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Produce Row, the hub of fresh-food wholesaling companies tucked away on Malkin Avenue, is unique.

The 14 businesses on this stretch of road in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood compete with one another — yet we’re all interdependent. On any given day, our companies might gently haggle with each other on prices. At the same time, if one business lacks a certain item the customer wants, it might refer the buyer to another business to fill the gap.

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On Produce Row, our independent retail customers can truly one-stop shop, buying all the fresh produce they need, in one place, on one street.

We were founded in 1959 and our concentration in this area is what’s allowed us to flourish as a major economic, social and historic presence.

Some have called us a hidden civic treasure.

But our existence as Vancouver’s produce hub is at risk.

We’ve been under a cloud of uncertainty since 2015 when the City of Vancouver decided that the Georgia-Dunsmuir viaducts would come down. At least three streets, National, William and our home, Malkin, have been proposed as the replacement arterial route to the viaducts. (For the record, we support William as the arterial).