As the common agricultural policy disappears into the bureaucratic distance is a great time to focus on local produce and local markets.
In Praise of Farmers markets
- These markets are sociable and help rural economies
- They offer home made products often cooked on site
- Local meat and veg can be fresher, more tasty than supermarket products packaged in plastic
- They tend to supply produce that generate less food miles or eco-unfriendly miles from farm to plate
- They will show Europe we can supply great Yorkshire food without their bureaucratic administration
Farmers’ Markets a selection in Yorkshire
- Driffield Farmers’ Market at the The Showground, 1st Saturday in the month
- Grassington Farmers’ Market, 4th Sunday in the month
- Harrogate Farmers’ Market, Cambridge Street, 2nd Thursday in the month
- Holmfirth Farmers’ Market, Market Hall, 3rd Sunday in the month
- Malton Monthly Food Market, Market Place, 2nd Saturday in the month
- Sheffield Farmers Market
- Rotherham Farmers Market
- Doncaster Farmers Market
- See more Dales markets on GOC