London Farmers' Markets

Plums are in season and they are DELICIOUS right now! Whether you want to pop them in a crumble, add them to your porridge, knock up a plum chutney or a cake or simple eat them as they are….get some from one of our London Farmers Markets this weekend. You will be supporting small growers and local businesses and we promise they will taste insane too!

Check out the best of what is in season this month and available at all our London Farmers Markets every week! Plan your meals this month based around what is in season so you can eat the healthiest, freshest produce and be kind to the planet at the same time. Let us know what will be on your shopping list this September? 👩🏼‍🌾

Have you checked out our new market yet? East Finchley Farmers Market is every Sunday from 10am - 2pm….with a host of fabulous stalls full of fresh produce from veg and cooked foods to organic and free range meats, fruit, artisan breads and so much more!

Find this market at The Engine Rooms Events Space, N2 0NL 💚

Little reminder of some of the produce in season this month and available at our markets! Enjoy the taste of Summer whilst we can 💚

Summer colours across our markets this weekend…berry season is just the best 🌈🍓🫐

Here is a beautiful COLD SUMMER VEGETABLE MINESTRONE WITH BASIL PESTO recipe from the wonderful who cooked this delightful dish for our customers and Islington Farmers Market a few weeks back and they LOVED IT!

Switch out ingredients for whatever veg is in season and enjoy. This is honestly so simple, refreshing, healthy and just delicious…a true celebration of the wonderful veg we grow in this country 💚

Ingredients (serves 4):
100g white onion
100g celery
200g carrot
150gr potatoes
250g courgettes
150g green asparagus
200g french green beans
200g purple broccoli
300g beef tomatoes
25ml extra virgin olive oil

For the pesto:
400g basil leaves
80ml extra virgin olive oil
20g grated pecorino cheese
20g grated Grana Padano cheese
½ clove of garlic
salt

Method:
Pesto: Blanche the basil leaves in boiling water and immediately cool down in iced
water. Drain and transfer into a blender. Add the rest of the ingredients and blitz until
combined.
Dice all the vegetables, around 1cm in size.
With all the peelings, make a stock adding cold water and boiling for about 30 minutes.
In a pot, sweat the onion, celery, and carrot with the olive oil until soft. Add the potatoes
and about 500ml of the vegetable stock. Bring to the boil, adjust with salt, and remove
from the heat. Let cool down.
Blanche one by one in salted boiling water, all the remaining vegetables until soft but
still with a bite and cool down in iced water. Drain and add to the already cold soup
base. Add more stock if needed, bring to the boil once again and allow to cool down.
Score the skin of the tomatoes, blanche in boiling water and cool down in iced water.
Once cold, peel them, remove the seeds and dice.
Complete the minestrone with the tomato and basil pesto, adjust with salt if needed
and serve at room temperature.

One of our favourite months of the year! A little reminder of just some of the beautiful produce available at our markets in July! 🍓🍒🫐

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This month we celebrated 25 YEARS OF LONDON FARMERS MARKETS! This was a massive milestone for us and we were so delighted to share the celebrations with so many customers and stall holders at Islington Farmers Market where it all began in 1999.

We were joined by our friend and world renowned chef who has been a long time supporter and shopper at Islington. Francesco and his lovely family cooked a heavenly vegetable Summer minestrone which we shared with customers before all tucking into Birthday cake and chocolate brioche from and 🎂!

Thanks to all the old and new faces who joined us, to everyone who has chosen to shop with us and support small producers and businesses and of course thanks to all our farmers and producers who bring Londoners better, fresher, quality food every single week. Looking forward to the next 25 years! 💚

Time for another TRADER FOCUS and this month BUCKS STAR BEER is in the spotlight. This family-run, solar-powered, ecological micro-brewery in Buckinghamshire is truly unique. The Bucks Star team produce the purest possible LIVE BEERS that are completely unfiltered & unpasteurised and have no added sugars, gases or anything else! The high level of natural carbonation results purely from the active brewer's yeast (still eating up the natural sugar in the organic grains), still containing its essential minerals, B vitamins and probiotics.

Not only does all the above make BUCKS STAR absolute BEER heroes in our eyes, but there is also the rather important fact that it tastes INCREDIBLE too! Don’t take our word for it… Come and try a pint of ice cold BUCKS STAR BEER (in a frozen glass!) at one of our markets. You can also take away cans or, even better, pick up an eco-friendly Growler to take home. Their Growler Swap reuse scheme is a progressive zero-waste drinks solution that means you don’t waste money on packaging every time you buy a drink!

BUCKS STAR BEER can usually be found weekly at the following markets:
SATURDAY
- Parliament Hill Farmers Market (10-2)

SUNDAY
- Queens Park Farmers Market (10-2)

Bucks Star Beer

Know how your bread is made! You can find Aston's Bakehouse at many of our markets :-)

Even though we have been milling since 2013, a lot of our customers don’t actually know that! It all starts with the grain. Spelt, Rye and white varieties, all Organic, all supplied from local farms, arrive to the bakery in big bags (1 ton). They are then milled during the day in two stoneground mills - the Austrian mill deals with wholemeal flours (Rye, Spelt and wheat), while the French one stays on white (Miller’s Choice and Paragon). We use these grains because of their flavour - and believe this is what makes our bread so different. The by-products of the milling process are (where possible) incorporated back in our range. Semolina is used in the People’s Loaf, and also to dust baking sheets. Bran goes back into the flour (on the wholemeal range). The remaining chaff is given to a neighbouring pig farm. Nothing goes to waste! If you ever wondered why our white breads aren’t completely white, it’s because the mills are gentle on the grain, and unlike industrial mills, our stoneground white mill keeps all the nutrients in, which means keeping some of the bran too. We love to share our knowledge - drop us a line if you’d like to know more! [email protected]

CHERRY SEASON IS HERE! 🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒
Yessss it is that wonderful time of year when you can find the tastiest Kent cherries at all our markets every weekend. Cancel all other plans and get in the cherry queue and go crazy whilst you can 💚

So excited to celebrate 25 years of LFM with you all next Sunday (23rd June) at Islington Farmers Market! Come and join use for cake, cooking demos, music and more. The market will be open as usual from 10am - 2pm just with some added Birthday fun. See you there (Chapel Market, N1 9PZ) 💚

The sun may be slow to make an appearance this year but the sensational seasonal British produce is brightening up our markets and our plates nonetheless. Succulent strawberries are in abundance right now and juicy tomatoes are tempting us to make Summery salads all week long.

You might not be able to rely on the weather but you can rely on finding fresh, local, seasonal, incredible produce at our London Farmers Markets every week…rain or shine! ☀️

Also don’t miss The Culinary Herb Company at our markets this month!

Upcoming farmers' markets and shows this June London Farmers' Markets - hope to see you there!🪴🌱

When you shop at one of our Farmers Markets you are always shopping seasonal…reminder that this month beetroots and broad beans are in season and tasting incredible🫛

Time for another trader focus and this month we would love to introduce you to the very wonderful BRAMBLETYE FRUIT FARM. Based in East Sussex Brambletye Fruit Farm are BIODYNAMIC growers and producers of some pretty special produce including mushrooms, apples, eggs, beetroot, kale, celeriac, fennel, berries and much more!

Brambletye’s honey is pretty special too! Their bees pollinate over 300 acres of organic apple and pear orchards in the High Weald of Sussex and Kent every Spring and the result is one incredible honey…get to market early to secure a jar of this magic.

It’s also impossible to visit the Brambletye stall at our markets and not pick up some of their incredible MUSHROOMS….from Oyster to Lions Mane they look like something from a fairytale book and the TASTE is just incredible. You will never want to buy a supermarket mushroom again after sampling a Brambletye mushroom.

Brambletye farm to strict BIODYNAMIC principles which means a higher level of sustainable, organic farming. Using crops that are kind to the land, and farming methods which do not harm the delicate balance of the earth. The produce is all pesticide free but in addition the healthy soil is full of microbes and good ‘gut bacteria’ meaning nutrient dense produce that tastes amazing!

You can usually find BRAMBLETYE FRUIT FARM on a weekly basis at our following Farmers Markets:

SATURDAY
📍Balham Farmers Market (9-1)
📍Ealing Farmers Market (9-1)
📍Notting Hill Farmers Market (10-2)
📍Parliament Hill Farmers Market (10-2)
📍South Kensington Farmers Market (9-2)
📍West Hampstead Farmers Market (10-2)

SUNDAY
📍High Street Kensington Farmers Market (10-2)
📍Islington Farmers Market (10-2)
📍Leytonstone Farmers Market (10-2)
📍Marylebone Farmers Market (10-2)
📍Queens Park Farmers Market (10-2)
📍Walthamstow Farmers Market (10-2)

TUESDAY
📍Imperial College Farmers Market (9-2)

WEDNESDAY
📍Swiss Cottage Farmers Market (10-3)

THURSDAY
📍Bloomsbury Farmers Market (9-2)

💚📣NEW MARKET📣💚

Super excited to announce that we will be opening a new Farmers Market on SUNDAY 16th June! EAST FINCHLEY we are coming for you with all the freshest and tastiest produce you can imagine!

This new weekly market will take place EVERY Sunday (yes even if it is raining) from 10am - 2pm.
📍ENGINE ROOMS, GREAT NORTH RD, N2 0NL

Can’t wait to see you all for the first market on the 16th June! 💚💚💚

Looking forward to a sunny weekend of markets! We have lots of new stalls coming over the next few weeks as well as the seasonal return of some of your favourite producers including with strawberries and asparagus plus are returning this Saturday to South Kensington Farmers Market! And just to tempt you even more here is a lovely pic of some delicious bread from the stall at Queens Park Farmers Market. See you this weekend 💚☀️

Do You live in N2 or the EAST FINCHLEY area or know anyone that does? would you like to see a market in your neighbourhood if so please take part in our survey or share with your friends in the area

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Fancy buying some of our delicious award winning goat, ewe and guernsey cow cheeses direct? Make sure you have tried our newest cheeses …. Glaston Tile (a lactic goats cheese perfect for your cheeseboard or for cooking sweet or savoury dishes) and our King of the Castle (our fresh Goats Caerphilly) will be at the following markets in May:

Saturday 4th May
Langport Artisan Market

Saturday 11th May
Frome Market
Stroud Market

Sunday 12th May
Queens Park Market

Saturday 18th May
Langport Market

Sunday 19th May
Bath Independent Market

Saturday 25th May
Stroud Market

Sunday 26th May
Queens Park Market

MAY…we remind you what is in season?! It’s a gorgeous month full of all things colourful. Asparagus season is now in full swing and we are starting to see the first strawberries appear at our markets 🍓

Ditch the supermarket shop this month and come and pick up real, fresh, SEASONAL PRODUCE direct from the people who grow, produce or make it. You can bring your own bags and containers to cut down on single use plastics at the same time. You will be supporting small businesses and nourishing yourself with FRESH nutrient dense produce that is local and tastes so much better because it hasn’t been stored or travelled far. No brainer really! 💚👩🏼‍🌾

Next up under the TRADER FOCUS spotlight is THE POTATO SHOP…growers of more than twenty varieties of potatoes every year on 35 acres of the best ground on the beautiful Morghew Park Estate in Kent.

They quite literally have a potato for every occasion; boiling, roasting, mashing, frying…for salads, BBQ, jackets or rösti. Their Blue Anneliese variety is a visual and taste sensation in any salad and the Charlotte variety on the BBQ is the perfect waxy delight. Ask their lovely stall holder at the market for advice on the right potato for you and they will be happy to help!

The humble spud…arguably one of the greatest foods on earth has been elevated to new heavenly potatoey heights by @ THE POTATO SHOP team. You can literally taste the love and passion in every comforting bite. Regardless of whether you are a devoted potato lover or not…all Londoners need experience this potato joy at least once in their lives. We promise you will never want to buy a supermarket potato again.

You can usually find THE POTATO SHOP at the following markets…
SATURDAY
📍Parliament Hill Farmers Market (10-2)

SUNDAY
📍Marylebone Farmers Market (10-2)

POTATO SHOP

🐟NEW STALL ALERT🐟
This weekend we are excited to welcome to the LFM family! Sea Sisters are a craft cannery based in Bridport, West Dorset specialising in preserving British fish, in season, so it can be stored in your cupboards and pantries to be enjoyed at any time!

You can find this weekend at Parliament Hill Farmers Market (Saturday 10am - 2pm) and Islington Farmers Market (Sunday 10am - 2pm).