Gloucestershire Farmers' Markets

Farmers' Markets are found throughout the county of Gloucestershire. The Farmers' Markets are run by different people, with a range of backgrounds; they all know their local area and the Farmers' Markets reflect this and the wide choice of local produce available.

Why shop at Farmers' Markets? You can buy fresh local produce from the people who grew, reared or made it; they are the experts who can answer your questions, suggest cooking times and generally help you get the best from your purchase. You help to cut down food miles, which minimises carbon emissions and may make a small contribution to slowing global warming. Selling direct to consumers helps smaller farms to remain viable, more people work on the land and the varied patchwork of differently managed fields is maintained, providing attractive countryside and helping to increase diversity. You get good value for money, Farmers' Market produce is high quality and if you compare it with similar produce from shops, it is nearly always better value. Lastly, Farmers' Market shopping is fun, it is relaxed, people talk to each other and it provides a feeling of belonging to a community, so often missing nowadays.