January News from Melbourne Community Farmers’ Markets

Greetings and best wishes for a fabulous year to come.

Here’s a New Year resolution I prepared earlier...get to a farmers’ market every week in 2010 and bring someone new along as often as possible to help spread the word. Easy!

No doubt you’ll be heading in some direction across Victoria this summer so check out the Victorian Farmers’ Market Association website www.vicfarmersmarkets.org.au before you go so you can find the local spoils and make the most of supporting regional Victoria
January will be overflowing with seasonal colour and flavour so revel in new season raspberries, capsicums, blueberries, beans, tomatoes, peaches, cucumbers, strawberries, potatoes, eggplant, pistachios, garlic, apricots, lettuces, plums and zucchini - what a sensational range we are spoilt by at this time of year.

This month has 5 Saturdays so note that there are no MCFMs on Saturday 30th but do find another on the VFMA website and get along.

Please give your feedback - this is the symbol which celebrates the 250+ accredited stall holders so far and, in 2010, is for markets themselves to apply. We need your help to make sure what claims to be a farmers market is just that. Ask your questions directly to the stall holder if you don’t see this sign ... are you accredited as the grower or maker of what you sell? Let us know what your feeling is about how we’re doing around the state because that’s the key to our integrity and our future.

We’re farmers’ markets and proud of it! Cheers & thanks.

Please don’t forget all the markets are plastic bag free so get into the swing and BYO!

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