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5 Reasons to Shop at your Local Farmers' Market

Want that warm fuzzy feeling and ultimate satisfaction when completing your weekly food shop? Shopping at your local Farmers Market is that golden decision that'll make you "Hooked on a feelin" and thrilled to be supporting your local producers each weekend (I’m coming for you sun-ripened strawbs).Farmers markets mean saying "good morning" and catching up with your farmer that puts in the hard-yards caring for the soil and growing your delicious bunch of sweet'n'crunchy, ju...

National Farmers' Market Week 2026

The Farmers’ Market movement is about supporting the local food economy, giving consumers access to regional food and building and strengthening local communities.Farmers’ Markets can be found across New Zealand from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill, in rural and urban locations providing the freshest, most local food to their communities. Every purchase supports a small local business rather than the supermarket duopoly.There are approximately 26 FMNZ farmers' markets around New Zealand w...