newcastle city farmers and craft market

Welcome to the Newcastle City Farmers and Craft Market

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Welcome to the cyber home of the Newcastle City Farmers and Craft market which is held almost every Sunday at the Newcastle Show Ground, Broadmeadow.

For details about the next market on Jan 25, look here.

History: The Newcastle City Farmers Market was set up by Kevin Eade, who hails from farming stock from the north coast of NSW.
His market career started in 1999 with the Morpeth after which he started the Gosford Famers Market and the Honeysuckle markets.

For the past four years he has been providing a place for farmers and local artisans to sell their wares at the Broadmeadow Show Ground. Providing a link between growers and crafters and the general public. It is all part of his passion to help farmers survive, to encourage people to source their food locally and to help the environment by lowering the fuel usage and costs of transporting food half way around the country or the world.

There are more than 70 farmer producers at the market, selling everything from smoked meats to goats cheese, fresh herbs and spices and plenty of poultry, cakes, olives, oils, vegetables, freshly-picked fruit, meat and fresh seafood.

While most of the farmers come from the Hunter Valley area, some travel from as far as Canberra and the north coast of NSW as well as way out west.

The reason they come is that they get to cut out the middle man and therefore get a decent price for their produce, and as consumers, you know that the product is fresh, that it hasn't been sitting in a warehouse, and you get to talk to the producer about their product, how it is grown or harvested and the best way to enjoy cooking and eating it.

Another important part of the market is the range of local made arts and crafts. There are about 40 stalls featuring hand-made items, from silver and gold, through to pottery, furniture, origami, clothing for adults and children, handbags, and plenty of knitwear.

The non-food side of the market is organised by the Craft Committee which has more than 40 years of market experience between them. They have a Charter which they use to book and maintain stalls and they are always looking out for different and usual items to give the market more diversity.

Sunday Jan 25

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IT'S the Australia Day long weekend, but the markets will be happening this Sunday.

The market will start at 8am and go through until around 1.30pm.

There will be plenty of fresh meat, poultry, pasta, seafood and plenty of fruit and veg to take home.

Then there is the great range of hand crafted goods.

The next markets will be February 1, 8 and 15th with the March dates set for 1, 8 and 22.

Oz Tukka unique flavours of Australia

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Oz Tukka sells a range of high quality Australian native spices, macadamia nut oils, dukkha and gluten-free muffin mixes and cookbooks.

The spices are almost all wild harvested and everything is produced in Australia.

You will also find: lemon myrtle, wattle seed, Tasmanian pepper leaf, Tasmanian Pepper Berry, Anisata, Bush Tomato, along with grinders, oils and books.

If you have a taste for chocolate you have to try the wattleseed chocolate covered macadamia nuts and the lemon myrtle chocolate covered macadamias.

Global Conduct

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Find a treasure trove of hand-crafted Fair Trade products in the craft aisle of the undercover shed.
Carpets, bags, scarves, textiles, stationary and gifts, all beautifully hand-made in sumptuous silks, cottons and wools by recognised Fair Trade producer groups.
From a small Hunter base Global conduct imports and sells stunning products from Nepal, India, Vietnam and East Timor.

Jackie Smallcombe jewellery

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The majority of Jackie's work is in sterling silver, however pieces can be made to order so you are able to play around with designs, materials, sizes and finishes to create what you want.
A lot of the pieces are unisex and look just as good worn by men as they do by women (especially the chunkier pieces).

Each piece is stamped (where possible or relevant) with her logo and either a "925" (sterling silver) or "9ct" (9ct gold) etc stamp.

Working by herself she does the design, manufacture and distribution of all pieces.

For more stunning jewellery look at her site www.jackiesmallcombe.com.au

Eden by Tim Neve, flowers

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imagine you stumble across a road-side flower stall in the middle of the French country side, filled with native, rare and exotic blooms -

all market fresh, with prices to match.

The bouquets seem homely and familiar. Flowers for everyday - flowers for you.

welcome to eden.

eden by tim neve is a range of fresh flowers available at market days in Newcastle, NSW.
The variety of blooms are chosen for their uniqueness and longevity - sourced fresh from local growers and arranged into stunning mixed bouquets.

visit www.timneve.com/eden

Zephyrama

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Zephyrama is the children's and adults clothing stall in the Craft Row of the cattle pavilion, opposite the coffee cart inside the front door.

The clothing is all hand-made in Newcastle, using vintage and retro material, including chenille.
Unlike many of the chenille clothing sold in Newcastle, none of Zephyrama's has been dyed and it is all made using commercial grade overlockers for a profession finish and durability.

All the designs have been tested on Zephyrama's brood of children and sizes range from newborn to adults and include shorts, long pants, skirts, dresses, ponchos and hats.

Zephyrama has the original chenille women's yoga or running shorts called Fran's Flirty shorts named after the women who originally ordered them years ago.

Also in the Zephyrama Stall is Glamour Poss jewellery designs, Tragic Bags handbags made from unique vintage and retro materials, and during winter the TINK knitwear range. These stall form the Craft Mafia Collective of Newcastle Craftsters and these labels are only available at the Newcastle City Farmers Market. If you find things just like ours at another market, it's just a cheap rip off.

If you want to contact Zephyrama to place an order to pick up before the next market email zephyrama@gmail.com or visit here to have a look at some recent designs.

Over the Moon Jersey Milk

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Over the Moon Jersey Milk sells fresh as fresh Jersey Cow milk.
There are a huge range of styles and the milk is so good that Over the Moon was named as the champion milk exhibitor at the 2008 Sydney Royal Show.

The range includes:
Whole Jersey Double Cream.
Jersey Natural Yoghurt.
Whole Jersey Non-homogenised milk.
Whole Jersey Homogenised milk.
Reduced Fat milk.

Capparis Goat Cheeses

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The family run goats' cheese business Capparis Cheeses is a hugely popular stall at the Markets.
No wonder once you taste cheeses made by Aled Hoggett at the family farm in Gloucester.
His cheeses have won a haul of medals at the Royal Easter Show and are used by the best restaurants and chefs around the Hunter. In fact Aled has 27 awards, including seven golds.

Capparis is in the Cattle Pavilion in the left row and it is here you will find the Fresh, Sec, Fetta, Blue, along with some goat and cow cheese blends including Tibbuc (a camembert style) and Bundook, a blue.

Visit the Capparis website here.

Wisdom for Living

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Wisdom For Living has a huge range of health products, from the popular detox patches to ear candles and you can find her in the Cattle Pavilion in the Craft Row.
Barb also has wind-up 'piggy' torches which are always popular with the children along with natural toothpastes and pain relieving natural creams.
Any questions, just ask Barb.

Visit Barb's website here.

How to book a stall

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Newcastle City Farmers' and Craft market is about giving consumers something different, something fresh and something hand-made and unique.

Farmers, producers and artisans are welcome to apply for sites in the Cattle Pavilion, Animal World Shed, on the Green and under the trees around the ring road.

For all food bookings email finefoodmarket@optusnet.com.au

For all craft and non-food bookings email newcastlemarket@gmail.com

For any other information about the market or to list news on this blog email newcastlemarket@gmail.com

Booking are subject to availability.
Non food items are closely monitored to avoid duplication. This is a market where difference, creativity and inspiration are the norm.

Red Belly Gourmet

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Red Belly Gourmet products are organically grown, hand-made and bottled at Magic Hill, a sustainable property idyllicly located in the foothills of the Barrington Tops.

Their aim is to make top quality produce, whilst impacting minimally on the natural environment. The house and business is solar powered and all waste is recycled.

On the farm there is chilli, garlic, coriander, basil, mustard seeds, tomato, onion, thyme, capsicum, eggplant, rhubarb and limes and has been certified since 2006 with the Organic Growers of Australia.

Red Belly has won plenty of Sydney Royal Fine Food Show awards for its eggplant and sweet pepper relish and rhubarb and lime compote. Also baring a medal is the chilli jam, sweet chilli sauce and the onion and thyme marmalade.

For more information look up Red Belly's website.

Organic Feast

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Organic Feast is a Maitland-based organic and biodynamic supermarket. You name it, Brent stocks it, including breads, meat, poultry, fruit and vegetables and tinned and bottled goods.

Every market Brent's team sets up on the Green next to the Cattle Pavilion selling a great range of in-season, locally grown organic and biodynamic fruit and vegetables.

Organic Feast's website also features a home delivery and on-line shopping for you fix between markets.

Hunter Valley Pasta Co

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The Hunter Valley Pasta Co makes a huge range of ribbon and flat pastas, not to mention pastas, sauces and take-home meals in a specially built kitchen in New Lambton.
The Pasta Co is always at the markets selling a huge range of their products, from slabs of fresh pasta, to freshly made fettucine, linguine and spaghetti, just to name a few styles of fresh pasta.
At the Hunter Valley Pasta Co you can also buy Herbies Herbs, that fantastic range of fresh herbs and spices.