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| Founded | 1983 |
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| Founders | Kin Wah and Kin Hun Leung |
| Headquarters | Richmond, British Columbia |
Number of locations | 29 (2019) |
Area served | British Columbia |
| Website | kinsfarmmarket |
Kin's Farm Market is a Canadian-owned chain of retail produce outlets. As of 2019, the company operates 29 stores across British Columbia. [1] The stores sell fresh produce from local farms, [2] as well as imported fruit and vegetables from around the world. [3]
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Kin's Farm Market was founded in 1983 by Kin Wah and Kin Hun Leung, [4] who were at the time recent graduates of Vancouver Community College, [5] [6] at an eight-foot table at the Granville Island market in Vancouver, British Columbia. [7] Four years later, they opened their first retail location at Blundell Centre in Richmond, British Columbia, 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. [8]
Kin's Farm Market organize and participate in community events, including the Green Fighter program, [9] [10] [11] the Dirty Apron Team, [12] and the BC Blueberry Festival. [13] The company has also raised funds for the David Suzuki Foundation [14] and medical research. [15] [16]
In 2013, The Georgia Straight 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. [17]