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Every Saturday from 8.30am—12.30pm at 71 Cimitiere Street, Launceston (in the car park opposite Albert Hall)
Market Manager 0417 352 780 info@harvestmarket.org.au
Plastic Free July has landed at Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market with the first activity hosted for marketgoers on Saturday 6 July. Plastic Free Launceston, a volunteer working group of Tamar Natural Resource Management, had display items and demonstrations on various ways individuals and households can reduce their use of plastics, with emphasis on household… Read more
PLASTIC FREE JULY KNOWHOW Not all plastics or ways to reduce the impacts of plastics are equal. A key way to reduce plastic use is a little knowledge and action. There are a host of different ways to know your plastics. Plastics can be numbered, described as soft or rigid, or single-use verses multi-use. Ninety-five… Read more
Plastic Free July is nearly here again. Last year Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market undertook the challenge to reduce plastic use. It as was a great conversation starter, idea generator and many stallholders got involved. This involvement has led to sustained changes. Some previous Plastic Free July actions have included Erinvale Farm undertaking the standout… Read more
FOGO stands for Food Organic Garden Organic and its trademark green bins are hitting the mainstream at the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market. Patrons and stallholders have quickly embraced – guided by our able team of knowledgeable volunteers – the concept and this means that very little of rubbish generated by the market is going… Read more
Honey is not only delicious but bees’ pollination services are estimated to equate to 6 billion dollars annually to the Australian economy. Overall, bees are an amazing species. From speaking with the Honey Tasmania stallholders I learnt that each bee only produces one-quarter of a teaspoon of honey in their lifetime. If you have… Read more
It is Harvest Volunteer Aprons galore at Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this month as we all say a very big thank you to all our volunteers and celebrate National Volunteer Week. It is the signature Harvest apron that identifies Harvest volunteers so please take some time to stop and express your gratitude to them… Read more
Stop take a big breathe of the wonderful fresh Tasmanian autumn air and join the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this Saturday to celebrate the best of Tasmanian food and culture, support our local film festival and meet the people who care for our children and are seeking foster homes for children in need. There… Read more
Climate change is already affecting what we grow, eat, and drink. The contribution of agriculture and the impacts are complicated and anyone could be confused. Surrounding climate change and agriculture are terms like ‘food miles’, ‘soil carbon’, ‘carbon farming’, ‘carbon footprint’, and so on… Added to the mix are debates on which foods, drinks, agricultural… Read more
“Big Brother” will be at the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this week with the Launceston Players, who this year bring to the local stage the dystopian George Orwell novel 1984. In today’s world where algorithms track our wanderings across the world wide web of the internet to deliver targeted advertising/information to our electronic devices,… Read more
The first Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market of Autumn this year was the hottest market of the last seven years. The impact of this on stallholders was financially significant as by 11 am the number of people in attendance was down to a trickle. Produce was left over and food wasted. Volunteer, Meghan Bond was… Read more