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Farmers Markets in Birmingham Moseley David Issgrove, their founder has been extremely helpful to the Kings Norton Farmers Market, giving excellent advice, and the Market itself is superb. They don't have a website yet, but when they do we will link to them! Birmingham
University City
Centre For more information see their site: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/farmers National Organisations As with all certified Farmers Markets, we conform to the guidelines of the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association: http://www.farmersmarkets.net and http://www.farma.org.uk Other sites The Foody website seems to have a good list of local farmers markets (and really that means regional) - remember that Birmingham comes into the now defunct West Midlands County: http://thefoody.com/regions/centralfm.html The BigBarn website lets you search for local producers and farmers markets based on how close they are to you - it is well worth a visit: http://www.bigbarn.co.uk The Soil Association provides information on organic farming and food, so if you're into that sort of thing this may be a useful site: http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/home/index.html Kings Norton sites Right next to the site of our market is the building known as the Saracen's Head. This ancient building dates back to 1492, and is open for tours. In 2004 it won the BBC Restoration competition, ensuring that it will be restored and preserved for future generations: http://www.historickingsnorton.org.uk Producer links Here are the links to our stallholders (in alphabetical order) the list is a little out of date, I will try and update it soon...
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On Market Day: There will be Marshalls around the Market, and based at the Community Stall - please come and see us if you have questions. When the Market is not running: Please feel free to contact us about specific problems, or about general issues... To e-mail us you can use duncan@kingsnortonfarmersmarket.org.uk If you want to contact us by phone, please call 07966 434 177 If you want to book the Community Stall... Please e-mail elizabeth@kingsnortonfarmersmarket.org.uk, or telephone Elizabeth on 0121 458 5268. The Community stall is made available to community groups within the Kings Norton area, and is at the discretion of the organisers. We do not allow party political use of the market, and we reserve the right to remove any material that we consider to be illegal, derogatory, libelous or racist. It is the responsibility of the community groups concerned to make sure they are abiding by our rules, but if you have any questions, please contact us.
In the summer we ran a detailed survey to find out about our customers. The survey results are available online... click here. The survey is copyright Kings Norton Farmers Market, 2005 and may not be used without permission. We plan to run more surveys in the near future. |
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Map Kings Norton Farmers Market is held on the western side of The Green in Kings Norton, and getting here is very easy. Please follow this link for a map showing our location: The Green
On foot, by bicycle, and narrowboat Kings Norton Green can easily be reached by foot, and we are just a few steps away from the River Rea Cycle path. For those of you coming by narrow boat we can be reached from the bridge over Wharf Road. By Bus The Green is served by the 18, 27, 45, 84 and 146 bus routes. Buses stop opposite Kings Norton Primary School, and operate every few minutes. By Train Kings Norton Station is 1/2 mile away past Kings Norton Park. Trains to and from Birmingham City Centre operate every 15 minutes. The walk takes you into the River Rea valley and may be steep for some pedestrians, but buses can be caught from just outside the Station. By Car The Green is just off the A441 Redditch Road, and can be easily reached from Birmingham City Centre or from Junction 2 of the M42.
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What is Kings Norton Farmers Market?
What are the benefits?
Our organisation Kings Norton Farmers Market was set up by a group of local residents who wanted to make a difference to our community. We are a not for profit organisation - we charge traders for stalls, but most of this money is used to pay for the various licences, insurance and publicity that we need to operate. Any surplus is tied into the benefit of the Community through our status as a Community Interest Company. Setting up the first ever Kings Norton Farmers Market was a suprisingly difficult process, but we had great support from David from the Moseley Farmers Market. Moseley have done a brilliant job, and have gone from a few stalls to being a regular and incredibly popular event - we can only hope to copy them! Kings Norton Farmers Market is not part of Birmingham City Council, but we would like to express our thanks to the many Council officers who have helped us to get to this stage. If you would like to volunteer to help us, either on the day, or by publicising our market, please let us know by emailing Duncan. Market
Rules 2006-7 A. All produce sold must be grown, reared, pickled, baked, smoked, or processed by the stallholder. B. Primary Produce: this will have been grown or reared on the producer's land, for livestock and plants this means grown or reared (having spent at least 50% of its life) on the producer's land. C. Secondary Produce: anyone processing produce or adding value is a secondary producer. All processed goods must contain at least 10% of raw ingredient originating from within the defined local area (not merely bought locally). No bought-in produce may be sold without further processing. D. All organic food producers must display organic certification from a recognised UK organic certification body. E. No genetically modified (GM) produce, nor goods containing GM ingredients may be sold. F. No overseas produce may be sold. G. Local area: Kings Norton Farmers' Market defines the local area as a 50-mile radius from the Market. The majority of producers will be drawn from within this area. The larger than usual distance is due to the location of the market at the South West of Birmingham City - this allows access to the market from farmers on the other side of the city. H. Maximum distance: the maximum distance from which producers may travel to the market is 100 miles. This is only applicable where similar products are unavailable from more local producers, and is only acceptable in exceptional cases. I. When space becomes available at the market preference will be given to local producers, providing that quality is not compromised. J. Stalls must be staffed by someone who is directly involved in growing, raising or producing the goods on sale. K.
All stallholders must comply with all current Trading Standards and
Environmental Health requirements. L.
Producers must maintain their own employee, public and products liability
insurance. M.
Each producer will fill in an application form each year, and be deemed
to satisfy the Farmers' Market Rules.
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Welcome to the Kings Norton Farmers Market Our new reusable jute shoppers are now on sale, priced at just £3. These sturdy, cotton handled shopping bags will add the finishing touch to your summer wardrobe! Congratulations are due to Catherine of Pots of Deliciousness, who won the prestigious Observer Producer of the Year award in March - anyone who has tried her fantastic deserts will know why she won! See her at our May Market... Midlands Farmers Market of the Year 2008 We have been voted the West Midlands farmers Market of the Year 2008 by FARMA, the body that certifies and represents farmers markets! This is the second year running that we have won this prestigious award... Thank you to all our volunteers, shoppers and traders for helping to make this happen! Other recent successes We've achieved Certified Farmers Market status. Only one other market in Birmingham (Moseley) has achieved this! Certification means that we are recognised as meeting the exacting standards of FARMA, the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association. We're proud to have been ranked number 4 in The Times' 12 Best Farmers' Markets. We were also listed in The Independent's 50Best Markets, and amongst their 5 Great Farmers' Markets - a welcome suprise! About us In June we will celebrate our 3rd birthday - or 392nd if you start from our Patent. The Patent is from the time of James I (and VI if you're Scottish), and grants the right to hold a market in Kings Norton. Interestingly it makes a statement not unlike our commitment as a Community Interest Company, that the market should be for the benefit of the inhabitants of Kings Norton. Of course,
being a CIC means that our long term aim of supporting our community
becomes enforceable by law. Fortunately modern law and not that of
King James! So if anyone says that we are a 'commercial organisation'
tell them they're lying... Dates
for 2008
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Support Worcestershire County Air Ambulance Le Potager, who you will know from their great deli food, are hosting a fundraiser for the air ambulance on Thursday 15th May from 10am to 8pm. This will include food and drink (admission £4.50 for coffee and cake: £9.50 for lunch). The event will be held at Blake House, Eastham, WR15 8NS. For more info email scalesblakeho@aol.com or call 01584 881 545. News Kings
Norton Farmers Market is now a Community Interest Company - registered
in England under company number 05760996. You can find out more about
CICs on this page: http://www.cicregulator.gov.uk UPDATED:
Want to see where our producers are based? We've put together some placemarks
for Google Earth that will show you where they are! Click
here to download the placemarks. If you haven't got Google Earth
you can download it (free!) from here... Why not visit our friends? When we're not on, why not pop over to Moseley? Every 4th Saturday - click on the banner to find out more:
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