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here We also have a monthly series of producer profiles here so that you, the consumer, know exactly where your produce is coming from. August 2008: The Devon Life awards are here again! The market has won the Farmers' Market of the Year award for two of the last three years, including last year - please help us make it three from four! Go to www.devonlifeawards.co.uk and vote for the market in the Best Farmers' Market category (3/4 of the way down, on the left!) To vote, you need the name, address, and phone number of the market, these are: Crediton Farmers' Market. Chairman: Glyn Comont, Southcoombe, Crediton, Devon, EX17 5BP. 01363 84343 Many thanks to all of you who are voting for us! While you're there, many of the stallholders also won categories last year - I'm sure they'll appreciate a vote! June 2008: In June the Landscore Primary School Choir attended to sing some songs for us, while in July the QECC jazz band provided a musical accompaniment. May 2008: BBC Countryfile magazine have recently introduced a new regular feature - Farmer's Market of the Month. The magazine is inviting readers to nominate their favourite Farmers' Market. Editor Cavan Scott said 'Our new Farmer's Market of the Month slot is a great way for you to rave about your local market, letting other people know why it's so great. We hope it will a chance to celebrate some of the best local producers that Britain has to offer.' To nominate the market, please submit a photo of yourself standing by your favourite stall, together with a hundred-word explanation of why the market is the best, to editor@bbccountryfile.com. The best submission each month will be printed in the magazine. Obviously publicity in a national magazine would be a great coup for the market, so if you feel strongly about the market, please submit us! March 2008:
February 08: The March market will be the Easter market, and there will be an Easter egg hunt: 20 numbered eggs will be hidden on the stalls, find them all to win a creme egg! (Eggs kindly donated by Mole Avon & The Green House). Entry forms will be available from Redlands Country Pork and Nicola Raffan Pottery; hand the completed forms in to Redlands Country Pork to claim your prize. Later on, we will be presenting the two winners of the leaflet competition with their produce baskets at about noon, hopefully with the Crediton Courier in attendance. Also, in the middle of Fairtrade Fortnight, what better way to celebrate the growing prevalence of fairly-traded products than to attend a Fairtrade event at a farmers’ market? In an event organised by the Fairtrade Devon steering committee and the Crediton Fairtrade partnership to bring together fair trade for farmers in the third world and in the UK, Crediton Farmers’ Market plays host to Martin Odoch on the morning of 1st March. Martin is a former field manager for Teadirect in Uganda, and will be at the market for an informal question & answer session at the Traidcraft and Country Markets stalls. Come to the market for 11.30 and, over a cup of Fairtrade tea or coffee, discuss the benefits of fair trade for smallholder tea growers at the Mpanga Growers Tea Factory Ltd, Uganda. The event is another link in the close relationship between the farmers’ market and Fairtrade, following the presentation of Crediton’s Fair Trade Town status at the market last year January 08: The February market is fast approaching, and hopefully the 5000 leaflets that have been distributed around the local area will attract in some extra customers for the time of year - of course, the potential to win a hamper of market produce will hopefully draw a few people in too! Completed forms can be returned to the stalls of Redlands Country Pork or Nicola Raffan Pottery, and we are hoping to have another collection box in the middle of the market by the noticeboards. I'd also like to extend a warm welcome to the new fish stall, Jurassic Seafood, and a regretful goodbye to Mandy Jones baskets, who has decided to leave the market. January 08: Following the great success of the Christmas market, the January market was good for the time of year and the conditions, with a steady stream of customers, despite the rain, hail, and steadily growing puddles on the 'non-pooling' surface. The market, through Tiverton & District Country Markets, provided free soup until stocks ran out, an idea which garnered widespread praise from stallholders and customers alike! As part of the market's ongoing attempts to forge links between the rural and urban communities, market chairman Glyn Comont also presented Queen Elizabeth Community College student Rosie Childs with a cheque for £100, as her prize for designing the new market logo. This was the culmination of several months of effort: the market approached the school, who held a competition among the year 9 students as part of their school work. The school then picked 20 final designs, which were displayed at the December market, where they were voted on by stallholders and members of the public alike. Rosie Childs' design was the clear winner, and has become the official logo of Crediton Farmers' Market, and can be seen at the top let corner of every page of the website.
December 2007: At the January market (Saturday 5th Jan) we are hoping to have hot soup available to warm you up in this cold winter weather! In addition, we will be presenting Rosie Childs of QECC with her £100 prize for designing the new market logo December 2007: Remember the extra Christmas market taking place on Sunday the 23rd December! We have a local busker and choir singing, fruit punch and spiced cider, as well as free mince pies! This market is an ideal opportunity to collect what you order on the 1st at the usual December market. November 2007: For the December market, all the potential market logos, designed by QECC students, will be on display, and we would like all visitors and stallholders to vote on their favourite. The winner will be announced, and have their prize cheque presented, at the January market, and the logo will become the official logo of the Crediton Farmers' Market. November 2007: Crediton Farmers' Market has been voted the best farmers' market in Devon by readers of Devon Life magazine, for the second time in three years. On a good evening for Crediton, market stallholders Linscombe Farm won the Best Organic Product/Trader award and placed second in the overall Best Food Producer category, while the Best Baker/Confectioner category had market stallholder Bread of Devon placed second. They placed just ahead of local business Stevie B's Bakery, while Crediton shop Treloars Delicatessen won the Best Independent Food Shop award. With 5 contenders, Crediton was second only to Totnes, with 7, and our 3 wins meant the town won more categories than any other settlement in Devon!
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