The market stalls are back in their pre-Covid layout and we have reopened the cafe and seating area. There are no queues, you can bring bikes in and there's plenty of space to enjoy a chat with friends over a coffee. We look forward to seeing you at our lovely, open-air market soon.
Stall list for Saturday 4 December:
The UK government has ordered all poultry - whether organic or not - to be kept undercover from Monday 29 December, because of a widespread avian flu outbreak. This means that the eggs and meat birds on sale at the market from this week will be kept indoors in barns or under cover. The farmers have no choice in this until the order is lifted.
Veg and fruit: Ripple Farm Organics; Wild Country Organics; Brockmans Organic; Peach & Pippin - flowers, fruit, veg, conserves and cakes; the Mushroom Table; Alison's Organics
Bread: Astons Bakehouse
Meat & fish: Galileo Farm*; Yorwarths fresh and smoked fish (weather permitting); Hook & Son
* Christmas meat orders Fabienne at Galileo Organic Farm is taking advance orders now. Pick up a menu at the stall then send her your order by email. Collect from the market on Saturday 18 December or from St Paul's car park 3pm - 5pm, Wednesday 22 December. Still available: turkeys, geese, gammon joints, beef, lamb and all her usual offerings. Plus a full selection of pies that weren't on Fabienne's Christmas printed order sheet: 1lb pork pie £6; 5lb pork pie £40; 1lb turkeys do cranberry pie £10; 5lb turkey and cranberry pie £55; 1lb game pie £12; 5lb game pie £60.
Dairy: Bath Soft Cheese; Hook & Son
Prepared foods/products: Re:organics** - kimchi, kraut, kefir & kombucha; Niko B Chocolates; Global Fusion - cakes, fritters; Hatice Tugrul - börek/gözleme and other Turkish snacks, Honey from Oh Honey; The Breakfast Collective** - muesli, porridge & granola, made with organic UK-grown oats.
Café: run by Growing Communities
Christmas stalls and gift ideas: Alison is back with a new collection of hand-made pots, cups and bowls, plus beeswax candles, jams and chutneys (every Saturday till 18 December). The Breakfast Collective have created a special Christmas granola mix, made with fruit, nuts and spices. It comes in a presentation jar and would make a perfect present.
On 4 December, Tim Cowen will be back with his beautifully turned bowls and cups made from fallen local trees and Katja from Oh Honey will be selling Stoke Newington honey - made in hives (literally) just across the road from the market.
On 11 December only, Elspeth will be selling the Radical Tea Towel Company's fantastic tea towels of radical figures from history in aid of Phone Credit 4 Refugees.
(Nettle vegan cheeses and Honey Hydrant usually come to the market on alternate Saturdays.)
**Re:Organics and the Breakfast Collective provide a refill service for kombucha, granola etc so bring your own bottles, boxes and bags.
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Excellent produce
Raw milk, butter, cheeses, yogurt, cream, eggs and meat from sustainable family farms
Fresh fish sustainably caught in the English Channel
Hand-made breads, cakes and chocolates
Fermented foods: kombucha, kefir and kimchi
Lovely organic veg from Kent, Essex and Cambridgeshire, salad leaves, seasonal fruit and exotic mushrooms
Local producers sell homemade cakes, Turkish pancakes and creole fritters to eat there or take away. Or you can enjoy a mushroom or bacon sandwich alongside a latte from the cafe. Read more about our producers.
Climate-friendly living: all our farmers at the market are organic or biodynamic. Organic farming can help cut greenhouse gas emissions: it uses less water and less energy than conventional farming, which is heavily dependent on high-energy processes and fossil fuels for fertilisers and pesticides. Organic food production is also better for wildlife, biodiversity, livestock, people and the environment.
Cutting unnecessary packaging: Most fruit and veg at the market is sold unpackaged as are many other products (which also means you can choose to buy as much as you want). Bring your own bags, bottles, jamjars, tupperware, tiffin tins, baskets, bindles or other containers and fill them up with:
If you order from Fabienne at Galileo in advance, she will also bring meat unpackaged for you to take home in your own packaging.
Buying direct: because all the produce here has been grown, reared or produced by the people who are selling it, you can find out everything you want to know about the food and how it was grown or cooked. The money you spend goes directly to the people who actually do the work to produce the food you're eating - the farmers and makers - rather than supermarkets and wholesalers.
Creating jobs in Hackney: as well as supporting farmers from close to London, we work with food producers from around Hackney to help them set up and develop products to sell at the market. Hatice Trugrul makes traditional Turkish gozleme from market ingredients; Global Fusion offer Creole-style vegan cakes and soda breads; Anthony Ferguson of Niko B. Organic Chocolates creates chocolates flavoured with spices and seasonal fruits,
Fair prices: while organic food is necessarily more expensive than food farmed conventionally because of the labour-intensive methods used to produce it, the farmers at the market charge a fair price for their produce and pay fair wages to the people who work for them. The market also accepts Healthy Start and Rose vouchers.
Seasonal produce: stay in touch with the seasons and discover produce you've never had before. There won’t be apples or tomatoes in May but, when they are in season, the farmers will bring in many different varieties. You’ll also find produce you may not have come across before, such as wild garlic, sloes, medlars, wild mushrooms and raw cow's milk. If you don’t know how to cook something just ask!
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