Farmers Markets to Taste, Shop and Support

Avoca Beachside Markets, Avoca 
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Upgrade your pantry and buy direct from local growers, shop sustainably and buy seasonal fruit and vegetables. These are the best farmers markets in NSW.

Central Coast

• Avoca Beachside Market

Set on a grassy headland overlooking Avoca Lake and Avoca Beach, the award-winning Avoca Beachside Market is beloved by the tight-knit communities of the Central Coast. With more than 100 stalls, it’s the place for foodies, artists and musicians to gather each month to celebrate the bounty of the region. As well as seasonal produce, there’s live entertainment, food trucks, face painting and watersports just offshore with AquaFun Avoca Lake.

When: Fourth Sunday of the month 9-11am
Where: Heazlett Park Foreshore, Avoca Beach

Find more farmers markets on the Central Coast:

• Ettalong Fresh Food Market
• Gosford City Farmers Market
• The Entrance Market
• Long Jetty Farmers Market

Hunter Valley

• Slow Food Earth Markets Maitland

Slow Food Earth Market, Maitland

The Slow Food movement was established in Italy in 1986 with the goal of ensuring everyone has access to good, clean and fair food. Now a global movement, its Earth Markets bring this philosophy to local communities. There’s just one in Australia: Maitland’s Slow Food Earth Market. All produce must meet the movement’s defining principles, be sourced from within a specified radius, and the producers must be on site themselves to meet the customers and share their knowledge. Fill your basket with heirloom vegetables, grass-fed meat, biodynamic bread, organic herbs and native spices.

When: First and third Thursday of the month 8.30am-1.30pm
Where: The Levee, High St, Maitland

Find more farmers markets in the Hunter Valley:

• Wollombi Markets
• The Valley Markets Singleton
• Handmade in the Hunter Markets