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Christmas tastes in Ipswich

It’s a very festive farmers market on The Cornhill in Ipswich this Sunday.

The town centre is twinkling with Christmas decorations and 25 farmers market stalls are going to add to the colour of the Cornhill plus we’ve got carol singers as well!

The festive spirit is lifted by Big Bear and their craft cider as well as some hot mulled cider or perhaps a craft beer might be more up your street from locals Old Felixstowe Brewery or chai from our friends in Ipswich based Hullabaloo or kombucha from Pure Kombucha.

There will be plenty of local artisan food as always with Alex Artisan Bakery, fudge from Yum Yum Tree plus breads and sourdoughs from Harvey & Co. Compleat will have their range of homemade pies and local cheeses plus Norwegian Bakers and their vegan pastries. Mena will have hot Indian street food or if you like something cooler try flavours and sorbets from Simply Ice Cream! The Jam Shed is back with jams and chutneys as it the East Coast Chilli Company with their hot sauces plus PG Oils with oils and olives.

Look out for Greenacres with their local pork or Gemma with her vegan burgers and donuts – everyone is catered for at our festive market this Sunday!

10am – 2pm on The Cornhill in the heart of Ipswich.

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Shop & celebrate with us at Lavenham on Sunday

Perhaps winter is beginning to take a grip of the weather but there is plenty to warm the heart on Sunday at Lavenham Farmers Market.

As always we have nearly 40 artisan stalls to keep you stocked for the coming weeks as well as a few extra treats for the festive period. Plus we are being judged in the FRA Awards for the Best Farmers Market so its a big one!

Fresh meat and game is provided by Colletts Farm and Bay Tree Farm as well as fresh vegetables from Sunshine and Green. Fresh & Wild bring their fish from the Essex coast and sausages from Totham Bangers. If you need some extra seasoning or spices we have Suffolk Spice Company as well as the Fresh Herb Salt Company. Fresh bread, as always, is delivered by Tensheds Bakery as well as homemade pies and local cheeses from Compleat. There is local apple juice from Daymens Orchard or Kombucha from Pure Kombucha, sauerkraut and kimchi from Le Digestif plus granola from Good to Go. Oils and vinegars come from Hill Farm Oils and Yaffle House plus honey and jams from The Jam Shed and BeeHouse Honey. Those with a sweeter tooth should look out for Norwegian Bakers, Casey’s Cakes, Yum Yum Tree Fudge or chocolates from Tempered Peach. Wash it all down with cider from Brooks & Conquest, festive gins from English Distillery or craft ale from Rougacre Brewery or with some fresh hot coffee from the Coffee Station.

Don’t forget to bring your dogs as Hollibels always has a special treat for them!

Make it a day or just a morning in Lavenham this Sunday.

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Don’t forget its Sudbury this Friday

Make sure you’ve updated your calendars as Sudbury Farmers Market is this Friday starting at the usual time of 9.30am

There’s a great line up of nearly 30 local artisan traders tempting you with a wonderful range of fresh produce. As always we have Mena and her popular Indian Street food plus we have fresh pizza from Pizza on the Green – in their new horsebox. Local meat from Wigborough Meats and local veg from The Essex Allotment plus jams & chutneys from The Jam Shed. Alex Artisan Bakery from Great Waldringfield treats us to his cakes and traybakes as does Sudbury resident Ai from Ingido with her Japanese inspired cakes. Compleat bring their range of homemade pies as well as regional cheeses and ever popular Tensheds Bakehouse has his usual range of fresh breads and sourdoughs. Chilli sauces come from the East Coast Chilli Company and there’s Hill Farm with oils and mayos. Norwegian Bakers are back with their vegan pastries as is The Suffolk Spice Company plus is it too early to talk about Christmas? Surely not, and there are great craft stalls with x-mas gifts including Comfy Be and Making by Mike.

See you on Market Hill this Friday!

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Lavenham – shortlisted for best farmers market in the UK!

Best farmers market finalist

Alex and I are super excited to announce that Lavenham Farmers Market is a Finalist in the Best Farmers Markets in the UK at the National Farm Retail Awards. Finalists have been shortlisted from all corners of the country with the other finalists being Barnard Castle, Stroud and Moseley Farmers Market and the winner will be announced in March.We are hugely proud of Lavenham Farmers Market and all that it stands for and to be shortlisted against some of the largest farmers markets in the country is a huge achievement in itself. Lavenham was the first market I took over 13 years ago and it has been wonderful to see it grow and develop so much since. Big big thank you to all our producers who work so hard with us to ensure this farmers market offers the very best to our wonderful customers who come out every month, whatever the weather, to be a part of this fantastic market. Judging takes place at our next market on Sunday 28th November so we hope we can count on lots of people coming out to support us! xx

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We’re in Bury on Sunday!

It’s another farmers market in Bury St Edmunds this Sunday and we have a wonderful range of local artisan producers as always. Look out for some real treats including Colletts Farm with Longhorn beef and raw milk, Greenacres with local pork, Sunshine and Green with local veg from Cavendish and game from Bay Tree Farm. Homemade pies from Compleat may hit the mark as well as their range of local cheeses plus Woosters breads and sourdoughs. Bagel & Beigel are back with their tasty range of bagels as are Burger Jam and their delicious burgers. Something sweeter perhaps? – then there are traybakes from Alex Artisan Bakery and fine chocolates from Tempered Peach. Wash it all down with craft ale from Artefact or cider from Brooks & Conquest or perhaps something a little stronger from English Distillery! There will be over 35 stalls waiting for you from 10am on Sunday – don’t forget parking is free in Bury until 1pm so bring the whole family and dogs are very welcome – there’s even a special stall for them!

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See you in Ipswich on Sunday!

Back in the heart of Ipswich on the historic Cornhill, the Ipswich Farmers Market has a number of very tempting stalls this month!

Newcomers Harvey & Co made a real stir with their sourdough, baguettes and focaccia last month and they return as do our market favourite Mena and her samosas and paneers. Compleat’s homemade pies are a perfect treat at this time of year and for a few extra treats why not try some traybakes from Alex’s Artisan Bakery. Fresh as you can get vegetables from the Essex Allotment or equally local traditional pork from the Greenacres farm up the road in Ashbocking. Oils and olives from PG Oils or jams and chutneys from the Jam Shed are regular and popular stalls. Plus look out for new stalls including Jake’s Umeltx beeswax melts as well as healthy Kombucha from Pure Kombucha.

These and many more will be waiting for you on The Cornhill this Sunday

10am – 2pm – bring the family and of course your dogs!

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Love Lavenham!

We’re back at one of our favourite markets this weekend. Nearly 40 stalls of local artisan producers will be filling the Village Hall car park as well as the adjoining field. There will be a wonderful range of produce including locally shot game from Bay Tree Farm, local reared red poll beef from Skylark and pork from Greenacres plus fresh fish from Fresh & Wild on the Essex coast. There will be plenty of fresh veg from Greg and his allotment in Cavendish as well as apples, cider and craft beers and gin. Tim returns with his range of breads and sourdoughs and mother and daughter duo Karen and Charlotte come with their lovely handmade pies and range of local cheeses. Ted is back with his jams and chutneys and Stuart will be ready to give you advise on herbs & spices. Treats are provided by Sarah’s cakes or newcomers Tempered peach chocolates not to mention Richard’s vegan pastries. The range of local craft stalls make this market the perfect chance to start thinking about x-mas presents (is it too early) but no worry of any shortages – all these products are made down the road – no haulage/shipping required!!

See you Sunday – we start at 10am and we have plenty of coffee/hot chocolate from the Coffee Station plus treats for your dogs!

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Rare & Raw at Bury this Sunday

We are back in beautiful Bury St Edmunds this Sunday, Oct 10th, when you’ll find a feast of food and drink filling The Traverse from 10am and we are chuffed to bits to be welcoming Colletts Farm Dairy and Colletts Farm Kitchen, as regular traders, to our fantastic Farmers Market.

Colletts Farm is a small family run farm in Wormingford producing the highest quality rare English Longhorn beef and grass fed lamb and their micro dairy produces the very best raw milk and cream from their small herd of Jersey cows. It is so exciting to be able to bring such top quality cuts of fresh beef and lamb and dairy to Bury St Edmund’s and we really hope you will come along and support this lovely family farm this Sunday, October 10th on The Traverse.

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We’re back at The Cattle Sheds

We are really looking forward to being back at Trinity Park on October 16th when we ‘ wear our Suffolk Farmers Market hat’ to bring you the very best Autumn Farmers Market. The gorgeous Cattle Sheds will be filled up with fifty amazing food, drink and craft stalls – all from within 50 miles of the venue. This event really does showcase the very best of local producers and makers and we are so excited to get them all under one huge roof again!
Entry and parking are all totally free of charge and dogs are very welcome.

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Two new artisan producers join the market this Sunday on The Cornhill.

The county town sees the return of its monthly farmers market on Sunday and there are two new exciting additions to this thriving market. So with the message that transport concerns may disrupt the supply chain, it is great to know that the great local fresh food will be readily available at the farmer’s market.

New Artisan baker Harvey & Co are joining the farmers market on the Cornhill, travelling down from their base up the road in Woodbridge. “I am passionate about bringing real naturally leavened breads to local people so being part of the farmers market makes perfect sense to me’ stated founder Harvey Allen.

Harvey & Co will be bringing a selection of white and brown sourdough, French style baguettes and more ‘traditional’ tin loaves. The Harvey & Co sourdough is made entirely from natural and organic ingredients sourced from the very best farmers and millers East Anglia has to offer. Grown in Halesworth and milled less than 6 miles at the Historic Woodbridge Tide Mill – Harvey’s choice of flour is all about supporting the local farming and baking industries – whilst never compromising the quality of the end product. One of the original `founding fathers’ of the farmers market, Poppies Care Farm is now focussing on their work at the farm but we are delighted that joining the market from this week is Alex Horne’s Essex Allotment which is a four-season market garden producing the highest quality produce through intensive, small-scale farming. `Alex’s aim is to make organic, local, sustainable produce readily available to everyone in his local area and we are absolutely delighted to be welcoming him to Ipswich’ stated Justine Paul founder of Suffolk Market Events which runs the farmers market. All the produce is organic and therefore totally free from any chemicals and pesticides and this Sunday you will find a great range of seasonal produce including courgettes, lettuces, tomatoes, carrots, chillis, green beans, beetroot, fresh herbs and much more

The Ipswich Farmers’ Market will be back on the Cornhill on Sunday 3rd October 2021 from 10am – 2pm