MARKET NEWS

Farmers Market 10th Birthday - One of New Zealand’s original and biggest Farmers’ Markets is turning 10 years old with a day of celebrations planned on November 14th 2010.
The Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market was established in 2000 with a view to incubate, profile and assist the growth of small food businesses in the region  by creating a single destination were local growers and producers meet with customers.  Ten years later the Hastings market boasts more than 50 stallholders year round and up to 15 seasonal, drawing crowds every Sunday to the Hawkes Bay  A&P Showgrounds. People see, touch, smell, taste and buy fresh quality produce and genuine artisan products directly from the producer.  On Sunday 14th November 2010 the Hastings market will be celebrating the past 10 years, thanking customers for their support and acknowledging stallholders with a day of, giveaways, spot prizes, live music and children’s entertainment and stallholder specials.
Come and enjoy the atmosphere and help celebrate ten years of Hawke’s Bay growers and producers.

YES - On Sunday August 22nd approximately 29 Lions Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme companies from Hawke’s Bay are selling their wares or presenting to you their company’s services.
The YES Companies are formed at the beginning of the year involving many schools from our region. The students are given the challenge of forming a company, opening a bank account, appointing directorships, running formal meetings, earning start up money and then coming up with a marketable and innovative product or service. This involves a lot of testing and trialling, sourcing and redefining, packaging and processing and now on Sunday the very public sales and marketing. For some students it has been a long, arduous, eventful and for some a fun filled journey to get to the Farmers market to sell or present to the general public. We hope you can support the students on the day by engaging with them and enjoy the sheer energy, courage and enthusiasm that it takes to sell yourself and your idea.


Remember that Eftpos is available in both Halls this winter and we finally have the parking sorted - entrance off Kenilworth Road, exit out to Karamu Road. Stay warm!

Weekly Shop
As always, our Secret Shopper (Beth) has been searching for different and exciting foods for you to try. Here’s the latest:
-Pickled crab apples from Gelato
-Black pudding from Eskhill Pork
-Kiwifruit and Winter Nellis Pears from Pernels
-Chicory from Krismaw Gardens
-Sauvignon Blanc from Maimai Creek
-Tawari Honey from The Naked Honey PotDo sample the wares as you wander around and if you’re not too sure about what’s on offer, please ask the vendor. Our vendors are passionate about what they grow, make and sell.

Buskers
The Market is fortunate to have a talented group of buskers, but they are not employed by the market so a show of appreciation and a coin or two is always welcome!
Buskers for the rest of August:
22 Aug George Smith
29 Aug Amanda Johnson

This week’s sponsor is St Andrews Limes
Cherry St Andrews Limes specialises in supplying fresh limes and lime juice to the hospitality trade and valueadded lime products to cafe’s and retail stores nationwide and all our loyal customers at the Market. From two experimental chutneys and a tangy dressing, the product range now includes sweet/savoury dressings and condiments, chutneys, curds, cordials, preserved limes and lemons, lime juice, and fresh kaffir lime leaves. A very popular recent addition is Spicy Glaze – a tantalizing blend of lime juice, chilli, garlic &. marvellous with meats, stir fries or as a marinade.
Our products are: preservative free, additive free, nut free, meat free, dairy free (except the 2 curds) and gluten free (except for Lime & Date Chutney).
Our specials for this month are:
Just-a-Dressing – 300ml
Hot Lime Pickle – 195ml
Please visit us under the Grandstand and taste some of our delicious products for yourself.

Did you know?
That the grapefruit originated in Barbados as a natural cross between two other citrus that had been imported there from Asia in the 1600’s. Even more curious, grapefruit generally requires a hotter climate to thrive and fruit in than you find anywhere in NZ. So what about our grapefruit? Known overs as as New Zealand Grapefruit, it seems to have come via Australia (ytgif) direct from Asia and is completely different from (though related to) the fruit known overseas as grapefruit. Sir George Grey was the first to bring the plant to New Zealand. He gave some cuttings to John Morrison, who propagated them and for whom the well known variety Morrison’s seedless is named.