This week we have another market of delights with our usual staples plus Tiddley Pommes apple juice, jams from Brynmoor Conserves and handcrafted chocolates from Chocsford. Our takeaways this week are Mediterranean, Salad Daze, and Naturally Sweet offering both savoury and sweet food. Join us for some pleasant local shopping then stay for delicious home-cooked food in Café Asia.
Outside
Sandy Lane Farm - seasonal, fresh, local organic fruit & veg, lamb & pork
Tiddly Pommes - superb pressed apple juice from local fruit
Willowbrook Organic Farm - organic chicken & lamb, eggs, free range beef & local honey
Jericho Coffee Traders - premium coffee roasted in Jericho & served from a vivid turquoise tuk-tuk
Inside
SESI Food & Detergent Filling Station - refilling empty containers for fairtrade, organic dried foods; household detergents & hair-care products
North Aston Dairy - organic local milk, cream, yoghurt, & welfare-friendly rose veal, plus fresh, deep flavoured, mature organic beef from a retired dairy cow
Natural Bread Company - handcrafted speciality breads
Mediterranean - lovely falafel, houmous, snacks & sweet treats
Salad Daze - healthy salads to take away
Naturally Sweet - Seasonal salad boxes/ sugar-free sweet treats & refined sugar free treats
Chocsford - handcrafted fair trade chocolates
Brynmoor Conserves - award-winning jams, conserves & chutneys
Jason's Book Box - second hand books
Market Café: Café Asia
A mouth-watering variety of freshly made Indian traditional street foods:
Savoury
~ Samosa chat (home-made samosa with yoghurt and some spice)
~ Gluten-free roti with omelette
~ Pao vaji (home-made stuffed ban served with home-made veg sauce)
~ Full breakfast (toast with mixed beans, lamb sausage and a free-range egg)
~ Freshly baked nan with chapla kebab and salad (organic flour and lamb mince)
Snacks
~ Veg samosa
~ Coconut samosa
~ Veg pakora
~ Veg square (mixed vegetables, cheese, semolina)
Sweet
~ Gluten free strawberry cake
~ Semolina cake with home-made custard and fresh fruit
~ Chocolate bar (chocolate, walnut, egg, flour, coconut, lemon, milk)
~ Date and chocolate energy bar (chocolate, cashew nut, coconut and coconut oil
~ Stuffed carrots with honey and mixed nuts
Market News
We are looking for a new cleaner. The cleaning shift pays £15, takes roughly 60 minutes and starts at 1pm, just as the market closes. It can be a job share. For more info email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Community News
Oxford’s own eco-friendly Tandem Festival is from 16-18 June. There’ll be the usual selection of live acoustic bands, some eco-friendly food and talks, sprinkled with joyful outdoor workshops. Applications for bands, workshops and traders is now open and applications from members of Oxford Community Action Groups are particularly welcome. Apply via www.tandemcollective.org/tandem-festival/get-involved or for more info email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Barracks Lane Community Garden are having a seed swap and share on Saturday 25th March. Why not pop along after the Farmers’ Market. Refreshments, music, seeds, pizza and information till 4pm. Suitable for all ages.
Oxford Green Drinks is on the third Monday of each month. Meeting in the Pint Shop, 27-29 George Street from 6/6.30pm-ish onwards. For more info email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.facebook.com/groups/greendrinksoxford
