Community Stall at Eltham Farmers’ Market
Local Food Connect’s ‘community market stall’ offers you the opportunity to sell surplus produce on an occasional basis. In other words, if you have too much surplus produce to swap at a food swap but not enough to sell through commercial channels, the community market stall offers you a great opportunity for selling fruit, vegetables or herbs which might otherwise be wasted.
At each market, there will be up to two growers sharing the stall. No cost is involved for you. On the contrary, it will give you the opportunity to make money from your produce and recoup some of the costs in keeping your garden going. You don’t need a permit either but, for insurance reasons, you will need to join Local Food Connect (cost of $10 per year).
If you are interested in selling your surplus produce at the community market stall, please contact Chris Chapple by phone (0407 431 366) or email. Or have a chat with us at the Local Food Connect information stand at the market.
At all of the markets where the stall has happened thus far, both the growers and the buyers went home happy! Here is what four of the growers had to say:
- “We all enjoyed the time thoroughly – it was great to feel part of the fresh food scene.“
- “It is amazing to have the chance to ‘start out’ with the community stall ~ so thank you!“
- “Thanks so much – I had a blast.“
- “It was a very enjoyable day so my sincere thanks to you. I really think you’ve created something great for the community with the market. We’re very lucky 🙂“
6 Oct 2024 Sustainable Macleod sold seedlings, potted and unpotted plants |
4 Aug 2024 Olena, a Ukrainian refugee, sold East European baked goods. |
14 Apr 2024 Bundoora College sold a variety of leafy greens. |
18 Feb 2024 The Yarra Foundation raised funds to help with the education of disadvantaged children in Iran. |
Alison Jones 20 Mar 2022 Alison Jones, from Garlic Noir, sold black garlic. |
17 Oct 2021 Virginia Solomon sold face masks with all proceeds going to Permaculture Australia. |
Diamond Creek Primary School 10 Nov 2019 Students from Diamond Creek Primary School sold seedlings and dog biscuits. |
Eltham College 8 Sep 2019 Students from Eltham College sold bliss balls, seedlings and skincare products. |
9 Dec 2018 George Peng sold both water kefir and composting worms. |
2 Dec 2018 Students from Montmorency Primary Schoolsold strawberry jam, cordials, beeswax food wraps, lip balms and fruit/herbal teas |
Bonnie Taylor 18 Mar 2018 Bonnie Taylor sold homegrown produce (tomatoes, zucchinis and nashi pears) and chutneys |
Pia Sappl 17 Dec 2017 Pia Sappl sold biscuits, Tokyo greens, lettuce salad and mustard salad. |
Neighbours from Green Place, Eltham (Darcy, James, Karen and Noah pictured, plus Andrew, Constance and Evan not pictured) 9 Jul 2017 Neighbours from Green Place, Eltham, sold potted strawberry plants. |
Cath Lyons 14 May 2017 Cath Lyons sold pomegranates. |
St Johns Riverside Community Garden 12 Feb 2017 St Johns Riverside Community Garden (Alastair, Frank, Katrina, Mui Nui and Sylvia) sold a range of fruit and veggies. |
Glenn Mansfield 13 Nov 2016 Glenn Mansfield sold silverbeet and seedlings. |
Sandra Macneil 10 Jul 2016; 10 Apr 2016 Sandra Macneil sold herbs and seedlings. |
Food Cubed 22 May 2016 Food Cubed, aka Jess, Marcella and Tom, from Eltham College, sold their homemade muesli, lemonade and biscuits as part of the $20 Boss challenge, with all their profits going to charity. |
Susan Palmer 8 May 2016 Susan Palmer sold Granny Smith apples (and also gave away jerusalem artichokes). |
Peter Dougherty 13 Mar 2016 Peter Dougherty sold compost/biochar plus rhubarb and lettuce seedlings. |
Calendula Fields 11 Oct 2015; 12 Sep 2015 Elodie and Tash, from Calendula Fields, sold limes, figs, honey, edible flowers and bee products (the photo is of Tash). |
Jan and John Peggie 12 Sep 2015 Jan and John Peggie sold grapefruit, lemons, passionfruit and silverbeet. |
Deb and Andrew Stahmer 14 Jun 2015 Deb and Andrew Stahmer sold lemons, tamarillos and herbs (the person on the right of the photo is a photo bomber). |
Stuart Rodda 8 Mar 2015 Stuart Rodda sold a wide variety of fruit and veggies. |
Community market stall The sign for the Community market stall. |