The Menu: The market is always in season for fine produce and a sense of community

The next time you’re at a farmer’s market, enjoy that coffee, relish that pizza, but do also seek out and support the actual farmers as well.

Grower Caroline Robinson, stallholder and farmers’ market stalwart. Picture: Sean Monaghan

I went to Douglas farmers’ market last Saturday for the first time in ages. I’ve had to don my Florence Nightingale outfit in recent years to care for a family member, Saturday becoming my rostered day, so it was a joy to return to what has always been a treasured experience.

My children were practically reared in farmers’ markets, Douglas, in particular. We’d head down at 10am every Saturday and do the bulk of the week’s grocery shopping, for fresh fruit and vegetables, free range pork, chicken, fish, milk, cheeses, eggs, breads, baked goods, and some random deli delicacies.