Good farming, good food: the story of Claystone Meats

Farmer in Focus

Aug 20
Good farming, good food: the story of Claystone Meats

When Claystone Meats sets up at the Market each Saturday, you’re not just meeting butchers. You’re meeting farmers who’ve walked every step of the paddock-to-plate journey themselves, and who happen […]

Aug 06
Meet the Calabrian pasta maker bringing a taste of his hometown to Market

Not many Market stalls come with a story that starts in a small town on the toe of the Italian boot and finishes with fresh squid ink pasta on a […]

Jul 24
The many cultures that make our Market, all under one roof

The World Cup gave us a few good weeks to get behind our countries of choice. A few good weeks of every Canberran wearing a different flag. Neighbours cheered opposite […]

Jun 23
Meet the woman bringing a little piece of rural France to the Wamboin tablelands then to Market

There aren’t many Market stallholders with a story that begins in the truffle forests of southwest France and ends on a 25-hectare property high in the NSW Southern Tablelands. But […]

May 29
Fifty dollars and a dream

When Gary Gill arrived in Australia in 2005, he had fifty dollars in his pocket and a dream that had been growing since childhood. He grew up in a farming […]

Apr 24
Hold Fast: a veteran’s story of service, craft, and community

This Anzac Day, we wanted to share the story of one of our stallholders whose journey to the Market ran through two decades of service in the Royal Australian Navy. […]

Apr 09
Produce in focus: Chestnuts

There’s a moment every autumn at the Capital Region Farmers Market that lets you know the season has truly turned. It’s not the cooler mornings, or the scarves coming out […]

Mar 25
Sweet things from right here in Canberra: meet the team from Jasper and Myrtle Chocolate 

If you have ever stopped at the Jasper and Myrtle Chocolate stall at the Market and found yourself lingering a little longer than planned, you will understand exactly why this Canberra chocolate maker […]

Mar 12
Farmer in Focus – Armanini Produce

With autumn now well underway, the stalls at the Capital Region Farmers Market are telling a new seasonal story. For Armanini Produce, who travel from Griffith in country NSW, the […]

Feb 12
Farmer in Focus – Harrison & Sons

When you bite into a perfectly sweet rockmelon or crack open a crisp watermelon at Capital Region Farmers Market, there’s a good chance it came from Harrison & Sons. Right now, in the peak […]