Botterells Fresh Fish
Botterells
Harbour Rd
Rye East Sussex
TN31 7TT
01797 222875
Botterells fresh fish is based in Rye Harbour. John Botterell offers a wide range of locally caught fresh fish and shellfish. He can also help with advice and cooking suggestions for the various fish on offer.
Botterells Fresh Fish attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Burscombe Cliff Farm
Burscombe Cliff Organic Farm Egerton Ashford Kent
01233 756468
Ben Garrett and Hilary Jones have farmed at Burscombe Cliff Farm, Egerton since 1987. The 90 acre farm obtained full organic status in 1991, meaning the highest standards of animal welfare must be followed at all times.
The farm has 24 breeding cattle, some of which can be seen at Hothfield Common where they have been recruited by the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation to help maintain the ecologically sensitive habitat. Pork on sale at the market is produced from the offspring of the farm's rare breeds; Saddleback and Oxford Sandy and Black pigs.
Hilary and Ben are respected breeders of Blonde d'aquitaine cattle, being regular prizewinners at agricultural shows and selling breeding stock to farmers throughout the UK.
Burscombe Cliff attends the Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Chun Farm
Chun Farm
Churn Lane
Horsmonden
Tonbridge
Kent TN12 8HL
01892 722577
Run by Roger Chouchman, Chun farm is based in Horsmonden and produces a wide range of organic salad vegetables, herbs and Kentish cobnuts, when in season.
Chun farm attends Wye Farmers Market on the first Saturday of the month through the Spring and Summer.
Hubbards Bakery
Hubbards Bakery 63 High St Whitstable Kent CT5 1AP
01227 772060
Hubbards Bakery is a family run bakery based in Whitstable and offers a wide range of bread and rolls, cakes and pastries.
Hubbards Bakery attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Jays Fish Products
Jays Fish Products The Smokery Bore Place Chippingstone Kent TN8 7AR
01732 743377
Jays Fish Products is run by Roger and Karen Jay. Based in Chiddingstone, Jays has been established for over 65 years and uses traditional brick kilns and oak wood smoke for its wonderful flavour.
Together with smoked salmon, Jays also offers crab and smoked salmon pates, made from recipes created over 30 years ago together with the more recently created Smoked Salmon cheese.
Jays Fish Products attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
J.J. Game
Jonathan Johnson specialises in bringing high quality game: venison, pheasant, partridge, rabbit, duck etc. to the market. Everything is shot in the wild in local woodland/farmland, and prepared by Jonathan at Broad Oak, Brede, near Rye.
Jonathan and his wife Penny will be pleased to offer you cooking hints at the market, to help you enjoy their delicious alternatives to farmed meat.
J.J. Game attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month during Game Season.
J.R. Meats
J. R Farm Meats Ltd
Ratling Court Farm
Ratling
Aylesham
CT3 3HN
01304 842928
J.R. Meats main enterprise is their family owned abattoir at Aylesham. Such small-scale facilities are a vital link in the local food chain, allowing animals to be slaughtered close to the farm with the minimum of transportation and stress.
Denise and Cath attend the market with their burger van, selling their home produced burgers and bacon.
J.R. Meats attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Mead Farm Cakes
Mead Farm Cakes Pony Cart Lane Stelling Minnis Canterbury Kent CT4 6AU
01227 709650
Mead Farm cakes is run by Joanna and Denis McArthur and based in Stelling Minnis.
They have been producing a wide range of cakes, pastries and biscuits since 1998 and their fruit cake recently won a national award.
Mead Farm Cakes attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Olantigh Garden Nurseries
Olantigh Garden Nurseries Wye Ashford Kent TN25 5DH
01233 812248
Olantigh Garden Nurseries is situated 1.25 miles to the north of Wye, just off Olantigh Road and run by Mike and Pat Twyman.
They offer quality plants and cut flowers all grown at a family run nursery with over four generations of experience. They pride themselves on personal service, quality and value for money. Only goods grown at the nursery are offered. Availability is therefore seasonal and, to some extent, dependant on weather.
Olantigh Garden nurseries attends the Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month from March onwards.
Perry Court Farm
Perry Court Farm Bilting Ashford Kent TN25 4ES
01233 812408
The farm is situated just below the North Downs, near Wye in Kent and is run by Martin and Heidi Fermor.
Perry Court Farm offers a wide selection of fruit and vegetables including over 100 varieties of apple and pear together with many varieties of strawberries, plums, raspberries, gooseberries, red, white and black currants and many vegetables including asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, leeks, Jerusalem artichoke, pink fir potatoes and lots more.
Perry Court attends the Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Pollards Dane
Pollards Dane Canterbury Rd Charing Kent
01233 712580
Based in Charing and run by Peter and Linda Zeen, Pollards Dane produces a wide range of organic salad and root vegetables.
Pollards Dane attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays through the Spring and Summer.
Quarry Farm Meats
Quarry Farm Heath Rd West Farleigh Maidstone Kent ME15 ONH
01622 814465
A 15 acre farm at West Farleigh near Maidstone. Quarry Farm specialises in producing a wide range of quality meat reared under high welfare conditions. Farmer Stuart Taylor rears beef, pork, lamb, chicken and rabbit, to be sold at the market by his mother June and brother Nick.
Stuart has 30 breeding sows, all Hampshire x Large White. They spend their entire lives outdoors, farrowing and rearing their young in Arks bedded with straw with plenty of space to roam in. No growth promoters are used in any of the feed.
The farm runs a 'closed herd', meaning no animals are bought in, to prevent the spread of disease. Fattened pigs travel just 20 minutes to be slaughtered and butchered, creating further local employment.
Quarry Farm attends Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Rainham (Kent) Apiaries
Rainham (Kent) Apiaries Mellifera House 89 Chalky Bank Rd Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 7NP
01634 233748
Rainham Apiaries is run by Terry and Pat Clare.
Terry is the beekeeper and has bees on orchards and conservation sites in North Kent. He also runs educational courses and gives talks to groups on beekeeping and honey production travelling extensively to see different countries beekeeping methods.
Pat makes the candles, hand cream and various preserves using their honey.
They produce a range of honeys including clear, set and soft set as well as candles, polish and hand creams.
Ranham (Kent) Apiaries attends Wye Farmers Market the third Saturday of the month.
Ripple Farm Organics
Ripple Farm Organics Crundale Canterbury CT4 7EB
01227 732208
Ripple Farm is a small horticultural farm of 14 acres situated in the Stour Valley in Kent, which has been certified Organic since 1989 and run as a partnership by Martin Mackey and Simon Bowden.
The farm itself is essentially a market garden producing a wide range of vegetables, salads, herbs and some soft fruit following an ethos of:
Sustainable growing methods in harmony with nature
Producing fresh, nutritious food
Providing a direct link from consumers to farmers
Reducing Food Miles
Recycling and reducing packaging
Providing sustainable, local employment
Ripple Farm Organics also runs a local box scheme
Ripple farm attends the Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
Syndale Valley Cheesemakers
Syndale Valley Cheesemakers The Brogdale Centre Brogdale Rd Faversham Kent ME13 XZ
Syndale Valley Cheesemakers are located at the Brogdale Horticultural Trust in Faversham.
They produce a range of delicious cows & goats milk speciality cheeses including Tunstall Truckle Cheddar, Grove End Caerphilly together with soft and curd cheeses flavoured with peppercorn or garlic and chives, as well as a range of goats cheese. All handmade in small batches by Geoff Parker.
Syndale Valley Cheesemakers attends the Wye Farmers Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
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