Eltham Farmers’ Market is held every Sunday, from 8.00am to 12.30pm. The market offers a range of stalls all selling locally grown (Vic) or made food, from veggies and fruit to condiments and sweet treats.
All the stallholders are from within Victoria, with many from North-East Melbourne (around 15 from Nillumbik and a further 15 from the surrounding municipalities). This is a higher number of truly local stallholders than at other farmers’ markets in Melbourne. All stallholders are selling their own produce (i.e. no re-sellers).
On the 4th Sunday of each month, there is a Food Swap from 9.30am to 10.30am. On many Sundays, there is also a community stall where you can meet local groups involved in local food or sustainability issues. The market is located on the car park at Eltham Town Mall, which is in the centre of Eltham at 10-18 Arthur Street. Entry is free.
Eltham Farmers’ Market aims to be a single-use, plastic bag free market. Please bring your own bags. In addition, as a substitute for plastic bags, market visitors are offered two sustainable alternatives:
A re-usable jute bag. Eltham Farmers’ Market branded jute bags are available at the information marquee for $5 each.
A ‘boomerang bag’. Boomerang bags are bags contributed by the public. They are available at the information marquee for visitors to borrow at no cost and returned back to the market at a future visit. Hence the word boomerang, as the bags (hopefully) keep coming back.
The market offsets estimated CO2 emissions generated by our stallholders travelling to and from the market by partnering with Greenfleet to plant an equivalent amount of biodiverse native trees to offset the calculated CO2 emissions. The aim is to reduce the net food miles (after offsets) of the food you purchase at the market towards zero.
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For more information or to register to attend, visit facebook.com/elthamfarmersmarket