Grey Lynn Farmers Market - its Outstanding!
“It’s a community meeting spot; we love seeing people turn up to shop every week and we love supporting small businesses.”
Grey Lynn Farmers Market is more than just a place for the week’s fresh and local food – it's a community hub, a food business incubator and home to some ‘outstanding’ NZ food producers!
Visit in 2023 and you’ll meet John Vosper from Jersey Girls Organics, a long-time market vendor and committee member. Waikato-based Jersey Girls Organics is a favourite with Grey Lynn market-goers. It's not surprising – they’re multiple Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards winners – having collected three Gold Medals for their A2 Jersey Milk. Perhaps, you’ll meet Paul Duncan from Elta Ego, a double Silver Medal winner from this year’s Awards. Collecting the gongs for their non-alcoholic duo, Elta Ego Raspberry + Yuzu G&T and Elta Ego Mojito. Kimchi ninjas, Good Bugs serve up their Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards Silver Medal winning Hot Vegan Kimchi every fortnight.
Since 2009, the Grey Lynn Farmers Market has provided fresh, local produce, served alongside coffee and breakfast with a backdrop of live music and the opportunity for a good neighbourly catch-up.
Each week up to 30 stallholders hit the Market to share their locally produced wares to earn their keep, meet their customers and seek feedback and build their brands.
Grey Lynn Farmers Market Manager, Carol Gunn explains the kaupapa of the volunteers who run the weekly festival-of-food is supporting the community – whether they be shoppers, browsers or vendors. “It’s a community meeting spot; we love seeing people turn up to shop every week and we love supporting small businesses. Each producer comes with a different ambition; for some it's visibility, for some its feedback to help propel growth and for others like our fruit and vegetable sellers it’s an important part of their regular income.”
So no matter whether you want authentic, fresh locally grown fruit and vegetables, to catch up with friends, discover new flavours or to get closer to your food by meeting the producers a visit to the vibrant Grey Lynn Farmers Market is a Sunday essential. You’ll find a wide variety of produce reflective of the season from; fresh milk and cream, handmade drinks, berries to fruit and vegetables, micro herbs, meat, cakes, baked goods, artisan condiments, juice and flowers and always someone ‘outstanding’ to chat to!
Grey Lynn Farmers Market
Sundays - 8.30am to midday
Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn