Berries Galore!
‘The buckets are in!’ Dean tells me. Sure enough, those white plastic buckets filled with 1.25kg of blueberries command one end of the ...read more
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09, 2024
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10, 2022
Blueberry Fields Forever
It’s one of the most anticipated seasons of the farmers market year. Those blueberries, fat spheres of juicy sweetness, are such a far ...read more
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01, 2022
How our farmers markets are supporting young farmers.
With everyone talking about the empty shelves in the supermarkets at the moment, it’s reassuring to know we have over 12 farmer’s markets in ...read more
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03, 2020
In season: Winter
IT’S the season for brassicas – vegetables that include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, collard greens and the Asian greens pak choy and bok choy. […]
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06, 2019
In season: Summer
SUMMER FRUITS This season’s bumper mango crop continues, with varieties like the large R2E2 and now available. Dragonfruit is still coming through in flushes, […]
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12, 2018
Christmas Eve market
Does the thought of supermarket shopping on Christmas Eve fill you with dread? Skip the dodgy trolleys and bad Christmas muzak and head to […]
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07, 2018
Slow recovery for berry farm
IN his 30 plus years of blueberry farming, Otto Saeck had never experienced anything like the hailstorm that hit his Brooklet orchard, Blueberry Fields, […]
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04, 2017
In season now
Sweet Corn New season summer sweet corn is has arrived at the farmers markets. Because it’s locally grown, the corn at the markets is […]
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10, 2015
Blueberry Fields
Farmers’ markets have done much more than help blueberry farmer Otto Saeck make a living – they’ve made him change his whole approach to […]
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12, 2014
Blueberries
Is there anything better than a bucket of fresh blueberries?? These beautiful (and super healthy) little berries are at their peak from now until […]