Oakwood Farmers Market+
This month's market is on 20th September and all the stall holders will be making a special effort to celebrate British Food Fortnight. Stalls will proudly decked out in bunting and recipe sheets will be available on each stall. So now you can not only purchase fantastic produce but will also have help and ideas on how to prepare and cook it.
We are particularly pleased to welcome back Thompson's Heritage Potatoes with his new season crop of delicious and unusual varieties - products which typify what the market is about, unusual local ingredients, made / grown by dedicated suppliers that you don't find in your local supermarket. Also welcome again to Lincoln Poacher Cheeses and Paul Turner's interesting choice of culinary herbs.
The Naked Ape coffee and tea stall will now be a regular stall holder (see interview) so you can look forward to coffee made with love each month. You can also read an interview with Vicky Whiteley of B whiteley Farm shop and Nursery a regular stall holder of Fruit and Vegitables.
Along with our regular stall holders each month we will be bringing you guest stalls specialising in "what's in season". . Keep checking this space to see what delights we have in store for future markets.
If you haven't yet been to our competition area, you may want to know that every month we are running a competition with a prize of £5.00 worth of stallholder's produce. To see if you have won the August 2008 competition click on this link Spot the Shopper Competition - best of luck!
Oakwood Farmers' market has been set up on a voluntary basis by a small group of interested local residents. It provides good quality, locally sourced fresh food such as meat, bread, cheese, fish, preserves, fruit and vegetables (some organic) and much more. Each month, in addition to the regular stalls, we will provide a number of guest stalls for additional variety, The market also includes information about sustainable living - that's the "+"!
This month's REAP stall IS STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED
Uniquely, and with the support of traders, the Market is a plastic carrier-bag free zone.
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Saturday 20 September |
Saturday 15 November |
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Saturday 18 October
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Saturday 20 December (Christmas Shopping Special) |
Oakwood Farmers' Market+ is the first initiative of the Roundhay Environmental Action Project ("REAP"), who would like to thank the Ward Members for supporting their bid for 'set up' funding for the Farmers' Market from the North East (Inner) Area Committee. REAP is a newly formed organisation established by local Roundhay residents on a voluntary basis, who are concerned about their carbon footprint and want to develop a greener lifestyle. REAP hopes to set up further projects, encouraging people locally to live more sustainably and is open to ideas for new initiatives. Membership is free, so if you want to join this inspiring new venture, visit our website at www.roundhayaction.org.uk, or email us on info@roundhayaction.org.uk, or speak to us at the market
