{"key":"2bd6064ccd","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n12078788476","category":"Groceries","subcategory":"Farmers' Market","community":"Courtenay","lat":49.772299,"lon":-124.9819757,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Bates Beach Farm","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Bates Beach Farm is a small family-run farm market in the Comox Valley, situated beside Seal Bay Regional Park on Vancouver Island's east coast. It exploits an ocean-influenced microclimate to grow standout berries, tomatoes, garlic, and peppers, with a declared focus on Mediterranean-style produce. In addition to fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables, the market carries house-made frozen soups and fresh salsas, and also hosts a booth at the Comox Valley Farmers Market.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.batesbeachfarm.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"5700 Bates Road, Courtenay, V9J 1X3","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-250-897-6202","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"batesbeachmike@gmail.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:city":"Courtenay","addr:housenumber":"5700","addr:postcode":"V9J 1X3","addr:province":"BC","addr:street":"Bates Road","name":"Bates Beach Farm","opening_hours":"Fr-Su,PH 10:00-17:00","phone":"+1-250-897-6202","shop":"farm","website":"https://www.batesbeachfarm.com/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms an operational farm market at 5700 Bates Road, Courtenay, selling home-grown produce and house-made soups and salsas. Phone (250-897-6202) and address both match OSM. No mention of bike parking, water access, washrooms, or any cycling-specific amenities anywhere on the site or in OSM tags, so those are null. The farm's location beside Seal Bay Regional Park on a cycling-accessible road makes it a plausible cyclist stop, but amenity evidence is thin.","concerns":["Contact page still references COVID-19 mask guidelines, suggesting the page has not been updated in some time; core business details appear current.","Two different email addresses appear on the site (batesbeachmike@gmail.com on the home page; mike@oceansideindustrial.ca on the contact page) — primary contact email is ambiguous."],"recommended_status_reason":"Active farm market selling fresh local produce beside Seal Bay Regional Park; a practical resupply stop for cyclists touring the Comox Valley, even though cycling-specific amenities are unconfirmed.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":true,"website":true,"address":true}},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"v2","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["subcategory","wow"],"subcategory_source":"consolidation_reclass:farm","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{},"optional_amenities":{"Basic groceries":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"small family-run farm market","tier":"info"}