| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| tahir |
Farm shops and farmers marketsGood resources for finding local farmers/growers/farm shops:www.bigbarn.co.uk www.whyorganic.org There are also sites for most counties farmers markets, this is the one for Essex: http://www.essexfarmersmarkets.com/ Please feel free to add other useful links |
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| tahir |
London Farmers Markets:
http://www.lfm.org.uk/ |
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| nora |
Hebden Bridge Local Produce Market
http://www.zo54.dial.pipex.com/hbproduce.htm |
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| tahir |
A farm shop that we go to quite a lot is Lathcoats at Galleywood:
www.eapples.co.uk |
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| Vic |
Somerset Farmers markets, regularly updated
http://www.sfmdirect.co.uk/markets/ |
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| Behemoth |
Leeds Farmers Market every first and third Sunday of the month. Quite big an popular now. At the back of the covered markets by the bus station.
Headingley Farmers market every 2nd Saturday outside the old Lounge Cinema. |
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| bernie-woman |
Farmers markets in central England
http://www.thefoody.com/regions/centralfm.html |
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| bernie-woman |
farmers markets in Devon
http://www.devonfoodlinks.org.uk/Events/Farmers_Markets.asp |
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| tahir |
Thanks guys, keep em coming | ||
| shopgirlsue |
Thames Valley Farmers markets
www.tvfm.org.uk I used to go to the one in Beaconfield - 4th Saturday of the month. Good selection of produce - meat, veg, bread, trout, jams and cakes, plants. Quite expensive but not surprising given the local area 
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| pricey |
Dorset Farmers markets.
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2814 Christchurch one not that good though, which is a shame. |
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| pricey |
Hampshire farmers markets.
http://www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk/dates/default.asp This site list the dates for the whole year, which is good, also they tell you who is attending, although this must change. |
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| LynneA |
No website, but there's a nice little farmer's market near me - Crew's Hill, the road with masses of garden centres, near Enfield (North London). Thirs Thursday of every month at Woldens Nursery (next one this coming Thursday) in the car park.
Only small, but fairly comprehensive selection of stalls - meat, cheese, cakes, fish, game, veg, pies, eggs etc. Starts at 9am and I'd suggest getting there early, as it's on Pension day and the local Saga Louts get their money and hop on the train up to Crews Hill to do the market then go round the garden centres. One day they cleared the fish stall in 5 minutes flat. 
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| Leonie |
I've only just seen this thread, if you're in Surrey/Sussex this farm shop is fab, it's in Itchingfield just outside Horsham, West Sussex.
http://www.westonsfarmshop.co.uk/ |
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| doctoral |
I have only just seen this thread too ...
WILTSHIRE http://www.foodtrails.co.uk/markets.asp?county=Wiltshire ... you can substitute the name of your county on this one for other areas. |
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| Wingy |
Ooo, that's where I grew up, Enfield! They didn't have a farmers market when I lived down there. Do you go to Enfield's town market on Saturdays? Fife Farmers Market: http://www.fifefarmersmarket.co.uk/ St Andrews - 1st Saturday of the month Dunfermline - 2nd Saturday Cupar - 3rd Saturday Kirkcaldy - last Saturday My favourite stalls are: Langraw for their Highland beef (you see them in the fields opposite the caravan park just outside of St Andrews  )
Puddledub for their water buffalo, pork and bacon Fletchers for their venison Hilton for their wild boar and Iain Spink for his Arbroath Smokies. Excellent markets all, and I never miss them.
Cupar this Saturday. |