YOUR LOCAL FOOD BOWL

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We hope you all enjoy this update and look forward to seeing you every Wednesday at the market!

Claire x

What’s in season, tasty and interesting at the market this month?

Have you popped by to see Liz and Igor at Purus Blue Lotus recently? Liz and Igor have a beautiful selection of products available including tea and body products all made using their distinctive blue lotus flowers.

And of course, then there are the flowers themselves, which are the perfect flowers to brighten up your home.

Lyn at Mad Mountain has let me know that they have now started to produce their range of organic loose-leaf teas in tea bags.

This is great news and a great addition to their produce line –also it is super convenient for those wanting to have a cuppa on the go.

On top of this all of the bags are unbleached, so better for our health and the environment.

Lyn tells me that the team at Mad Mountain have been busy bees filling the tea bags by hand, which sounds incredibly tedious – thank you Mad Mountain.

In the last few weeks we have seen an abundance of watermelons over at Everest Farm – another reason why seasonal eating is so great as we get to over-indulge in these delicious watermelons. Make sure you get yours before the season ends!

Over at Byron Spice Palace, I hear that they can’t keep up with the basil patch at the moment – which is great for us!

Rob tells me that in the morning all of their beautifully fragrant basil is picked – and in the afternoon it is packed – and by a Wednesday it will be at the market for us all.

There is most certainly nothing like knowing where your food has come from!

Basil pesto is a great addition to a pasta dish (using pasta from Woodland Valley Farm, of course) or as a dip for the bread at Crabbes Creek Woodfired or even with the carrots at Summit Organics Sounds delicious!

In exciting news, grapes are now in season at Sylva Lining Organics Sylva has been sending me updates on the growth of their grapes for the last month or so, which has been very exciting waiting for them to be ready.

Sylva’s grapes come in either green or black – so why not a bunch of both? Grapes are a perfect sweet snack or a great addition to a fruit salad – perfect for lunch boxes!

You may have noticed in the last few weeks, Jumping Red Ant has had lots of eggplant in – and what a beautiful purple colour they were. It certainly is the season for eggplant now.

Eggplant is full of nutrients like folate, potassium and magnesium –so great health benefits. Eggplant is also incredibly versatile – making it great for curries, roasting, grilling, ratatouille, pasta and much more.

When and where is the market and who do I contact?

See you at the Murwillumbah Farmers’ Market, at the Murwillumbah Showground (via gate 5) from 7am to 11am every Wednesday – come rain or shine! There will be a different local musician at the market every week – so come along, gather with friends and family and get stocked up on your local and fresh weekly produce!

If you would like more information – follow us on Instagram or Facebook, subscribe to our weekly newsletter or contact the market manager, Claire Strodder by email: manager@murwillumbahfarmersmarket.com.au, or phone: 0415 328 672.