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Farmers Markets

Merseyside Farmers Markets offer an ideal opportunity for small quality local products to be sold directly to consumers.

Held the 4th Saturday of each month on the popular Lark Lane. Click here for further information or phone: 0151 233 2165

Held on the 3rd Sunday of each month on Hope Street - near to the suitcase sculptures and 60 Hope Street Restaurant. Click here for further information or phone: 0151 233 2165

Held on the 2nd Saturday of every month on Allerton Road, Woolton. Click here for further information or phone: 0151 233 2165

Winner of Radio 4's Food Programme Farmers' Market of the Year 2007, the market is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month at New Ferry Village Hall on Grove Street. Visit the Wirral Farmers' Market website for more details.

• Customers are increasingly seeking out local produce because of their finer taste, freshness and clearer traceability
• Outlets such as farm shops and farmers markets allow the customer the opportunity to meet the producer face to face and ask questions
• Customers can be more confident of the origins of the food
• Food is fresher and therefore of a higher nutritional value. On average supermarket food travels 1000 miles, compared to the average 30 miles at farmers markets.
• Traditions relating to the production of local food can be preserved
• Packaging is usually reduced which is better for the environment
• Rearing, slaughtering and selling animals locally helps to prevent the spread of disease
• Buying local produce helps the local ecomony by preserving jobs in the area
• Buying local produce and supporting companies that buy local produce helps to maintain the countryside.