Witney
Farmers' Market, Witney
The
Witney Farmers' Market is now held on the fourth Friday of the month at the Marriots Walk Shopping Centre (after moving from the third Wednesday of the month in the Market Place). The Witney Farmers' market is organised
by the Thames Valley Farmers' Market Co-Operative and usually runs from 08:30 to 13:30.
Thames
Valley Farmers' Market Association started in 2000, to represent
small producers and farmers selling direct to consumers at farmers'
markets in the Thames Valley. In October 2003, the association became
Thames Valley Farmers' Market Co-operative Ltd.
The
Witney Farmers' Market provides a wide range of products including
trout, smoked trout and pate, wide range of seasonal organic
vegetables, fresh cut flowers, perennials, veg, plums, jams
and pickles, top fruit, stone fruit, soft fruit & asparagus,
traditional pork, sausages and bacon, pork, lamb, eggs and
Xmas turkeys, bread, cakes and pastries, nursery, picked and
PYO berry fruits, wine, still and sparkling, traditional preserves,
eggs, apple juices, cakes and baked goods, liquid & set
honey, honey comb, beeswax polish, candles, culinary and medicinal
herbs, lamb, beef and lamb.
All producers
and products follow these guidelines:
Locally
produced - either a county boundary or a radius of 30 -
50 miles
Principle producer - The stallholder must be directly
involved in production
Primary produce - Produce must be grown, reared
or caught within the defined local area
Secondary produce - Produce must be brewed, pickled,
baked, smoked or processed using ingredients from the defined local
area
Source
: Thames Valley Farmers' Market web site
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