ORGANIC MARKETS LONDON
ORGANIC MARKETS LONDON
Christina Helen Rowe
Organic, biodynamic and regenerative growers supplying a myriad of farmers markets held weekly in London. And the discovery of a resplendent 100% organic market in London ‘GROWING COMMUNITIES’ in Shoreditch, St Paul’s Church Saturday 10 - 2. This is becoming a bit of a thing in beautiful cities, organic markets.
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Ealing Farmers Market
@verde_ent
A sunny morning in spring, radicchios coming to an end, the farmers are telling me of Tuscan chicken they're preparing for supper. I wonder if they've been talking about it since 4 o'clock this morning. A tiny street filled with stalls, fishmonger, cheesemonger, pie maker & plenty of organic vegetables. And intriguing shops surrounding. A Persian artisan bread maker transporting us to another mystical world with huge sheets of bread hanging, he gives me a slice to decide. Napoli Pasticeria for Italian Coffee and Tiramasu.
'Wild Country Organics, 'Brambletye Fruit Farm - Organic & Biodynamic' & 'Perry Court Farm'.
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Twickenham Farmers' Market
@verde_ent
A quiet market in a carpark. ‘Wild Country Organics' & ‘Chegworth Valley'.
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Swiss Cottage Farmers Market
@verde_ent
Street food with everything you need for lunch. And organic vegetables for later...
'Wild Country Organics' @wild_country_organics_, Brambletye Fruit Farm.
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Notting Hill Farmers' Market
@verde_ent
The first market I have ever queued to enter on the dot of 10.
'Wild Country Organics, 'Perry Court Farm',
'Ted's Veg'
A beautiful bakery nearby 'Kuro' @kuro_london. Japanese inspired, using local flour from the regenerative farm 'Wild Farmed'@wildfarmed. Intoxicating scents of the bakery filling the streets. Try a Vanilla Sakura!
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High Street Kensington Farmers Market
@verde_ent
Incredible energy, vibrant street food, freshly shucked oysters from Mersey Island, ready made organic gluten free plant based meals made with chanting mantras
'Oshomo' @oshomo_foodasmedicine and a selection of the most incredible fully organic growers certified & otherwise, from around England ‘Wild Country Organics' @wild_country_organics_,
'Teds Veg' @tedsveg, 'Chatworth Farm' @chatsworth_farm.
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Marylebone Farmers' Market
@verde_ent
Vast & award winning meandering down several streets, beautiful seasonal organic produce from surrounding farms, piles of street food, bordered with quirky little places & sensational delights such as ‘Jikoni’.
'Wild Country Organics' @wild_country_organics_,
'Brambletye Fruit Farm' @brambletyefruitfarm - Organic & Biodynamic, 'Chatsworth Farm' @chatsworth_farm.
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Imperial College Farmers' Market
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Nestled into a very prestigious part of London with the Royal Albert Hall, Natural History Museum, Science Museum & V&A only a few minutes walk away, this is a street filled with epic food from all over the world.
All ingredients must be sourced locally from named farms/suppliers for the main ingredients, and at one end you will find a biodynamic grower selling his produce of the season. I spoke to the ‘Galettes’ Creator regarding his organic buckwheat gluten free galettes, his supplier is Shipton Mill.
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Islington Farmers' Market
@verde_ent
The old Chapel Market with a selection of purely organic growers including dairy products and coffee. ‘Wild Country Organics’, ‘Teds Veg’ - Lincolnshire, and ‘Perry Court Farm’
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Bloomsbury Farmers Market
@verde_ent
A surprising temporary village of street food from all over the world with organic growers interspersed.
‘Brambletye Fruit
Farm - Organic & Biodynamic' @brambletyefruitfarm.
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Oval Farmers' Market
@verde_ent
Circling around St Marks Church, an array of spectacular ingredients. Certified organic grower 'Peterson Farm Produce',
'Bramblebye Fruit Farm - Organic & Biodynamic', and 'Grove Farm' - a collective of growers within a radius of 10km in Essex.
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Herne Hill Market
@verde_ent
A perfect Sunday market, tempting food from all over the world, rainbow forest salads. Three organic stalls selling fresh produce 'Wild Country Organics' @wild_country_organics_, 'Brambletye
Biodynamic & Organic', @brambletyefruitfarm,
'Petersons Farm Produce' @petersons.farm.produce & a brand new discovery 'Artisan Hand Crafted Organic
Breads Made With Stoneground Heritage Grain.
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Victoria Park Market
@verde_ent
Immense with the street food of dreams, not for the indecisive. And stunning organic ingredients. ‘Wild Country Organics’, ‘Teds Veg’, ‘Perry Court Farm’.
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Telegraph Hill Market
@verde_ent
The beautiful Jo from Grove Farm in a sunny spot underneath a tree, chatting & dispensing her home grown chemical free, not certified vegetables. She works with a collection of growers in Essex who grow ethically and supplies four markets in London each week (Alexander Palace, Oval, Stepney Green). She no longer sells directly from her farm because she 'talks too much and no work gets done. A stunning tiny lovely market in the park with a few stalls selling everything you need, seasonal vegetables, craft beer and homemade spice pastes made with organic ingredients.
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Brockley Market
@verde_ent
A market gem, and the most inspiring street food experienced in a London weekly market. My spirit was not even dimmed slightly with icy winds, rain and frozen feet. Finally selecting a ‘Breakfast PANUOZZO’ after huge contemplation - Mozzarella, Vegetarian Cumberland Sausage, Fiery Chilli. ‘Van Dough’ Wood Fired Sourdough Pizza with organic passata.
Elsewhere Natural Wine and Bloody Mary’s, Home Smoked Trout Bagels, Vegan Cashew Feta, Neil’s Yard Cheese, fresh Wild Fish and essential organic fresh produce ‘Wild Country Organics’.
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Growing Communities Farmers Market
@verde_ent
Paradise! A 100% organic market in London! The only fully organic market in the United Kingdom. Biodynamic bouquets, wild fish, fresh produce harvested on the day, organic street food, lovely spots to stop for a while & sip organic coffee, raw milk…
Flavoured by the passion of artisans & the pure simple knowledge of stunning ingredients.
One of my favourite discoveries is ‘Soleshare’ - run by Delphine & Georgia. They buy directly from tiny sustainable day boats and have a sublime assortment of fish you may never have heard of before. Freshly shucked oysters are available with a perfect mignonette sauce, shallots chopped so pristinely you realise immediately this is special. Something delicious always on the counter with a quirky twist like flatbreads with huss and chalk stream trout kofte burgers, rocket & tzatziki or the smokiest mackerel in pita with puttanesca dressing.
I learned something too about oysters, in the sea they spend their lives at around 12C, so it is not necessary to keep them at 3 degrees in the fridge.
How would you cook your oysters I asked? We always do ‘Rockefeller’. Parsley, onion, garlic, lemon, breadcrumbs & butter melted on top.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christina Helen Rowe
I had this dream, after staying with Mum in New Zealand in a little town called Tokoroa halfway on a motorway between Auckland and Wellington, where the trucks stop. After scouring a supermarket for organic ingredients, and finding it devoid of inspiration and beautiful produce, I found this guy called Alan in a carpark selling organically grown vegetables directly from his farm. They were less expensive than the supermarket and completely fresh and luscious with life. The few people I knew in Tokoroa had absolutely no idea about this man and it took me a while to realise he was there. I wondered if it would be possible to create a platform to find the most beautiful artisanal produce, or the freshest organically as a bare minimum, biodynamic vegetables wherever you were in the world. Alan gave me his number and said I could meet him on Tuesdays also if I was ever running out of vegetables. The seed of the dream though, actually started many years before with my love of markets. I had a job one winter in the South of France, Sanuary sur Mer. On the weekends I would head for Aix en Provence, get up early on Saturday morning and wander down to the market in time to watch everyone set up their stalls, sitting on the edge of this in wonder sipping my espresso. Later I worked in a fresh produce shop in London for a few years, sourcing from artisan growers, regenerative, people preserving ancient farming techniques and began to learn the seasons and truly about the most stunning ingredients. It is the whole energy of the market place that captures my attention. The farmers who bring their produce directly, you can actually sense the vitality, the life! It makes you feel completely alive! And connected to the earth and the seasons.
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