tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29564080824836791362024-03-13T10:27:02.774-07:00FARMERS' MARKETS IncTHE NETWORKING OF FARMERS' MARKETS WORLDWIDE
This network will initiate an open forum and invites local food producers, market organisers and supporters to participate in positive exchanges that will help to improve local economies and communities through farmers' markets, and provide greater access to locally produced food for all.Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-86509503583791783412012-05-31T15:42:00.002-07:002012-05-31T15:42:12.055-07:00Taste Farmers’ Markets Awards 2012 dinner and presentation<br />
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<span style="color: green; line-height: 1.2em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2em;">Taste Farmers’ Markets Awards 2012 dinner and presentation</span></strong></span><br /><br />Join us as we celebrate the real food producers of New Zealand. Farmers' Market Producer Categories for 2012 as awarded by NZ’s leading Chefs Jonny Schwass, a Canterbury localvore, Master Chef 2011 Nadia Lim and Acclaimed Author and Chef Julie Biuso. Dinner and Awards including Farmers' Market of the Year 2012 at the Parnell Farmers' Market, Jubille Building, <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2em;">545 Parnell Road, Auckland. 1st of July - 6 - pm - Dinner and Awards Tickets $60 pp, limited seats available</span><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=16429&SiteType=1&PageTypeID=7&PageID=61326&Tab=1&ArticleID=&GalleryType=&TeamPage=&BringToFront=true" style="color: #9999aa;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.2em;">Click here to register online for Taste Awards Dinner</span></a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/files/site/164/29/Pdf/120517110725JHFXAWBP.pdf" style="color: #9999aa;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.2em;">Click here to download a registration form for Taste Awards Dinner</span></a></strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2em;"><strong>Farmers Markets NZ Conference 2012</strong></span></div>
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2ND & 3RD JULY 2012<br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.2em; text-align: left;">FMNZ Conference 2012 Programme</span><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=16429&SiteType=1&PageTypeID=7&PageID=61326&Tab=1&ArticleID=&GalleryType=&TeamPage=&BringToFront=true" style="color: #9999aa;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.2em;">Click here to register online for FMNZ Conference 2012</span></a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/files/site/164/29/Pdf/120517110725JHFXAWBP.pdf" style="color: #9999aa;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.2em;">Click here to download a registration form for Conference 201</span></a><span style="color: blue; line-height: 1.2em;">2</span></strong></div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-91182097281763871942011-12-18T22:34:00.000-08:002011-12-18T22:34:12.039-08:00Out Standing in their Fields Chef Auctions<a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=18927&PageTypeID=1&PageID=69715#.Tu7ayj7f4_k.blogger">Out Standing in their Fields</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Farmers' Markets New Zealand is pleased to present our four outstanding regional chefs for - the perfect Christmas Present for 2011</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Trade me Auction - </span><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-living/kitchen/other/auction-433250868.htm" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 170); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Jonny Schwass - Click here</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">- Lunch for four people in Jonny's Christchurch Garden - Awarded Cuisine Restaurant Personality of The Year</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Trademe Auction - </span><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-living/kitchen/other/auction-433255054.htm" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 170); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Marc Soper - Click here</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Luncheon at Pirinoa Station in the Wairarapa for 6 people, serving a combination of dishes including 2011 Wellington chef of the capital award winning dishes and utilizing some of the finest regional products available</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Trademe Auction - </span><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-living/kitchen/other/auction-433262034.htm" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 170); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Jan Bilton - Click here</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Cloudy Bay Winery will be your venue for 8 guests to sample the very best of Marlborough with Jan Bilton for a cooking demonstration and luncheon to be matched with Cloudy Bay Wines</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Trademe Auction - </span><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-living/kitchen/other/auction-433257284.htm" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 170); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Julie Biuso - Click here</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Cooking Class for 6 in Julie Biuso’s home featuring fresh produce from the market, organic meats, and eggs from Julie’s own chickens</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Check out the <a href="http://outstandingfarmersmarkets.wordpress.com/" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 170); ">Out Standing in their Fields Blog</a> for detailed updates, videos and recipes from the road!</b></span><br /></div>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-20016942785514327542011-02-16T12:28:00.000-08:002011-02-16T12:28:04.562-08:00Farmers' Markets New Zealand: Taste Farmers Markets New Zealand Awards 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; font-size: medium; "><p class="separator" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.tastefarmersmarkets.org.nz/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S-u_Zj2ABX0E8NwTteGXFpHH5WKqHZqa1MgcY1rA8PedN6J2qh1ucPW0lvG46LCf5vIGyqg3iPTal9iNz43xi6YOAGs97mmXmI-RfnjX88zX_mHoQDet8ux7AbxJrR_94fiivcf3rZc/s1600/taste+logo2.jpg" style="cursor: move; " /></a></p><p class="separator" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; text-align: center; "><br /></p><p class="separator" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; text-align: center; "><br /></p><p class="separator" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; text-align: center; "><br /></p><div style="text-align: center; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; "></span></p></div><h2 style="display: inline; line-height: 16px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p></div></h2><div style="text-align: center; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; line-height: 15px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; line-height: 15px; "><span >WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO SINGAPORE BY VOTING FOR</span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; line-height: 15px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; line-height: 15px; "><span >YOUR FAVORITE FARMERS' MARKET</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; line-height: 15px; "> </span></span></b></span></p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p></div><div style="line-height: 15px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=16429&PageTypeID=11&PageID=64443&Tab=2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; ">Vote for your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; ">Farmers' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Market now </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; ">CLICK HERE</span></span></a></span></p></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span ></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></span></span></p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; "></span></p><div style="text-align: center; "><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; line-height: 18px; "><b><br /></b></span></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br /></span></span></span></p></div><p class="separator" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 14px; text-align: center; "></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 18px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 18px; "><br /><p class="separator" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 14px; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUYEQ074m8Q43PElv_ghmKe3jjna5qQ2I4RB942hlWRy4UX8Ykt_Ue7i7qYIWsDAHaqhYAP6GgGyd5LR0_FuVcCow4G96Lv9pZ1rH3suRscnmWtcxzY9s1IbGT8YeDpmMqI9V03BGTI4/s1600/Partners+banner.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="42" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUYEQ074m8Q43PElv_ghmKe3jjna5qQ2I4RB942hlWRy4UX8Ykt_Ue7i7qYIWsDAHaqhYAP6GgGyd5LR0_FuVcCow4G96Lv9pZ1rH3suRscnmWtcxzY9s1IbGT8YeDpmMqI9V03BGTI4/s400/Partners+banner.gif" width="400" style="cursor: move; " /></a></p><div style="line-height: 14px; text-align: center; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><br /></span></p></div><div style="line-height: 14px; text-align: center; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><br /></span></p></div><div style="line-height: 14px; text-align: center; "></div></span></h4></div></span>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-77915868730717755472011-01-23T10:46:00.000-08:002011-01-23T10:46:08.918-08:00Farmers' Market of the Year<a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/TeamSite.asp?SiteID=16875">Farmers' Market of the Year</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; ">The Best Farmers' Market of the year as voted by the consumers of NZ<br /><br />The Farmers' Market of the Year award is just one of the awards honoring farmers' markets around NZ as we shine the spotlight on the real food producers from the land and sea<br /><br />“Shining the spotlight onto individual grassroots food producers who use Farmers’ Markets as a venue to sell directly to consumers”<br /><br />Voting opens in March 2011, pre-register now and be into win a <span>RETURN TRIP TO SINGAPORE WITH FARMERS' MARKETS NZ AND SINGAPORE AIRLINES </span> <a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=16429&PageTypeID=7&PageID=61326" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(169, 169, 169); text-decoration: underline; ">CLICK HERE</a><br />To pre-register your interest in the Taste Famers' Markets NZ Awards 2011</span></div>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-19208070957983594512011-01-17T18:58:00.000-08:002011-01-17T18:58:02.146-08:00Farmers' Markets NZ Inc<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; "><h2 class="articletitle" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; display: block; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Taste Farmers Markets Awards flies to Singapore</h2><span >WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO SINGAPORE BY VOTING FOR YOUR FAVORITE FARMERS' MARKET</span> - <h4 style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; display: inline; "><span >To pre- register for Taste Farmers' Markets NZ Awards 2011 Newsletter </span></h4><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=16429&PageTypeID=7&PageID=61326" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(169, 169, 169); text-decoration: underline; ">CLICK HERE</a><br /><br />This growing popularity of Farmers’ Markets is something being seen worldwide and for a host of reasons. The awareness (or concern) of what’s in our food and growing demand for regional, unadulterated and organic produce, climate concerns and the investment into local resources, sustainable agriculture as well as influential television chefs pushing fresh seasonal ingredients combined with good old nostalgia and supporting community ideals are just a few of the influences causing Farmers’ Markets to flourish in New Zealand.<br /></span>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-31908985934636704902011-01-11T02:33:00.000-08:002011-01-11T02:33:04.005-08:00Marlborough Farmers' Market 2011<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4Vpz8ZLS1to?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-50512592825051494202010-12-31T19:16:00.000-08:002010-12-31T19:16:25.104-08:00So what is a localvore then ?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; ">Sounds like some sort of posh y name for somebody who has too much time on their hands.<br /><br />Well you can be a herbivore or an omnivore, so why not somebody who pays attention to where their food comes from and commits to eating local food as much as possible? This is not some nutcase religion, it is just about eating local. It is not an all-or-nothing venture, it is all about helping the environment, protecting your family's health and supporting small farmers and food producers in your region.<br /><br />The first bite to being a localvore is to determine what local means to yourself and your family: it could be food from a 100-kilometre radius, if could be from the whole of the South Island or even the whole of New Zealand. It is an individual decision that you need to be comfortable with.<br /><br />The key is that by creating a boundary, no matter how large or small, you are becoming conscious of the origin of your food. You can even go one step further and draw a circle around your home or region and this will help you with your food choices.<br /><br />We are all born localvores, it is just that sometimes we forget just what is in our backyard and what is in season.<br /><br />We may not be able to tackle the big issues of the world, but we are able to help build sustainable and connected communities by supporting each other.<br /><br />Five ways to become a localvore in New Zealand<br /><br />Visit a farmers' market. There are now more than 50 located from Invercargill to the Bay of Islands. Some are big, some are small, but the key is that they represent their regional seasons and producers. Farmers' markets keep small farms in business. Rather than going through a middle man, the farmer or producer will take home nearly all of the money you spend on regional produce – there are no on-sellers, resellers or people that just buy at the cheapest price and try to move it as fast as they can, regardless of the quality or where it has come from.<br /><br />Ask your supermarket manager where your meat, produce and dairy is coming from. Remember that supermarket managers are influenced by what you say and do. Let the managers know what's important to you.<br /><br />Preserve a local food of the season. By freezing, bottling and preserving you get to eat and enjoy flavours all year.<br /><br />Have a look for restaurants in your area that support local farmers and producers. Ask the restaurants about ingredients or ask your favourite farmers what restaurant accounts they have. Frequent businesses that support farmers in your region.<br /><br />Ask about origins. What you may have taken for granted as New Zealand-produced may come as a surprise.<br /><br />HONEY-SPICED APRICOTS<br /><br />Serve these with dollops of yoghurt for breakfast or dinner, or add a crumble topping and bake in the oven for a quick dessert. If all else fails, just eat them straight from the jar.<br /><br />2kg whole Marlborough apricots<br /><br />cinnamon sticks and cloves for each jar<br /><br />4 cups white wine vinegar<br /><br />500g Marlborough honey<br /><br />With a fork, prick the apricots all over and place them into cold sterilised jars. Place two cloves and one cinnamon stick in each jar. Bring the vinegar and honey to the boil and simmer for five minutes until it just starts to thicken, then pour over the apricots. Leave to cool before sealing the jars. For best flavour, leave for one month and use within 12 months.</span><table width="639" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="19" border="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><tbody></tbody></table>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-22398542676260769502010-12-29T04:16:00.002-08:002010-12-29T04:16:41.841-08:00Central Otago Farmers' MarketCheck out the Central Otago Farmers' Market. A seasonal Farmers' Market providing quality, fresh food direct from the producers.<br />
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<div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In a country that can grow almost anything, farmers' markets are a rapidly-developing Kiwi phenomenon with over 50 operating throughout New Zealand.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As you travel around the country, farmers' markets provide a great insight into the regional heartland and are an ideal place to sample fresh, local fare, meet the locals and experience the New Zealand way of life.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Each market reflects its regional difference with the climatic conditions and environmental changes playing a role in the range of produce from north to south. You won't find the sub-tropical fruits of the north on stalls in Southland, nor is it likely the South Island's boutique beers and ocean catches will appear at markets in Northland.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In order to be an "authentic" farmers' market, each must be a food-only market, with no resellers allowed, so those who have grown or made the food are the ones selling it.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This seasonal market starts at the beginning of November and runs every Sunday through until the last Sunday of Feburary.</div><h4 style="color: #eb4d2e; font-family: MuseoSlab500, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px;">You might also be interested in:</h4>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-36364641010007595062010-12-29T04:16:00.000-08:002010-12-29T04:16:26.239-08:00Central Otago Farmers' MarketCheck out the Central Otago Farmers' Market. A seasonal Farmers' Market providing quality, fresh food direct from the producers.<br />
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<div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In a country that can grow almost anything, farmers' markets are a rapidly-developing Kiwi phenomenon with over 50 operating throughout New Zealand.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As you travel around the country, farmers' markets provide a great insight into the regional heartland and are an ideal place to sample fresh, local fare, meet the locals and experience the New Zealand way of life.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Each market reflects its regional difference with the climatic conditions and environmental changes playing a role in the range of produce from north to south. You won't find the sub-tropical fruits of the north on stalls in Southland, nor is it likely the South Island's boutique beers and ocean catches will appear at markets in Northland.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In order to be an "authentic" farmers' market, each must be a food-only market, with no resellers allowed, so those who have grown or made the food are the ones selling it.</div><div style="color: #707070; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This seasonal market starts at the beginning of November and runs every Sunday through until the last Sunday of Feburary.</div><h4 style="color: #eb4d2e; font-family: MuseoSlab500, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; 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This is eating local.'</p></div><div id="articleImage_5" class="insetFullBracket" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; visibility: hidden; position: absolute; top: -100%; left: 0px; z-index: 100; "><div class="insetFullBox" style="margin-top: -30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; position: absolute; background-image: url(http://s1.wsj.net/img/BGD_insetBracket.png); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-right-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-left-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; "><div class="insetButton" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 8px; "><a class="insetClose" style="background-image: url(http://s2.wsj.net/img/BTN_insetClose.gif); cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 19px; text-indent: -9999px; width: 19px; "><img src="http://si.wsj.net/img/BTN_insetClose.gif" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" height="19" width="19" alt="share5" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><img src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-KV967_share5_G_20101112173756.jpg" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" height="369" width="553" alt="share5" style="padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></div></div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">But James Lucal in Seattle has them all beat. He not only brings home the local produce, he got a local to grow it for him directly outside his home. And yet he spent almost nothing for this luxury, and lifted not so much as a trowel to make it happen.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Welcome to "urban sharecropping," the hippest, most hardcore new way to eat local. In the latest twist in the farm-to-table movement, homeowners who lack free time or gardening skills are teaming up with would-be farmers who lack backyards. Around the country, a new crop of match-makers are helping the two groups find each other and make arrangements that enable both sides to share resources and grow their own food.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Mr. Lucal's tenant farmer Michaelynn Ryan is a mother of two and homeowner in the charming Seattle neighborhood of Wallingford. Though Ms. Ryan is a certified master gardener, the yard of her Craftsman house isn't up to farming—it's too small and shaded, Ms. Ryan says. So, the summer before last, she posted a want ad for a garden plot on Urban Garden Share, a website started by a professional gardener as a good-karma producing hobby.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">That's how Ms. Ryan found Mr. Lucal, a builder who had terraced a steep slope next to his house, but discovered through frustrating failure he lacked the patience and expertise to make it bloom. Finding they lived within five minutes of each other, they agreed Ms. Ryan would farm the lot and Mr. Lucal would harvest his family's supply.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">The season was a bounty of candy-sweet strawberries and tart, pie-ready rhubarb. Carrots emerged from the ground in a rainbow of orange, yellow and red hues, and crookneck squash grew giant-sized under fuzzy elephant-ear leaves. The juicy tomatillos and pungent cilantro were so abundant, Ms. Ryan made 24 jars of Mexican salsa verde. Her 3-year-old daughter Fiona ran between the raised beds, popping brilliant green sugar snap peas into her mouth.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">But even the most utopian and cost-saving of food systems has its price to pay. Ms. Ryan, like generations of tenant farmers before her, had to hand over half her hard-won crop to Mr. Lucal. Some in the movement might label him a "lazy locavore," a new designation indicating one whose diet is beyond reproach, but who has found a way around the hard work. Mr. Lucal says he's more "ignorant locavore" than lazy: After all, he watered.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">The beauty of urban sharecropping is how neatly it halves the commitment required by local eating, providing honored roles for both the landless and the lazy. Homeowners look out on to their backyards—in many cases, under-used, water-sucking lawns or weed-chocked lots—and see lovely kitchen gardens that can often feed not only their own families but several neighbors', too. The farmer drops by, weeds, sows or harvests, then often leaves a basket of perfectly ripe produce on the owner's back porch. Gardeners get to skirt the notoriously clogged community-garden system in cities, where long waitlists and vegetable poachers are a looming threat.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Of course, the ultimate satisfaction for both sides is in the eating. No other local food can compete with the taste of fruits and vegetables harvested only minutes before. And there's the unique joy, hard-wired into the human psyche, of growing one's own food. A growing number of services helps landowners and gardeners connect. Sharing Backyards, which launched in British Columbia in 2004, has programs in Portland, Ore., Duluth, Minn., Washington, Berkeley, Calif., Boise, Idaho, Houston, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Missoula, Mont., as well as international locations. The website currently contains over 1,000 listings from landowners and potential farmers. In the near future, the volunteers behind the program plan to post a sample contract that sharecroppers can use to iron out arrangements.</p><div class="insetContent insetCol3wide embedType-image imageFormat-D" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; font-size: 1em; zoom: 1; width: 264px; float: left; clear: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><div class="insetTree" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; float: left; position: relative; "><div id="articleThumbnail_6" class="insettipUnit insetZoomTarget" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><img src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OD-AC090_Locavo_G_20101111140602.jpg" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" height="369" width="553" alt="Locavore1" style="padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></div></div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">In Brooklyn, BK Farmyards secured its first farmland last year when founder Stacey Murphy, a former architect, stood on a street corner shouting she wanted to farm someone's yard. Adrienne Fisher, a foundation grant manager and mother of three with a three-story Victorian and large backyard in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, took her up on her offer to share costs and plant a large garden. The harvest was divided among six neighbors, who each paid up front.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Some urban sharecroppers are finding another outlet for their wares: restaurants. In Los Angeles, the restaurant Forage opened nine months ago with a unique concept: Chef Jason Kim barters dining credits at the restaurant with people who hand him food grown in their gardens. In April, the health department stepped in, telling Mr. Kim he couldn't serve food that didn't come from certified farms. So Mr. Kim helped five of his best urban farmers get licensed, and now they provide him with a bounty including blood oranges, heirloom Italian chicory and a fruit called black sapote."I realized there are so many people doing this and they just don't want it to go to waste," Mr. Kim says.</p></span></div></div></span>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-91268208512870844782010-11-12T01:55:00.001-08:002010-11-12T01:55:09.453-08:00Taste Farmers Markets New Zealand Awards 2011<a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/Article.asp?SiteID=16429&ArticleID=5055">Taste Farmers Markets New Zealand Awards 2011</a>: "Objectives of the Taste Farmers' Markets Award<br /><br />The FM movement is about building and strengthening local communities, supports local businesses. The brand is environmentally sustainable and projects fresh, seasonal, quality. Customers are interested in their health, knowing where their food comes from and are well read and educated people. They’re also looking for social interaction and learning more about food<br /><br />Objectives of the Taste Farmers’ Market New Zealand Awards 2011<br /><br />• To celebrate Farmers’ Markets and their regional food producers<br /><br />• To support regional food producers and networks through celebration of achievements<br /><br />• To stimulate additional business for Farmers’ Markets and food producers of NZ"Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-50984960903810161602010-11-12T01:55:00.000-08:002010-11-12T01:55:08.324-08:00Taste Farmers Markets New Zealand Awards 2011<a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/Article.asp?SiteID=16429&ArticleID=5055">Taste Farmers Markets New Zealand Awards 2011</a>: "Objectives of the Taste Farmers' Markets Award<br /><br />The FM movement is about building and strengthening local communities, supports local businesses. The brand is environmentally sustainable and projects fresh, seasonal, quality. Customers are interested in their health, knowing where their food comes from and are well read and educated people. They’re also looking for social interaction and learning more about food<br /><br />Objectives of the Taste Farmers’ Market New Zealand Awards 2011<br /><br />• To celebrate Farmers’ Markets and their regional food producers<br /><br />• To support regional food producers and networks through celebration of achievements<br /><br />• To stimulate additional business for Farmers’ Markets and food producers of NZ"Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-2256063132900143072010-09-30T14:40:00.000-07:002010-09-30T14:40:34.614-07:00Market shopping<a href="http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/tvshows/freerangecook/7950871/market-shopping">Market shopping</a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><div id="title" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: auto; float: left; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Arial; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 500; ">Market shopping</h1></div><div id="author" style="clear: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; ">By Annabel Langbein</div><div id="date"></div><div id="image" style="background-color: rgb(226, 235, 230); width: 200px; height: auto; clear: both; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; float: right; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><img src="http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/img/article/langbein/marketshopping.jpg" alt="Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook" /></div><div id="body" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); clear: left; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">My TV show <i>Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook</i> was filmed at my little cabin on the shores of Lake Wanaka, where I am lucky enough to maintain a large vegetable garden that provides much of my family's fresh produce.<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I have always grown my own vegetables - something that was instilled in me by my father Fred, who maintained a prodigious garden that provided us with a nutritious and interesting diet.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">When I started cooking, I learnt early on that the fresher your ingredients, the less work there is for you in the kitchen. With nature on your side it’s easy to be a great cook and enjoy delicious meals at the drop of the hat.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The fluorescent atmosphere of a supermarket may make everything look good, but looks don’t necessarily equate to flavour or succulence. And it is this difference in flavour which goes a long way to explain the phenomenal popularity of farmers' markets.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In the freshly picked harvests of local growers, we discover older and lesser known varieties of produce grown because they taste good, not because they suit the long life requirements of a supermarket supply chain.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I also like the fact farmers' markets create a sense of community – something fast disappearing from our lives as people get busier and the big chains bump out old-timer providores.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Each week at the markets, the same friendly faces greet and cajole. I love this chance to try something new and be tempted by an artisan spread, cheese or specialty sausage. So, even without a backyard garden, it's possible to enjoy what is in season at its very best. New Zealand is blessed with some wonderful farmers’ markets where you can support local growers and cook in sync with nature's harvests.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Here’s a list of some of my favourite local markets around the country:</p><ul style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.boifm.org.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Bay of Islands Farmers' Market, Hobson Ave, Kerikeri.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Matakana Village Famers' Market, 2 Matakana Valley Rd, Matakana.</li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.clevedonfarmersmarket.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Clevedon Village Farmers' Market, Clevedon Showgrounds.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.cityfarmersmarket.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">The City Farmers' Market at Britomart, Auckland City.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.glfm.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Grey Lynn Farmer's Market, 510 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.oratiafarmersmarket.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Oratia Farmers Market, 99 Parrs Rd, Oratia, Waitakere City.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Tauranga Farmers' Market, Tauranga Primary School.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Coroglen Farmers' Market, Coroglen Community Hall.</li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.gisbornefarmersmarket.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Gisborne Farmers' Market, Army Hall Car park, Fitzherbert Ave, Gisborne.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.foodhawkesbay.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market, Hawke's Bay Showgrounds, Hastings.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/fmnztaranaki" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Farmers' Market Taranaki, Currie St, New Plymouth.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.upperhuttfarmersmarket.org.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Upper Hutt Farmers' Market, Russell St, Upper Hutt.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.mfm.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Marlborough Farmers' Market, corner Market and High streets.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.marketground.co.nz/fmnznelson" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Nelson Farmers' Market, Fashion Island, corner Hardy and Morrison Streets.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.christchurchfarmersmarket.co.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Christchurch Farmers' Market, 16 Kahu Rd, Riccarton, Christchurch.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Methven Farmers' Market, The Square, Main St, Methven.</li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.otagofarmersmarket.org.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Otago Farmers' Market, Dunedin Railway Station.</a></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Central Otago Farmers’ Market, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Town.</li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.wanakafarmersmarket.org.nz/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: underline; ">Wanaka Farmers Market, Ardmore and Dungarven streets, on Pembroke Park.</a></li></ul><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /><b style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: 600; ">Annabel Langbein</b> is the star of the new <i>TV ONE</i> series <i>Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook</i>(7pm Saturdays).</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Watch more <a href="http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/video/" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Annabel Langbein recipe videos</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Get <a href="http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/recipes/annabellangbein/7950889/salsa-verde" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Annabel Langbein's Salsa Verde recipe</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Get all <a href="http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/index.aspx?sectionid=6677812&sectionname=tvshows&subsectionid=6764677&subsectionname=freerangecook" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; ">Annabel Langbein's cooking tips here</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">See the cookbook <a href="http://www.annabel-langbein.com/shop_products.php?lead" target="new" style="color: rgb(255, 117, 41); text-decoration: none; "><i>Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook </i></a>for all the recipes from the TV show.</p></div></span></span></span></div>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-87751324610959059152010-09-05T20:42:00.000-07:002010-09-05T20:42:28.948-07:00Farmers' Markets New Zealand: Spring Has arrived at Farmers' Markets of NZ<a href="http://fmnz.blogspot.com/2010/09/spring-has-arrived-at-farmers-markets.html?spref=bl">Farmers' Markets New Zealand: Spring Has arrived at Farmers' Markets of NZ</a>: "Our thoughts are with our nine Canterbury Farmers' Market members, we are all thinking of you and wish you the best after the devastating ea..."Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-23723372865468765602010-06-25T06:13:00.000-07:002010-06-25T06:13:45.583-07:00Food Made Visible<h2 class="articletitle" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: dimgrey; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Food Made Visible</h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">by Michael Pollan </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">It might sound odd to say this about something people deal with at least three times a day, but food in America has been more or less invisible, politically speaking, until very recently. At least until the early 1970s, when a bout of food price inflation and the appearance of books critical of industrial agriculture (by Wendell Berry, Francis Moore Lappé, and Barry Commoner, among others) threatened to propel the subject to the top of the national agenda, Americans have not had to think very hard about where their food comes from, or what it is doing to the planet, their bodies, and their society.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Most people count this a blessing. Americans spend a smaller percentage of their income on food than any people in history—slightly less than 10 percent—and a smaller amount of their time preparing it: a mere thirty-one minutes a day on average, including clean-up. The supermarkets brim with produce summoned from every corner of the globe, a steady stream of novel food products (17,000 new ones each year) crowds the middle aisles, and in the freezer case you can find “home meal replacements” in every conceivable ethnic stripe, demanding nothing more of the eater than opening the package and waiting for the microwave to chirp. Considered in the long sweep of human history, in which getting food dominated not just daily life but economic and political life as well, having to worry about food as little as we do, or did, seems almost a kind of dream.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The dream that the age-old “food problem” had been largely solved for most Americans was sustained by the tremendous postwar increases in the productivity of American farmers, made possible by cheap fossil fuel (the key ingredient in both chemical fertilizers and pesticides) and changes in agricultural policies. Asked by President Nixon to try to drive down the cost of food after it had spiked in the early 1970s, Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz shifted the historical focus of federal farm policy from supporting prices for farmers to boosting yields of a small handful of commodity crops (corn and soy especially) at any cost.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The administration’s cheap food policy worked almost too well: crop prices fell, forcing farmers to produce still more simply to break even. This led to a deep depression in the farm belt in the 1980s followed by a brutal wave of consolidation. Most importantly, the price of food came down, or at least the price of the kinds of foods that could be made from corn and soy: processed foods and sweetened beverages and feedlot meat. (Prices for fresh produce have increased since the 1980s.) Washington had succeeded in eliminating food as a political issue—an objective dear to most governments at least since the time of the French Revolution.</span>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956408082483679136.post-66756616797466378092010-06-21T02:48:00.000-07:002010-06-21T02:48:49.486-07:00Farmers’ Markets lead economic growth and real food production in NZ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6R2Sa3Mf1rQ/TB81cGS7iDI/AAAAAAAAKns/YdAoIdv5DWQ/s1600/P6070607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6R2Sa3Mf1rQ/TB81cGS7iDI/AAAAAAAAKns/YdAoIdv5DWQ/s320/P6070607.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<h2 class="articletitle" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: dimgrey; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Farmers’ Markets NZ lead the revolution of .......</h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Media Release June 2010</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The closing of the third Farmers’ Markets New Zealand Conference held in Hamilton on June 6-8 brought to the forefront the importance of transparency and authenticity for all who attended. Delegates and key note speakers from America, England, Australia and New Zealand converged for three days for networking and sharing with the word “local” on the tastes buds of all. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Keith Stewart, self confessed foodie and radio live talk back host, was serious when he claimed we are in the middle of a revolution. “We are at war, and we need to figure out who is on our side.” Keith spoke to the delegates reminding them that we are the future food producers of New Zealand . </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Farmers’ Markets have grown sustainably ever since there introduction to NZ. Just 10 years ago Hawkes Bay, Marlborough and Otago were the founding Farmers’ Markets of these regional, economic growth incubators, now over 50 locations through out NZ operate on a weekly basis. This being New Zealand’s main point of difference to the rest of the world, most operating farmers’ markets on a monthly basis.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Gareth Jones (FARMA, UK) holds NZ up as a shining example of farmers’ markets working together to achieve the same goal. The majority of markets in the UK run on a fortnightly or monthly basis. They would never have sat in the same room together, let alone co-elaborated on future goals and strategies, of how to provide economic stimulus to regional and urban communities.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Chairperson of Farmers’ Markets NZ, Chris Fortune, summed up the conference with, “NZ regional food producers will make a long term economic and social difference in our local communities, not the promises made by council men seeking re-election or the corporate multi-national faceless companies that give us products they call food. This revolution will be led by the blueberry producers of Marlborough, the free range pork producers of the Waikato and the thousands of other real food producers of NZ. They are already playing an integral part in the lives of the everyday consumers that chooses to do their weekly shop at NZ farmers’ markets.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The highlight of the conference was hearing from the newly appointed Patron of FMNZ, Bernadine Prince, co-founder of 15 farmers’ markets in Washington DC, which includes the newest farmers’ market opened at the White House. “NZ could be the leader of sustainable farming, feeding its own communities and be a continuing shining light in the world of farmers’ markets.” This was Bernie’s 4th visit to NZ in relation to farmers’ markets and she returns to Washington DC with as much information as she imparted to the delegates of the FMNZ Conference. She will share her new found knowledge with the newly founded American Coalition of Farmers’ Markets of which she is vice-president.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The key behind what all farmers’ markets have been doing over the last decade is Authenticity. Focus being on transparency and now is the time for all regional food producers of NZ to stand up and claim what they own and protect their only tangible asset. This tangible asset that we can truly claim to be our own and grow together are the two words “farmers’ market”.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 19px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 19px; color: dimgrey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">FMNZs long-term focus is on the future transparency of farmers’ markets - the future is not only next week’s farmers’ market, or next years farmers’ market but farmers’ markets in 10 and 20 years time.</span>Chris Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815886503946450534noreply@blogger.com0