Beaconsfield Farmers Market

It is generally accepted by most farmers' markets that stall holders must have grown, bred, caught, pickled, brewed or baked the goods themselves. Their main emphasis is to help local producers and processors to sell their goods directly to the public, near their source of origin.

The selection of goods available will vary with the season and location. However, you are likely to find a delicious selection of vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, bread and cakes, fruit juices and dairy products.

There is generally a stall selling rare-breed lamb, mutton as well as Longhorn beef from Fuglemere Rare Breeds, and in late summer and autumn months, there's a stall from Cross Lanes Fruit Farm offering as many of 40 varieties of apple plus much more; and another from Benson's Fruit Juices of Sherborne - all are excellent. Trout - both brown and rainbow, are often available from Brookleas Fish Farm.

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