The Secret Market?
Do you look forward to the monthly Farmers Market in Maidenhead?
Do
you like buying local food? Do you enjoy talking direct to producers 
and
receiving useful tips?
Are you worried about the chemicals, preservatives and ingredients in mass produced food?
Are
you interested in reducing food miles?
If
you answered yes to any of these questions then are you aware of
the monthly Cookham
Country Market now in Bourne End Community Centre, having
moved from the Pinder Hall in early 2008 after over forty years? It is
open from 11am until 12.30pm the first Friday of each month
and you can 
buy
locally produced food, plants and crafts from the people that made them.
Country
Markets are co-operative social enterprises located throughout England,
Wales and the Channel Islands. Their origin is in the Women’s Institute
and they were first started as a way to combat the food shortages after
the First World War. To this day they produce
local food for local people thereby reducing food miles and provide a
retail outlet for high quality, home
made, local produce.
The
Cookham country market regularly has a good selection of bread, savouries,
cakes, free range eggs, preserves, pickles, flavoured oils, perennial
plants, jewellery, crafts and greetings cards. In the spring you
will also find spring vegetables, young plants including salad and herbs,
cut flowers and other fresh produce as it comes into season. Many of the
vegetables and vegetable 
plants
are types not seen in the supermarkets, grown at the proper speed and not
produced with shelf life and good looks in mind. All food producers hold a
current Food Hygiene Certificate.
New producers are welcome just as much as new customers.
Do come along early to get the best selection, it’s not mass
production and the popular items always sell out. Alternatively you can
place an order for collection.
You will also find a Country Market stall at some local fairs and in August on Saturday mornings at Lady Elizabeth House.
For more information on Country Markets visit
For more information on Cookham Country Market ring Brenda Ball 01628 528415
The Market in 1964
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