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Become a Community Food Champion
Nov 24, 2011
Are you passionate about growing your own food? Do you like to buy local produce and cook from fresh? Are you worried about the effect that food waste has on the environment? Buckinghamshire County Council is looking for champions in the local community to spread the message about valuing our...
French Cookery Demonstration comes to Newbury Farmers' Market
Oct 31, 2011
The November Newbury Farmers’ Market will bring a new feature to our market. Our market manager, Jack, is introducing cookery demonstrations to the market. To start us off he would like to introduce “The royal Oak “from Ecchinswell near Newbury....
Open Day at Iron Down Farm, Deddington: September 25th
Sep 9, 2011
The Meat Joint will be holding an Open Day on Sunday 25th September at Iron Down Farm near Hempton. Come and see the pigs, sheep, lambs and beef animals and take a tractor ride around the farm. Watch butchery demonstrations and browse over our top quality pork, beef and lamb cuts,...
Apple Day Celebrations!
Aug 15, 2011
APPLE DAY CELEBRATIONS ORCHARD OPEN DAY CROSS LANES FRUIT FARM, MAPLEDURHAM, RG4 7UW SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 10.00am-5.00pm At Cross Lanes we grow over fifty varieties of apples, all different – sweet, sharp, juicy, crisp, nutty, rich, aromatic, complex and delicious. Come...
Old Farmhouse Bakery top of the list!
Aug 15, 2011
During September the BBC Good Food Magazine is celebrating 10 years of British Food Fortnight championing the best of British. Clare Hargreaves - their Seasonal & Local Writer - recommends some of her favourite artisan products. She lists one main choice (plus two more to try) under the...
A Visit to Love Food Hate Waste at Newbury Farmers' Market
Jul 1, 2011
Love Food Hate Waste is a campaign I'd heard of before but didn't know too much about. One weekend in June they attended the Newbury farmers' market so I got a chance to find out more about it. It is a national campaign to try and get us all to be less wasteful. Every year in the UK we...
Cookery Demonstrations Give Food for Thought
Jun 8, 2011
Visitors to Newbury Farmers Market on Sunday 19 June can learn how to save up to £50 off their monthly food shopping bill by making the most of the food they buy. A wide variety of easy recipes using everyday leftovers will be cooked up live throughout the market, and visitors will be...
Open Farm Sunday - June 12th
Jun 5, 2011
Do you care where your food comes from? Of course you do – and so do the farms that open their gates (don’t forget to close them behind you!) on Open Farm Sunday. It is a great day out and an opportunity to meet the farmers who produce your food and care for the countryside. Go to...
Farmers' Market Supports Help for Heroes
May 30, 2011
Help for Heroes latest challenge is 'Horses Help Heroes' . A group of wounded service men and women will drive a horse-drawn replica of a WW1 ambulance from Land's End to John O'Groats in 8 days, setting off on 21 June. So far, more than £70,000 has been raised for the...
Eat Reading Live!
May 23, 2011
Why not combine your regular visit to our Reading Farmers' Market with a trip to Eat Reading Live!, a "deliciously different" free food event being held on the weekend of the 4th and 5th of June. Click on the image below for a larger version of the poster.
We have a vacancy for an Accreditation Officer: Closing date 10th June
Apr 18, 2011
Must be experienced in agriculture and horticulture, have an analytical mind, good interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently on your own initiative. In addition, we are looking for someone who communicates fluently and who is PC literate. The post holder will assess...
Take our customer survey for a chance to win TVFMC vouchers
Apr 1, 2011
TVFMC have just recently received grant support from SEEDA to help us to develop our brand, and we need your help! We'd like to learn more about our existing customer base, and ask your opinion about how we can improve what we do. In particular this month we'd welcome your...
It's Lambing Time at Northmoor Trust's Hill Farm
Mar 9, 2011
Lambing weekends – 26th & 27th March and 2nd & 3rd April The sheep flock at Hill Farm will start lambing in a little under 3 weeks, and Camilla and Roly would like to invite you down to the farm to see some of their little woolly offspring! They are organising the...
Take the Challenge with Reading Steady Cook!
Mar 2, 2011
Reading Steady Cook: Take the Challenge at Reading Farmers' Market - Saturday 16th April. Reading UK CIC are looking for contestants to take part in the 2011 Reading Steady Cook competition, open to local amateur cooks. Reading Farmers' Market was pleased to be able to host one of the...
BIG PINK Birthday Celebrations!
Feb 28, 2011
Windsor Farmers’ Market celebrates its sixth birthday on the 5th March We are delighted this year to be joined by Cancer Research UK and the Race for Life Team who are going to turn our market pink. Race for Life is the most successful female only fundraising event in the...
Reading council cuts farmers' market parking fees
Feb 21, 2011
Reading council cuts farmers' market parking fees A Berkshire council has introduced new parking charges to encourage more customers to visit a farmers' market. Reading Borough Council is introducing a new 50p short-stay charge for the town centre market following a review. Traders launched a...
Malthouse Produce Receive Stallholder Award
Feb 7, 2011
MALTHOUSE PRODUCE RECEIVE FIRST EVER NATIONAL FARMERS’ MARKET STALLHOLDER AWARD Brothers Chris and Mike Wilkes of Malthouse Produce near Kidderminster have been awarded the first ever Stallholder of the Year Award, sponsored by Zapp, from the National Farmers’ Retail and...
Best Vegan Product for Anila’s Goan Green Curry Sauce
Jan 5, 2011
Best Vegan Product for Anila’s Goan Green Curry Sauce in The Veggie Awards 2011 Anila’s Authentic Sauces has scooped another top accolade for its popular Goan Green Curry Sauce by being named as the Best Vegan Product in The Veggie Awards 2011. The prize-winning product, which...
British Food Fortnight starts tomorrow!
Sep 17, 2010
FOOD, GLORIOUS BRITISH FOOD! British Food Fortnight 18th September – 3rd October 2010 “We love British Food Fortnight!” Dave Myers & Simon King, BBC’s ‘Hairy Bikers’celebrity chefs The ninth British Food Fortnight starts this...
TVFM hosted farmers' market at London Festival
Sep 13, 2010
TVFM hosted farmers' market at prestigious London Festival: September 10th TVFM was one of several FARMA certified farmers' market groups who brought a farmers' market to A Garden Party to Make a Difference , a 12 day festival of food from the 8th to the 19th of...
Love Food Hate Waste?
Aug 29, 2010
If you were inspired by the BBC programme " Great British Waste Menu " last week, here are a couple of links to help cut down on household food waste. The Love Food Hate Waste website provides loads of useful information and advice on how to cut down food waste including...
Finest Food and Drink at the Oxfordshire County & Thame Show
Jul 23, 2010
Head for the Local Flavours marquee at this year’s Oxfordshire County and Thame Show on 31 July to feast on strawberries, wine, artisan breads and much more, all produced in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Give your tastebuds the time of their life with spicy...
Vote now to help Farmers' Markets!
Jul 23, 2010
Farmers’ markets are not usually run every week – can you remember which day of the month your local farmers’ market runs on? Farmers’ markets need to be able to put up signs a few days in advance of markets to make sure that everyone knows when the market...
Farewell to Newbury Market Manager
Jun 30, 2010
Newbury Farmers’ market’s popular manager, Alex Farrow , is leaving us this summer after nearly a year successfully managing the market. He brought fresh ideas and a unique way of advertising each market – cycling around the Newbury area dressed as a chicken! ...
Open Farm Sunday - June 13th
May 31, 2010
Do you care where your food comes from? Of course you do – and so do the farms that open their gates (don’t forget to close them behind you!) on Open Farm Sunday. It is a great day out and an opportunity to meet the farmers who produce your food and care for the countryside. Go to the...
Abingdon Market Celebrates BBQ Week
May 21, 2010
Abingdon Market celebrated National BBQ week last week with a special BBQ cookery demonstration from Dushan Salwathura, the chef and owner from the Broad Face pub and restaurant in Abingdon. Dushan and his staff cooked a range of tasty local produce from Dews Meadow and other...
Ascot Ales Scoops Top Spot
May 7, 2010
Ascot Ales Scoops Top Spot at Reading Beer Festival 2010. Ascot Ales was awarded 'LocAle of the Festival' after a blind judging of more than 120 beers brewed within a 30 mile radius of Reading. 'Anastasia's Imperial Stout' 8.0%, which was brewed specially for the festival last...
Local Flavours guide to food and drink now out
Apr 7, 2010
The new guide to eating fresh locally-produced food and drink in season is launched this week by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire ( BBO ) Food Group CIC. Under the title Make the most of it! Local Flavours the food guide lists 88 food and drink...
Ascot Ales does it again!
Mar 16, 2010
Ascot Ales has taken a Silver Award in the National Beer Competition held by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). The winners were announced last week in Stratford-on-Avon. The brewery's Anastasia's Imperial Stout 8%, described as dangerously smooth with lush chocolate &...
Chipping Norton Farmers' Market celebrates despite the weather
Mar 16, 2010
Chipping Norton's former Mayor Cllr Martin Jarratt and Town Crier Anthony Church joined shoppers on Saturday 20 March to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Chipping Norton's Farmers' Market. Renowned local chef Nick Pullen from Wild Thyme restaurant barbequed produce from the market...
Windsor Celebrates Five Years!
Mar 10, 2010
TV Chef and Patron of TVFM, Antony Worrall Thompson visited Windsor Farmers' Market on Saturday. Antony, a passionate advocate of fresh local produce, which he uses in all his restaurants, came to cut the birthday cake and chat to customers. The day turned fine and there was a great atmosphere...
