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Our newest stallholder, Wes, was nine years old when he discovered his love of chickens. “I wanted some extra pocket money and my Pop suggested I get a few chickens. So I bought ten chickens and sold the eggs to family and friends. I called my little business 'WesEggs'.”

Wes loved everything about running the business - teaching himself everything from budgeting and business planning to even studying the entire life cycle of a chicken. It didn’t take him long to work out how to...

Long-time stallholder, A Hidden Secret Cakes, creates delicious sweets that leave you wanting more. With lemon tarts to die for as well as tantalising brownies, gluten-free cakes, dairy-free cakes, vegan treats and more, there’s something for every sweet tooth.

A Hidden Secret Cakes is the creation of self-confessed ‘poms’, Angela and Paul, and runs alongside their other business stream: A Hidden Secret (savouries). They started selling lemon tarts at the Torquay Farmers’ Market, and...

Golden Plains Shire Council is delighted to announce that following the outstanding success of the inaugural Twilight Market in 2017, which attracted over 3,000 visitors, it will be running again in 2018. Join us on Thursday 20 December on the corner of High and Milton Streets, Bannockburn, 4.00pm-9.00pm for our second Golden Plains Twilight Market, already set to be...

Fair Food Week is an annual 'self-organising' national event that brings people together to create and participate in story-telling, workshops and other events that encourage and promote the production of fair food – that’s fairness in the social, economic and environmental sense.

What’s fairness got to do with food?

Well, lots actually. Farmers are not well paid by major retail chains for the food they grow for us and excessive food imports unfairly disadvantage Australian...

La Madre Bakery was born in 2003 out of passion and a love of good bread and has been a committed stallholder at the Golden Plains Farmers’ Market since its inception in 2009.

Today La Madre is one of the leading independent bakeries in Australia, specialising in handmade breads, pastries and sweet treats.

Owner Tez Kemp says, “We use the finest local ingredients and traditional baking methods to produce a full range of baked goods throughout the year. ‘La Madre’ is Italian for...

It’s Father’s Day on Sunday 2 September, the day after our market, so why not drop in and pick up a gift from a local producer, baker or artisan maker. Wondering what to get your dad or the awesome father figure in your life? Check out the following suggestions:

Brooke Stevens is a young entrepreneur, a busy mum of two little boys and founder of the innovative lifestyle business, Cobbs & Me, maker of gorgeous-looking lupin heat packs. She's also a much-loved Golden Plains Farmers' Market stallholder.

Brooke stumbled across her passion for making heat packs when she was looking for suitable appreciation gifts for her sons' teachers. Unable to find what she was looking for, Brooke decided to get creative and make heat packs for them instead...