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Celebrate Mum this weekend – take her shopping for fresh food, take her out for the morning, and think of her while you’re shopping at the Market this Saturday.

A lot of people might associate pumpkins with Halloween, but in Australia pumpkins become a diet staple in May and June as we approach winter. Pumpkins are not only delicious, but they are also highly nutritious and are particularly rich in Vitamin A and antioxidants.

Unfortunately, from 23rd April 2022 there will no longer be a mobile ATM provider onsite at the Market. The majority of our stalls do have card facilities, however if you like to use cash at the Market, we encourage you to bring cash with you.

Situated 12km west of Orange, Borenore Berry Farm is run by David and Kate Dickson who have been selling their produce at the Capital Region Farmers Market for over 16 years.

April is such a great time of year with school holidays, Easter, and ANZAC Day offering many occasions to get together with friends and family to enjoy the region’s best seasonal autumn produce.

Canberra’s original, biggest and best farmers market, the Capital Region Farmers Market, is seeking genuine producers to complement the current range of producer-stallholders.

New at the Market this week, Erika from pyoor.viand creates, bakes, and cooks healthy sweet and savoury foods that are either paleo, gluten free, vegan, and keto – or sometimes all at once! Their products include healthy baked and fried cakes, slices, muffins, doughnuts, and savoury scones and slices.

Michael from Hill Lock Orchard is a third-generation farmer who has been coming to our Market from way back in the early days, when his Dad would set up shop to sell their ever-popular cherries. Michael says it’s amazing that he still sees the same faces every week that he did as a boy, and he reckons the close-knit community is more like a family than just a place to sell produce.

There are hundreds of varieties of figs across the globe, and although they’re mainly known to come from the Middle East and western Asia, here in Australia we have 45 native fig species, all producing edible fruit. One of our newest stallholders, Glenn from Yenda Figs, has been growing fruit and vegetables for the last 10 years.

Capital Region Farmers Market will be CLOSED this Saturday.