Midweek farmers’ market is ready to open

THE Rotary Club of Berwick, growers, and the City of Casey have combined to establish a farmers’ market at Max Pawsey Reserve Pavilion, Fountain Drive, Narre Warren.
The market to open on Thursday, 16 March and will be the first mid week farmers’ market in Melbourne.
It is scheduled for the first and third Thursday of each month and will operate between 9am and 1pm.
Berwick Rotarians will conduct ongoing management of the market as a community based project.
Fresh food and value added processed food products direct from the farm to the customers will be on sale.
Market manager Geoff Rankin said the market would have strict guidelines as to who could be a stallholder.
Mr Rankin said stallholders appointed to date have been hand selected by market management on the basis of farm fresh nutritional food and the variety of products they bring to the market.
“The initial market will have approximately 25 stallholders and will gradually build up to a maximum of 50 as the range of products are extended.
“Products for sale will include locally grown fresh fruit, vegetables, farmed barramundi, lamb, beef, free range poultry and eggs, jams, cheese, olive oil, herb and vegetable seedlings,” he said.