Byron Farmers Market in Byron Bay, New South Wales | Farmers market

Byron Farmers Market

Locality: Byron Bay, New South Wales

Phone: +61 407 710 009

Address: Cavanbah Centre 249 Ewingsdale Rd 2481 Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.byronfarmersmarket.com.au

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22.01.2022 Market mornings with @easternedgecatering picking up fresh, local ingredients direct from our farmers. Great stuff! #farmersmarket #byronbay #fresh #local #sustainableliving #community #visitbyron

21.01.2022 Watermelon radishes and kohl rabi freshly harvested by Bangalow Farm for tomorrow morning's market - 7-11am at the Cav. #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer #visitbyron

21.01.2022 Whether it's shape, size, colour or variety, there is absolutely NO competition between our farmers. None whatsoever. All's fair in love snd farming Mira Rosa #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood

19.01.2022 The Bay in all its beautiful blue glory. See you tomorrow morning for farmers market day! @saxonkent #thewreck #byronbay #farmersmarket #fresh #local #seasonal #sustainableliving

17.01.2022 These Desiree potatoes are being harvested by @jumpingredant ready for tomorrow morning's market. Doesn't get fresher than that! See you tomorrow 7-11am at the Cav. #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer

16.01.2022 FACES OF FARMERS Georgia Powell was destined to become a farmer. It wasn’t just the influence of growing up on a farm at Burringbar it goes much further back than that. In fact, almost nine generations. Her ancestor, Edward Powell, came out on the First Fleet and started farming at Parramatta before moving to the Central West of NSW and then South-Western Queensland. More than 200 years later, the farming gene still runs strong in the Powell family. ... Dad said I didn’t have a chance to get away from farming, Georgia says. While Edward’s focus was grain and cattle, Georgia’s grandfather and father moved into banana farming when they bought a property in Burringbar in the late 1940s. At 27, Georgia is the youngest of three and the only sibling to work on the farm full-time. But she says it wasn’t always a given that she would end up on the farm. Until I started school, I was in the shed every day with Mum and Dad packing bananas, or with them when they were out picking avos. But Dad has always been in two minds about me following his footsteps into farming, she says. He understands that it’s a good life, but a hard life. And he gave me the choice. I went to uni for a year, studying for a Bachelor of Arts in Victoria. However, I only ended up staying for one year before coming home. I missed being outdoors and on the farm. And at that point, Dad was wondering if he should bother to continue with the farm, particularly if there was no one to take over. He thought it might just be easier to get a job. Seeing all that effort Dad had put into the farm, I couldn’t live with myself if nothing came of it, so I wanted to be a part of it and to ensure the farm had a future. Since then, Georgia hasn’t looked back. As well as working on the family farm, which converted to organic in 2000 and now grows avocados and pawpaws as well as bananas, Georgia attends Byron and Bangalow Farmers Markets. In fact, her father, Lance, was one of the original members of Byron Farmers Market when it first started back in 2002. I’ve been coming to the farmers markets at Byron and Bangalow since they first began, Georgia says. I would come and help Dad at Byron during the school holidays because it was on a Thursday. I’ve almost never missed a market at Bangalow, except for sport when I was a kid, because it’s on Saturday. So many of our older customers have watched me grow up, and I’ve now watched customers’ kids grow up. The markets have always felt like my second family. There’s such a great sense of community and everyone supports each other. I always go home with a buzz."

14.01.2022 Peaceful afternoon in the Bay. See you tomorrow morning for farmers market day! 7-11am at the Cav. @delilabevanzavadsky #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #knowyourfarmer

14.01.2022 Good morning, Byron #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #community #sustainableliving

13.01.2022 Peach perfection! John Picone will have new-season juicy varieties packed with flavour at the farmers market tomorrow morning #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer #visitbyron

11.01.2022 Byron Farmers Market is as passionate about supporting our local community as we are our farming families. Today volunteer parents and teachers from Byron Bay High School have a community charity stall selling seedlings and honey produced by the students to help raise funds for student welfare. Here's hoping some of the students turn out to be future farmers! #farmersmarket #byronbay #byronbayhighschool #community #support #futurefarmers

10.01.2022 Beautiful new-season garlic from Mary Pinzone #farmersmarket #byronbay #fresh #local #seasonal #sustainableliving

10.01.2022 Market mornings done right. @nanae0608 #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal

07.01.2022 FACES OF FARMERS Walking down the main street of Bangalow, Mary Pinzone saw a petition to start a local farmers' market the first in the Byron region. Having recently moved to the area, she decided the time was ripe to make a career change as well trading in a desk job for farming. So she did. Now, almost 20 years later, Mary is still growing strong and one of the original founding members of Byron Farmers Market.... "I do love it," Mary says. "When you’re growing fresh produce, not everything always goes to plan. And it was a huge learning curve, but I still get such joy from simply growing things and watching what comes of it like a beautiful silverbeet leaf, or almost perfect bulbs of garlic." Mary and her husband, Peter, have a citrus orchard and mixed veggie garden on 2.5 acres in South Ballina. While it’s small, it’s certainly productive. They grow a range of leafy greens, seasonal herbs, chillies, cucumbers, snake beans and garlic, and much of the harvest is used to make Mary’s famous ‘Pinny’s Products’, including chilli jam, harissa, sambal, relishes and her much-coveted bread and butter cucumbers, which she sells exclusively at Byron Farmers Market. Mary says she still clearly remembers the very first farmers' market, at Butler Street Reserve in Byron Bay in December 2002. "It wasn’t very easy to get the farmers’ market started," she says. "There was some resistance and it took us nearly a year to get it up and running. "Back then there were no other farmers’ markets around. Byron was the first one. And we were besieged by customers. It didn’t matter what type or amount of produce you brought, the demand far outstripped the supply. The locals just loved it." Over the years, more local farmers joined the market and what started as half a dozen stalls has today grown to more than 75 and become very much a part of the fabric of the Byron Bay community. For Mary, every Thursday morning signals a chance to catch up with other farmers and her loyal customers - a ritual she still cherishes. "The farmers' market really is a special place," she says. "I love the fact that customers appreciate that you grew it yourself and their feedback each week is lovely. They’ll tell you if they enjoyed something. It sounds silly, but they are like friends. Even after all these years I still enjoy Thursdays. It’s my play day." You can catch Mary, and her locally grown produce, at Byron Farmers Market every Thursday morning, 7-11am at the Cavanbah Centre.

03.01.2022 You've got to hand it to our farmers. They really know how to grow a good banana #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer