demand for local, sustainable food in the Cowichan Region. Farmers and food producers utilize our marketing, selling, packaging and delivering systems for their products.
Cow-op.ca brings fresh, healthy, locally grown and produced food to you, the buyer, every week at farmers market prices. All with the click of a button!
Producers update online inventory with fresh and seasonal products each Thursday, before the ordering period opens at 12:01 am. We are growing, and so is our product list. Keep an eye out for new items each week. CLICK HERE to see a list of products that are currently available!
Before you create your customer account and start shopping there are a few things you might like to know…
How it works
Every Thursday at 12:01 am the market opens. Monday at 11:59pm the market closes.
Any orders placed during this shopping period are secured with a credit card (Visa or Mastercard). Cards are charged on Fridays after your order is delivered or picked up. This allows time for any changes to invoices due to weight variability, damaged items or undelivered items due to weather, crop failure etc.
Harvest lists are sent to the producers early Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday & Wednesday, after the farmers and food processors have harvested and prepared your orders, they deliver their products to our food hub in Duncan.
Orders are delivered to customers in the Cowichan Valley, Victoria and Nanaimo on Thursday between 9:00-6:00pm. From field to front door! These orders have $9.50 ($5 delivery fee + $4.50 picking fee) automatically added to them. Free delivery & picking fees on orders with a subtotal over $150!
Note for Victoria Home Delivery customers: At the moment home deliveries happen on both Thursday and Friday, depending on where you live in the Greater Victoria area. Detailed information will be emailed to you upon selecting a location.
Orders can also be picked up on Thursdays from one of the following locations:
Providence Farm- (1843 Tzouhalem Rd, Duncan, BC V9L 5L6) 4-6pm
Dancing Dandelion Farms – (3204 Drinkwater Road, Duncan, BC V9L 5Z2) 4-6pm
Lockwood Farm – (3805 Cobble Hill Rd, Cobble Hill, BC V0R 1L5) 4-6pm
The HUB – (2375 Koksilah Road, Duncan, BC V9L 6M5) 2-4pm
Farm’s Gate Foods + Catering – (169 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0) 4-6pm
Zero Waste Emporium – (1728 Douglas St, Victoria, BC V8W 2G7) 1-6PM
Pick-up orders have a $4.50 fee automatically added to them. All Victoria orders for pick-up at Zero Waste Emporium have a $2.50 delivery fee + $4.50 picking fee added to the order total. All fees are waived on orders with a subtotal over $150!
Alternative arrangements can be made for unclaimed orders on a limited basis.
Buy fresh, healthy food from local farmers. Reduce your carbon footprint. Access the freshest, best-est, local-est food there is!