Crunchy organic apples from McMahons
McMAHON’S APPLES Vanessa – favourite apple Pink Lady – has a wide white smile which dazzles each of the steady troop of customers ...read more
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11, 2023
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11, 2023
Iona Herbs
Beautiful bountiful basil, that’s what’s blooming at the moment. I hardly need Pam Morrow to tell me this though: for someone as disastrous ...read more
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10, 2023
Locally Grown Coffee
Maybe the sort of people who frequent farmers’ markets are a different breed to the rest of the general population when it comes ...read more
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10, 2023
Conscious Ground Grassfed Beef & Pork
‘People are coming back to meat.’ I’m chatting to Nick Tallas, manager of new-kid-on-the-block Conscious Ground, purveyor of grass-fed beef and pork. I’d ...read more
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10, 2023
Award Winning Woodland Valley Farm
From strength to strength, that’s been their trajectory for the past few years. Woodland Valley Farm’s list of awards – for, variously, their ...read more
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10, 2023
Celebrating the end of Organic Month
As the month of organic awareness has come to a close, it is a lovely opportunity to celebrate and reflect on some of ...read more
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09, 2023
School Holiday Fun
It’s an image still with me, the little boy dancing in front of the stage, face split into a smile of pure joy, ...read more
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09, 2023
THE FORRESTS DO BRUSSELS SPROUTS
It’s the first year the Forrests have had a go at growing Brussels sprouts. ‘We’re coming into the season of abundance’, Sue tells ...read more
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09, 2023
Heart & Halo’s lovingly prepared food
HEART & HALO Is there a more loving – and beloved – farmers’ market stall-holder than Tusta Das? I first met the chef ...read more
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08, 2023
Grow Your Own Lunchbox 1st Sept 2023
After a hiatus of four years, thanks to floods and Covid, the school lunchbox challenge is returning to the farmers’ market. This glorious ...read more