The Lancefield and District Farmers Market returns this coming Saturday with a full house of 85 local and regional producers.
Recent adjustments to market bookings have allowed for more local farmers and food producers to join the market community.
One of which is Mowatts Scottish Food, produced in Sunbury by Stevie Mowatt, a Scotsman who moved to Australia in 2001 with his wife from Glasgow.
Mr Mowatt prides himself on being a specialist producer of Scottish foods he calls “a wee taste of home.” He is preparing haggis, black pudding, tattie scones, scotch pies, British-style sausage, Scottish sausages, gammons and award-winning pies for the market this Saturday.
Another new stall is MR Lamb (Macedon Ranges Lamb) produced in Sidonia by John Stewart and his family.
The farm has been in Mr Stewart’s family for six generations and is now also a regenerative farming enterprise, committed to leaving the land in an improved state with a farming model that sequesters carbon, builds topsoil and creates conditions for healthy animals that are naturally more robust and healthier.
Visitors can find MR Lamb down at the west end of the market with other regular meat producers such as Warialda Belted Galloway Beef, McIvor Farm Foods Pork and Mike’s Mussels.
Noble Bootleggers are a regenerative farming family from Bendigo who have established their own experimental distillery creating gins, whiskies and small batch cocktails. Husband and wife team Daniel and Kristin Lemura work alongside each other with sustainability in mind to create the products at their distillery.
Market organiser Meggs Hannes offers many items for a smooth market visit, including bags, baskets and trolleys. Visitors are advised to park at the west end (Post Office) with an Esky in their vehicle to store perishables.
