Our Producers
The Stoke Newington Farmers' market is committed to working with small-scale organic and bio-dynamic farmers from the areas closest to London. Most our producers come from within 60 miles of Hackney, a couple of harder to find producers come from within 127 miles of Hackney.
Weekly stalls
Alham Farm Organics
Francis Wood brought buffalos to her Somerset farm from Romania in 1997 - they now have a herd of 200! They also have a small organic dairy herd as well as the buffalo and make their artisan cheeses and yoghurts on the farm. The Alham Farm stall sells organic raw milk alongside their award winning cheeses which includes real buffalo mozzarella.
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Hatice Trugrul
Hatice Trugrul makes her traditional Turkish borek, (a type of folded pancake) using organic ingredients such as spinach and mushrooms sourced from the organic farmers at the market. Hatice lives locally and is one of the six ultra local producers we've worked with over the past two years, helping them get into sustainable food production.
The Mushroom Table
Brothers Matthew and William Rooney grow oyster and other exotic mushrooms at their small farm in Great Bromley, Essex. Matthew also brings wild mushrooms to the market in season as well as making delicious mushroom sandwiches while you wait.
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Tel: 07890 981529
Say it with Herbs
Sheila Poole set up her organic herb business a few years ago on a neighbour's organic farm near St Albans. She grows a wide variety of herbs as well as organic tomato plants and other vegetable plants in season which are perfect for growing on in pots or planting out in a garden or window box. You can phone Sheila if you would like to place an order in advance.
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Primo e Ultimo
Local residents Johannes and Michael set up Primo e Ultimo to sell their home-made organic pasta flavoured with seasonal ingredients such as wild garlic. They now also sell a range of pesto sauces and jams in season as well as home-made tiramisu. In summer, Johannes sells his delicious homemade icecream made from Higher Alham farm milk as well as a seasonal fruit sorbet.
42B Waterloo Road
London
NW2 7UH
Tel: 0208 208 4807
Syd Aston
Syd Aston's range of organic bread includes sourdoughs,walnut levain, spelt sourdoughs, sourdough rye, multi-grain cobs, cholla, as well as traditonal soda breads and croissants.
Wild Country Organics
Adrian Izzard grows a wide range of salad leaves and vegetables in his unheated glasshouses at Great Abingdon, Cambridgeshire. Adrian specialises in Asian greens such as pak-choi, tak-choi, mustard leaves and coriander. He also brings a great range of tomatoes and aubergines to the market in season.
Wiston
Colchester
Essex
CO6 4NJ
Tel: 01206 262070
Stocks Farm
Chris and Iain Learmonth from Stocks Farm in Wiston, Essex, have been coming to the market since we started in May 2003. They rear organic chickens, sheep and beef cattle and grow over 16 varieties of apple on their orchards. Iain makes black pudding, haggis and a range of sausages including pork and apple, and beef,horseradish and thyme. Stocks Farm also sell bacon, sausage and egg rolls made from their own produce - the perfect breakfast!
Global Fusion
Global Fusion is a small family business run by Colga Parker. She makes a wide range of traditional creole soda breads flavoured with fruit and spices. All her products are vegan and she uses organic flour and biodynamic wholemeal flour sourced from Perrycourt Farm. Colga will also bake birthday and celebration cakes to order. Check their website for details.
Ripple Farm
Martin Mackey is a small tenant farmer from the Stour Valley in Kent. He farms 35 acres where he grows over 15 different potato varieties as well brassicas, salad leaves, carrot, beetroot and leeks. He has recently taken on more land which includes an old walled garden where he has started to grow fruit including strawberries and apples. His particular passion is potatoes! His favourite potato? Arran Victory.
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Channel Fish
Channel Fish sells fish from the small fishing boat, Our Betty which is based at Shoreham. Channel Fish only bring to market what the boat caught the previous day, so the fish is really fresh: they also have a range of smoked fish including locally smoked kippers and haddock.
Garlinge Green
Canterbury
CT4 5RU
Tel: 01227 732001
Perrycourt Farm
Patrick Brockmann grows biodynamic vegetables on his farm near Canterbury. The farm was started by his father and has been growing biodynamically since the 1950s. Patrick produces a wide range of veg including salad leaves, brassicas,herbs,potatoes, carrots - he also produces aubergines, peppers and chillies in his polytunnel in the summer. Patrick has recently started to produce some delicious chutneys and ketchups made from Perrycourt Farm produce.
Hook and Son
Phil Hook and his son Steve have a small dairy farm in East Sussex near Hailsham. They produce raw milk from their 75 Friesians and make cream and butter too. They also sell rose veal. The farm has been in their family for 250 years and their organic farm teems with a wide variety of flora and fauna. "We consider the cows' welfare and health are paramount," says Phil. "Cows in a conventional herd produce nearly 50% more milk than those farmed organically. This means our cows are not under so much pressure and stress as those in a conventional herd and are less prone to mastitis and lameness. Indeed, our cows on average live to be eight or nine years old, compared to the national average of six years old."
Niko B Chocolates
Anthony Ferguson is a local Hackney resident and chocolatier whose artisan chocolates combine organic chocolate, cream and fresh herbs and spices as flavouring. The delicious combinations include coffee and cardamom and lemon, thyme and seaalt. We suggest buying one or two of his chocolates - or maybe the amaretto-soaked fig stuffed with chocolate ganache -and retiring to a darkened room..alone. Stop Press: Niko B have won a bronze medal in the Chocolate Academy awards for their Honey Nougat - sounds like a good reason for trying it.
Bath Soft Cheese
Hugh Padfield's family have been raising cattle and making cheese at the 300-acre Park Farm in Somerset for three generations. The Bath Soft Cheese Company now makes a range of organic, pastuerised cheeses that have won awards up and down the country. They sell their Bath Soft, Bath Blue and Wyfe of Bath, a hard cheese, at the market.
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Kate's Feast
Kate Hopkins sells a selection of her home-made salads using seasonal, organic ingredients bought from farmers at the market: Ripple and Perrycourt farms from Kent as well as Sarah Green Organics in Essex. You can eat them on the spot or take them home to enjoy later. Recent favourites include her beetroot and buffalo cheese salad or her parsley and pink pickled turnip salad.
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Flo's Neighbourhood Bakery
Floella Francis bakes her delicious cakes in Stratford, East London. She makes wonderful cupcakes, old favourites such as lemon drizzle cake and Victoria sponge as well as her re-invention of the classic lemon meringue tart -as an individual mini-sized tart - the perfect size not to have to share! Flo uses organic ingredients in her cakes as well as seasonal produce from the farmers where she can and she always uses Stocks Farm eggs from the market. Flo can also take orders for cupcakes or birthday cakes.
Raw Ecstasy
Prem and Charlot run Raw Ecstasy - a local raw food company which uses organic produce from the market to make delicious raw food creations including green juices, raw pizza, pear and apple cakes and kale crisps. If you haven't tried raw food before, give it a try!
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Natural and Organic Soaps
Frank Gilespie runs Natural and Organic soaps in South London. The soaps are handmade in small batches from organic ingredients which include hempseed oil, avocado oil and organic essential oils. Their most popular soaps are their Cheer-Up soap,(geranium, bergamot and rosemary) and our favourite: Cinnamon and Oatmeal. Don't be put off by Frank's sales technique of standing behind the stall, reading the Racing Post - these soaps really are something!
Sarah Green
Sarah Green is the third generation of her family to farm on the Dengie Peninsula in Essex. She grows a wide variety of seasonal veg on her 30 acre farm and is particularly proud of her cauliflowers and purple sprouting broccoli - as well as her school visits and farm tours.
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Pilar Lopez
Pilar Lopez sells her artisan, hand-kneaded rolls, flat-breads and bagels at the market once a month.
Stour Valley Organic Lavender Company
Mark and Adrienne de Roy grow organic lavender in the Stour Valley on the borders of Essex and Suffolk. They distill their own essential oils from English and French lavender which is the base for all their products. They sells soaps, handcreams and the lavender oil itself as well as more unusual products such as lavender honey and lavender shortbread.
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Alison Bond
Alison Bond grows soft fruit as well as cherries, redcurrants, and greenhouse crops on her smallholding in Manningtree, (just up the road from Marina O'Connell).
Marina O'Connell
Marina O'Connell grows plums, greengages, apples and soft fruit on her 4 acre small-holding in Manningtree, Essex. Marina also sells delicious jams and compotes made from her fruit alongside flowers from her garden.
Pear Necessities
Pear Necessities sells pears at the market from September through to Christmas from their small organic pear orchard near Goudhourst in Kent. The 10 acre orchard grows three varieties of pear: Conference, Comice and Concorde. Pear Necessities is a partnership established in 2008 to convert and existing conventionally farmed orchard to organic methods. Pear Necessities aim to grow fruit using carbon-conserving methods of feeding and disease control. The farm received full organic status in August 2010 and is now planting a new fruit and nut orchard in a 7 acre pasture beside the existing pear orchard. In years to come they will be harvesting, (and selling!) apples, plums, cherries, figs, apricots and more.