Kin's Farm Market is a

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-owned chain of

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outlets. As of 2019, the company operates 29 stores across

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. The stores sell fresh produce from local

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s, as well as imported fruit and vegetables from around the world.

History

Kin's Farm Market was founded in 1983 by Kin Wah and Kin Hun Leung, who were at the time recent graduates of

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, at an eight-foot table at the

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market in

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. Four years later, they opened their first retail location at Blundell Centre in

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, naming it Kin's Farm Market. Three years later, they opened a second store. By 2001, Kin's had opened a total of twelve stores, and by 2012 they had opened close to thirty. Kin's Farm Market organize and participate in many community events, including the Green Fighter program, the Dirty Apron Team, and the BC Blueberry Festival. The company has also raised funds for the David Suzuki Foundation and medical research. In 2013,

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magazine named Kin's Farm Market the best produce store in the British Columbia lower mainland area, and the market was given a Best of Vancouver Readers' Choice Award."Best of Vancouver 2013"
''Straight'' magazine.

References

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