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Spring is finally in the air

Farmer Giles | 09.04.2008 08:00 | Health | London

Once again the London Farmer's markets are back with tasty food and expertly grown plants

Dont miss this years ever popular Plant Fairs at markets
Offering a wide variety of garden plants from expert nurseries that grow the plants they are offering for sale. There are a number of new fairs this year, take a look at the dates below.


Plant Fairs at the following markets

April 19th Wimbledon
April 20th Blackheath
April 26th Acton
April 27th Clapham
May 4th Queens Park
May 10th Ealing
May 11th Islington
May 31st Wimbledon
June 1st Peckham
June 7th Twickenham
June 8th Walthamstow
June 22nd Blackheath


Milk round back in town! Remember green top milk?
Unpasteurised milk delivered directly to your door – straight from the farm


James and Keith Jefferson Smith from Grove Farm in Suffolk intend to direct-market their milk – with a London based milk round. The round was launched at Walthamstow farmers’ market Sunday 3rd of February where they will be selling their milk and cream on a weekly basis. The family has been selling their unpasteurised milk and cream to a dedicated band of farmers’ market supporters for several years. Keith has paired up with Eddy Kazim, a local milk man who is going to take on the milk round, focusing on North and North-East London. The milk is raw milk from Jersey cows, which are on pasture 10 months of the year. They are solely grass-fed for 8 months of the year, from about March to December. In the remaining months their diet is supplemented with hay and silage produced on the farm. If successful, they are open to expansion to other areas in and around London,


Keith Jefferson Smith said –


‘We’ve been hoping to get this venture off the ground for several years. More and more people want to buy our milk and now we’re able to bring it to them. Customers are so enthusiastic they’ve been drumming up support for us’


Keith will be back at Queens Park farmers' market from 2 March
For more information call Keith on 07967 708 220
For orders call Eddy on 07792 684 459




Where can I find unpasteurised milk at our markets?

We're always receiving enquiries about unpasteurised products. Following the recent Telegraph article (link below) here's the full list -

Lincolnshire Poachers bring their milk and cheeses on the fourth week of the month to the following markets:
Ealing, Notting Hill and Pimlico on Saturdays
Islington, Marylebone, Queens Park, Clapham and Walthamstow on Sundays

Alham Wood organic buffalo farm bring unpasteurised milk to all markets on a weekly or bi weekly basis

Olive Farm are at Notting Hill weekly, Islington and Marylebone weeks one and three in the month
They can also be found at present at Queens Park weekly whilst Keith Jefferson Smith is away from market.

Redlays Farm bring their milk and dairy products weekly to Blackheath

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wine/main.jhtml?xml=/wine/2008/01/18/edmilk118.xml


Welcome if you're new to farmers' markets.

We've seen a huge surge in chicken buying in the past few weeks. No surprises as to the reasons why.

All of the poultry at our markets are reared in small, high standard flocks and are either free ranging or organic. We inspect every single farm before they're allowed to sell with us and we're proud that you can have total confidence in the food you buy from our farmers.

Contact us at  info@lfm.org.uk if you'd like to know more.



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Walthamstow Farmers' Market
Walthamstow farmers' market now open on the town square, by Selbourne Walk Shopping Centre, off the high street, E17. The market has wet fish, shellfish, honey, free range poultry and eggs, fresh vegetables, flowers, soft fruit, bread, organic meat and much more.


Join the London Farmers' Markets mailing list
To join the London Farmers' Markets mailing list, please email  info@lfm.org.uk, and specify which farmers' market you would like to be kept informed about.

Farmer Giles
- e-mail: info@lfm.org.uk

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