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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24.01.2022 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

24.01.2022 Byron Farmers Market is on as usual tomorrow morning 7-11am. The forecast is MUCH better than today - with only the possibility of showers. If it is wet, please don't let a little bit of rain stop you from all this great locally grown produce! @bethaniejolly #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #supportyourfarmers #sustainableliving #community

23.01.2022 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

22.01.2022 Beach days in beautiful Byron Bay. Gotta love summer... not just for the weather, but also the amazing range of seasonal produce on offer. Check it out at Byron Farmers Market tomorrow 7-11am at the Cavanbah Centre. @lucianarose #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #desinationbyron #summer

22.01.2022 The Byron Farmers Market Magic Bus is back! From this Thursday, December 24, the Magic Bus will be making round trips from Jonson St bus shelter to the Cav on the hour from 7am. Jump on board! #farmersmarket #byronbay #magicbus #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal

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 Beautiful Belongil captured by @craigparryphotography See you Thursday for the last farmers market of the year! See ya 2020! #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer

21.01.2022 Merry Christmas to our farmers, producers and loyal customers. This has not been an ordinary year by any standards and we appreciate your ongoing support. Bangalow Farmers Market will not go ahead on Saturday December 26 due to Boxing Day, but we'll be back at Byron on Thursday December 31 as usual at the Cav from 7-11am. Cheers! This amazing edible Christmas tree is the creation of the talented @the_sunkissed_kitchen

20.01.2022 Cracking morning at Byron Farmers Market. #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer

17.01.2022 Market mornings done right. @nanae0608 #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal

17.01.2022 Great news! John Picone will be back at Byron Farmers Market tomorrow morning with fresh locally grown pepper, figs and plent more exotic produce. More good news... he won't be bringing this tree snake that has made its home among the the Picone pepper poles. #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #realsnake #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer

16.01.2022 Beautiful new-season garlic from Mary Pinzone #farmersmarket #byronbay #fresh #local #seasonal #sustainableliving

12.01.2022 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

12.01.2022 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."

11.01.2022 Just a reminder that the Byron Farmers Market Magic Bus will be making round trips from Jonson St bus shelter to the Cav on the hour from 7am Thursday. $2 adults; kids travel free. Jump on board! #farmersmarket #byronbay #magicbus #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal

11.01.2022 And that’s a wrap! The final farmers market for 2020 is done and dusted. What a year. To say it's been challenging would be an understatement. But we have much to be grateful for - the incredible region we live in, the abundance of local produce, and the resilience and support of our community and farmers. Bring on 2021! Red Earth Farmers #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #grateful #community #newyear

11.01.2022 Good morning, Byron #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #community #sustainableliving

11.01.2022 Jess from Wormticklers will be back at Byron Farmers Market tomorrow morning for the last farmers market of 2020 - along with a great range of seedlings including vegies, herbs and edible flowers. The best bit? Wormticklers don't use plastic pots. Their seedlings come in biodegradable coir pots that are planted directly into the ground. This is not only great for the seedlings (no transplant shock), but also the environment (no plastic landfill). Love it! #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #sustainableliving #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer

10.01.2022 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

10.01.2022 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

09.01.2022 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

08.01.2022 A big thanks for all our loyal customers - big and little - who braved the rain to come to the farmers market this morning @the.wellbeing.mama #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #community #shoplocal

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.

05.01.2022 Just a reminder that Byron Farmers Market will be open as usual on Thursday 24 December from 7-11am so you can fill your baskets, buggies and bags with the freshest locally grown produce direct from our farmers for a fab festive feast! #farmersmarket #byronbay #fresh #organic #christmas #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer #community

05.01.2022 The Bay in all its beautiful blue glory. See you tomorrow morning for farmers market day! @saxonkent #thewreck #byronbay #farmersmarket #fresh #local #seasonal #sustainableliving

04.01.2022 FACES OF FARMERS Decades before ‘regenerative farming’ and ‘carbon sequestration’ became common catchphrases in local farming circles, Bob and Liz Gray were practising these now popular farming methods. When the couple, now in their 70s, first moved to the area 42 years ago, they bought a degraded property with depleted soils. Today their 60-acre property in Goonengerry is a thriving natural habitat that is home to threatened species and healthy carbon-rich soil all done wi...thout the use of synthetic chemical inputs. "When we bought our property it was very typical of others in the region with very acidic soil, scant remnant trees and infested with camphor laurels, says Bob. Over the years we have improved the property enormously. One third has been completely rehabilitated into habitat for threatened species both flora and fauna. Liz says it’s always been one of their priorities to channel some of the farm returns back into the property to improve biodiversity. Today the farm is virtually free of camphor laurels and the carbon levels in the soil are higher than regular tests can measure. A pretty impressive feat for two former Melburnians with no farming experience. "Having come from the city, we were looking for a different way of living one that was close to nature and the environment, says Liz. They have certainly done that. The intrepid couple grow organic ginger, garlic, spuds and tropical flowers among other things and their focus has always been on organic methods. "We were determined to farm without the use of chemicals, says Bob. While the cost of chemicals themselves is prohibitive, it’s also the cost to the environment and the local food chain that you need to consider. By using organic farming methods you’re working with the natural order of things. While the Grays used to send their flowers and produce to the wholesale markets in Melbourne and Brisbane, for the past 18 years they have been solely selling at Byron Farmers Market. In fact, the couple were founding members of the market. "The farmers market has been vital to us continuing on the farm, says Bob. When we were wholesaling, we were paying for freight, cartoning and distribution at the other end via an agent. It meant not a lot of money was coming back to us. "So it was either sink or swim for us when the farmers market started. Since then, we’ve really managed to get ahead and means we have surplus money to put back into the property. The greatest reward? Not only do Bob and Liz now have a loyal following of locals who flock to their stall every Thursday morning for their freshly harvested flowers and produce, but today their farm is a natural haven. "We have birds breeding in our trees and koalas grunting away in our corridors. It’s a lifetime of hard work, but it has been worth it."

02.01.2022 It's a cracking morning. Last chance to get the freshest produce in Byron for your festive feast! #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal #knowyourfarmer #community

02.01.2022 Yes, we're here! And our farmers' crops are loving the rain! @the_sunkissed_kitchen #farmersmarket #byronbay #realfarmers #realfood #shoplocal #eatseasonal

01.01.2022 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