Description
With around 25 stalls setting up every month selling a wide variety
of local produce, the city centre farmers’ market is a lively and
bustling market to visit. Situated by the sundial in the heart of the
city centre shoppers can source produce, which has been reared, grown
or made by local farmers.
Visitors to the market can expect to find locally reared ostrich
meat, pork, beef, lamb; locally grown strawberries and vegetables, plus
locally produced cheeses, chutney, pies and pasties.
Due to the success and popular demand by both food producers and the
public, the farmers’ market is in town twice a month on the second and
fourth Saturday of every month at the Piazza, by the sundial, 9am to
4.30pm. Please use the 'Farmers market calendar' link on the left for
up to date forthcoming farmers market dates.
Guidelines and general information
- Produce sold at the market must be locally grown and produced.
- Local means within 30 mile radius of Plymouth.
- The maximum distance from which producers may travel is 50 miles for difficult to source produce.
- When space becomes available at the market, local producers will receive preference, without compromising quality.
- Stalls must be staffed by someone who is directly involved in growing, raising or producing the goods on sale.
- No bought in produce may be resold without further processing.
Wherever possible, processed goods should contain at least 10%
ingredients of local origin.
- No Genetically modified produce, or goods containing genetically modified ingredients may be knowingly sold.
- Producers must comply with current Trading Standards and Environmental Health requirements.
- Producers must maintain their own employee, public and products liability insurance.
- All produce must be displayed within the stall itself, the displaying of goods outside a stall is not permitted.
- Parking is available on waste land at North Cross Car Park,
unloading of vehicles must be completed before 8.30 am and loading
cannot commence before 4pm.
- Plymouth City Centre Pedestrian area maintains a strictly no parking policy. Vehicles are not permitted to remain at the market site or any other unauthorised space within Plymouth City Centre.
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