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Farmers' Markets 10th Anniversary
Saturday 6th June
Farmers' market picnic and fete on Islington Green; 11am
4pm
A farmers market, plant & home made food barter stall, traditional
fairground games, Islington Woman's Institute afternoon tea tent,
white elephant barter stall; Plant and home made food barter stall;
sustainable hot and cold food from; Clerkenwell Kitchen, Madam Gautier,
hog roast from Parsons Nose, spit roast lamb from Layer Marney Farm,
home made ice cream from the Waffle Bar, and much more.
The event is in aid of the Islington Mayors Charity Room2Heal
( www.room2heal.org).
Anyone who wins on the side shows will be entered into a draw with
prizes generously donated from sponsors including The Duke of Cambridge,
(www.dukeorganic.co.uk)
S&M café, Konstam, Dorling Kindersley, City Leaf urban
gardening advice (www.cityleaf.com),
Waterstones Islington and Unpackaged (http://beunpackaged.com).
Please bring a home made food product/home or allotment grown plant
to barter.
Sunday 7th June
Islington Farmers Market, behind Islington Town Hall Upper
Street N1; 10am 2pm
A huge anniversary cake to share. Islington Farmers Market
Sunday 14th of June
A giant garden plant fair outside Islington Town Hall. Upper Street
N1; 10am 2pm
Around 12 nurseries with hundreds of varieties of English grown
plants, herbs, salad and vegetable seedlings sold by the people
who grown them. Expect expert advice and enthusiasm!
Garden Plant Fairs 2009 at the Farmers' Markets
Spring is in the air at last and the nurseries are returning to
market. This year we have some excellent new nurseries attending
the garden plant fairs throughout the spring. There will be a huge
selection of bedding, annuals and perennials and also herbs and
veg plants for those of you that want to grow your own. The plants
on offer are great quality as they have all been raised by the nurseries
selling them. So get out into your garden, allotment or window box
now and prepare the ground ready for your new plants. Nurseries
will offer great advice on how to grow the plants that they sell.
Garden Plant Fairs offer one of the best selection of plants in
London and as there is no entrance fee they are much better value
than some of the big garden shows. So all you keen gardeners out
there put the following dates in your diaries and tell your friends.
| Garden Plant Fair Date |
Location |
| Sun 14th June |
Islington Farmers' Market, in front
of Islington Town Hall, 10am - 2pm |
| Sun 21st June |
Queens Park Farmers' Market, Salusbury
Road, 10am - 2pm |
12:20pm
Pancakealympics 22nd -24th February
Thank you to everyone of all ages who
bravely wielded a frying pan and ran in our first Pancakealympics
in London last weekend. We've raised money for charity, had lots
of fun and revived an age old tradition whilst keeping our pancakes
local! Competitors included the very enthusiastic Mayor of Islington,
alongside brave teams of firemen and police. Our chocolate medals
seemed to go down very well. Here's to next years races...
Easy Pancake Recipe
1 egg, 125g plain flour, 300ml milk, pinch of salt
Make a mound out of the flour, create a hole in the middle so
you have a volcano looking mound of flour, add salt, beat egg
and milk together in jug and then gradually pour into hole in
flour beating with a whisk as you go gradually incorporating the
flour until smooth. Leave to stand for an hour before use.
Chinese New Year
Celebrate the Year of the Ox with these two delicious recipes:
Five spice
spare ribs by Jenny Linford from her London Cookbook. And
- beef with
garlic greens by Rose Prince from her New English Kitchen, Changing
the Way you Shop Cook and Eat.
Spare ribs are easy to cook, delicious, inexpensive and available
at most of our markets. In addition, you can be sure that they come
from pigs that are well looked after, with the highest welfare standards
and if you want to know more, the farmer is often there to ask!
Rose shows that it's possible to use cheaper cuts of meat for frying
if you follow her method and you'll be guaranteed to find a whole
range of cuts of beef, all hung for the optimum time.
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.
2009 Marks the 10th year of farmers' markets in
London
In June 1999 we opened London's first farmers' market in Islington.
In 10 years farmers' markets have a come a long way from the handful
of stalls that turned up on Islington Green that Sunday. Keep a
look out for special events this year at markets, organised to celebrate
this landmark and to raise the profile of farmers markets across
the capital.
Finchley Road farmers' market now back in Swiss
Cottage
We've moved back to a purpose built home outside Swiss Cottage tube
station opposite Hampstead Theatre. All your favourite stalls are
there, plus the return of some old and new faces. More
information >>
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
Many of you have asked for details of the farmers who do not
attend weekly. Click
here to be taken to the Walthamstow market page
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