Lancaster’s Market Square will be busy this Friday, 16th September 2022, packed all day with local food producers, community food projects, music and local craftspeople to celebrate the annual harvest
Lancaster Harvest Market celebrates harvest time, the bounty of local produce available in Lancaster District, and the diversity of local food and crafts. It brings local farmers and small independent businesses into the heart of Lancaster on the historic market square.
A variety of food stalls will ensure that no market visitors stay hungry and food producers will be offering local and seasonal produce to take home. There will be crafts stalls selling ethical arts, gift items and creative upcycled items. And there will be acoustic music throughout the day from local guitarist and singer David Woods, and other musicians.
Confirmed stalls include:
- The FoodFutures Closing Loop climate action project will have stalls with information and activities around gleaning, cooking and composting. The cooking stall will run several seasonal cooking demos with free tasters throughout the day, and a “disco soup” community cookup will create a tasty soup out of a mix of rescued surplus vegetables and locally, organically grown produce from The Plot
- Wrap Ninjas will be preparing hot wraps with a variety of fresh fillings and flavour combinations from around the world. The founder, Rob, is committed to doing business in a responsible and sustainable way, using good quality ingredients, often locally sourced
- Backsbottom Farm will be selling apples, vinegar and woodcrafts
- La Petite Crêpe will be baking their delicious, seasonally-inspired French pancakes in sweet and savoury varieties.
- Claver Hill community farm will be sharing info about their ‘no-dig’ veg growing, and selling a variety of excess produce, salad, chutneys, jams and cider with tastings and some plants
- Billy’s Eggs, from the Lancaster Charter market, will be joining in, offering a range of local and free-range eggs, cheese and honey
- Black Horse Farm Flowers will be selling freshly cut, locally-grown flowers from near Sedbergh.
- Bantu Ethical Gifts will be selling art and crafts gifts such as cushions, bags, lampshades, mugs, beads, jewellery and oven gloves.
The market, running from 10.00am – 5.00pm, will also see the launch of the 2022 autumn edition of THRIVE Magazine. THRIVE pulls together a collection of local stories and citizen journalism to share knowledge, skills, recipes and ideas around all things food related.
The seasonal markets and the THRIVE magazine are part of the work of FoodFutures, North Lancashire’s award winning Sustainable Food Place initiative, and their vision for a thriving local food system that is healthy, resilient and fair.
“The FoodFutures seasonal markets in Lancaster are currently happening every three months, and they make for a fun day out for local residents as well as visitors,” commented Nina Osswald, Engagement Coordinator at the FoodFutures project, Closing Loops. “The autumnal harvest market in September is a beautiful celebration of the season’s abundance, with plenty of fresh vegetables and food stalls where visitors can get a taste for what’s in season in our region at this lovely time of year.
“The market is also a great opportunity to meet local food producers and crafts people and find out about the sorts of food and ethical crafts that are available locally.”
• Lancaster’s Harvest Market, 10.00 – 5.00pm, Friday 16th September 2022, Market Square, Lancaster LA1 1HT | Free
• To find out more about the Harvest Market and FoodFutures North Lancashire, join the event’s Facebook Page
• Visit foodfutures.org.uk/whats_on
• Follow @FoodFuturesNLancs on Facebook and @FoodFuturesLanc on Twitter
• FoodFutures local food directory: foodfutures.org.uk/directory/