Farmers Markets

A farmers market is defined by who is standing behind the stall. Stallholders sell what they grow, raise or make themselves rather than reselling wholesale stock, which is why the produce shifts with the season and why you can usually ask how something was grown and get a real answer.

Most run weekly or fortnightly on a Saturday morning, start early, and pack up by lunchtime. A solid share are monthly, tied to a set Saturday or Sunday, and those are the ones worth checking the date on before driving out. Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia carry the deepest coverage, generally following the food-growing regions rather than the capital cities.