Easter Weekend at Cardiff Farmers Markets
Easter is a great time to support sustainable food; whether that’s by buying sweet treats from a local independent business, or sourcing the Easter Sunday roast from local farms and growers.
Here’s where you can find us:
Lots of our traders have plenty to offer if you are trying to shop more sustainably this bank holiday; here are a few worth seeking out for your Easter Sunday lunch.
Run by John and Celia Thomas, Penrhiw produces quality organic beef, lamb and mutton, pork, eggs and chicken, with a huge emphasis on animal welfare.
You can find them at Rhiwbina, Roath and Riverside over Easter weekend.
Hours before the rest of Wales wakes up, Pawel is out on his16-acre organic veg plot near Abergavenny, picking the produce which ends up at the market that very same day. Pound for pound, Pawel can beat organic supermarket prices, and unlike the supermarket, you can always buy as little or as much as you need.
You can find him at Roath and Riverside over Easter weekend.
Liv from Pontcanna Organic Veg says that her top priority is to share the best possible food, free from pesticides, whilst supporting growers of ethical and / or local produce.
Liv’s connections with independent UK growers (as well as producers from Europe), makes for an interesting variety of fruit and veg though the year.
You can find Pontcanna Organic Veg at Rhiwbina and Riverside over Easter weekend.
Owen’s selection of cheese changes throughout the year to reflect the seasons, to ensure he offers the absolute best cheese possible all year round. His mission is to bring the very best of British cheese to Cardiff - working directly with dedicated farmers and cheesemakers across the UK.
You can find Ty Caws at Rhiwbina, Roath, St Fagans and Riverside over Easter weekend.
Using high quality Raw Cacao ingredients, Shirley’s cacao bars are free from dairy, soy, gluten and refined sugars, offering a healthier, more natural alternative to chocolate.
You can find Shirley’s Raw Chocolate at St Fagans on Saturday.
Trecastle Eggs & Onllwyn Eggs
Because what would Easter be, without the eggs!?
Trecastle is a small, family-run poultry farm on the edge of the Brecon Beacons offering free range / organic hen and duck eggs.
Onllwyn Eggs offer fresh free range hen eggs from their farm located in the South Wales valleys.
You can find Trecastle Eggs at Roath and Riverside over Easter weekend, and Onllwyn Eggs at Rhiwbina on Good Friday.