Woodend Community Farmers' Market

22/10/2026

🍅🏇 WHAT DO TOMATOES AND HORSE RACING HAVE IN COMMON?

Locals to Woodend and surrounds know the answer to this - do you?

20/10/2026

The Lancefield centre plantation is such a lovely location for a market. Pop it on your schedule for Saturday and buy some real food from real farmers.

👍 When you choose to shop directly from local farmers and food producers, you are making a deliberate investment in food security to our region. 

💸 Every dollar spent at a farmers market or farm gate keeps resources circulating within our region, strengthening the economic resilience of these small businesses that feed us.

🤝 This direct connection aims to build a reliable and transparent food supply chain—one potentially less vulnerable disruptions globally, price volatility, and long-distance transportation challenges. 

👨‍🌾 By supporting those who work the land closest to home, we cultivate an agricultural system that is adaptable, sustainable, and rooted in the specific needs and strengths of our own landscape.

⭐ Beyond immediate nourishment, this choice is a profound act of legacy-building for future generations.

👶 Each purchase sustains not just a livelihood but a way of life—the knowledge, stewardship, and care passed down through farming families.

🐝 It aims to preserve arable land, protect biodiversity, and may ensure that children will inherit working farms.

🛍️ When we buy direct, we are in effect, voting for a future in which local agriculture thrives as a cultural and ecological heritage, gifting our descendants both the skills and the soil they will need to feed themselves.

🤗 See you this Saturday in Lancefield folks! 9-1 on the High Street. 

# easternmacedonranges

14/10/2026

🌱 MRSG members, this Saturday is your chance to have your say!

The Woodend Farmers Market is an Action Group of the MRSG - Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group and we’re proud to be part of a group working to create a more sustainable, resilient and connected community. We encourage our fellow MRSG members to come along to the MRSG Annual General Meeting this Saturday, 17 October.

It’s an opportunity to hear what’s been happening, celebrate the work of local sustainability initiatives, connect with like-minded people and help shape the future of MRSG.

There’ll also be an inspiring guest speaker, Professor Lauren Rickards from La Trobe University, sharing her expertise in climate change adaptation and resilience.

📅 Saturday 17 October | 3–6pm
📍 Norma Richardson Hall, 15 Buckland Street, Woodend
☕ Light refreshments provided

Whether you’re an active member or simply passionate about sustainability in the Macedon Ranges, your involvement matters. The more voices around the table, the stronger our local sustainability movement becomes!

👉 Find all the details and come along: https://mrsg.org.au/agm

14/10/2026

🥚🐔 EGGS-CUSE ME… THERE’S NO FUNNY BUSINESS HERE!🕵️‍♀️

With the ACCC today alleging cartel and anti-competitive conduct involving some of Australia’s major egg producers, we thought it was a good time to check in on our local chook crew. 👀

And we can confirm… the only gang activity happening here is a bunch of chooks hanging out together! 🐔🐔🐔

No secret meetings. No dodgy deals. No underworld egg-scapades. Just happy free-range hens, a local producer and fresh eggs travelling straight from the farm to YOU at the Woodend Farmers Market.

That’s the beauty of buying local. You know who you’re buying from, where your eggs come from, and you’re supporting a real local producer in the process. ❤️

So, if you like your eggs fresh, your supply chain short and your chook business strictly above board, you know where to find us!

Real food. Real faces. No barcodes.

14/10/2026

🎉 𝙒𝙀’𝙍𝙀 𝘼 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏! 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚! 🎉

We’re a bit excited to announce that our wonderful market has been named a finalist in the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 🌿👏

It’s a wonderful recognition of the market’s contribution to the Macedon Ranges through local food, sustainable practices, community connection and support for regional growers, producers and businesses - and of the amazing growers, passionate stallholders, dedicated volunteers and community who come together on the first Saturday of every month to make our market so special.

From showcasing the best of our local and regional produce to championing sustainability, reducing waste and bringing people together, our market is about so much more than shopping. It’s about supporting local businesses, strengthening our community and creating a more sustainable future.

💚 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱!

If you love wandering the stalls, chatting with growers, enjoying a coffee and something delicious, discovering new local favourites or simply soaking up the market atmosphere, we’d love your vote.

🗳️ Vote for Woodend Community Farmers Market here:
👉 https://macedon.awardsplatform.com/

📅 Voting closes Monday, 16 November 2026.

Please share this post and encourage your family, friends and fellow market lovers to vote, too!

Thank you for being part of our market community. Every visit, every purchase and every bit of support helps us grow our community — one market day at a time. 💚

08/10/2026

This revealing study that has been done by Pesticides Action Australia is just another great reason to support local growers, and better yet organic growers who sell directly to you at a farmers' market.
Sending a message to the big supermarkets is not enough, taking your business elsewhere will make a stronger impact.

05/10/2026

📸 A quick note about photos at the Woodend Community Farmers Market

One of the things we love about market day is the atmosphere — the people, colour, characters, food, stallholders, volunteers and community that come together each month.

We use photos to capture that atmosphere, promote the market and showcase the wonderful volunteers, stallholders and customers who make it happen.

You might appear in the background of a wide crowd shot — and that’s generally okay. There’s no blanket law in Australia preventing people from being photographed at public events where there’s no reasonable expectation of privacy.

If we’d like to feature you specifically in a photograph, we’ll ask first.

Our approach is simple: celebrate the market, respect people’s privacy and tell the story of our community. ❤️

So if you spot yourself, your friends, our volunteers or a familiar face in our market photos, we hope you enjoy being part of the story! 📸🌿

03/10/2026

Grown in Kyneton, picked yesterday, yours today. Real food, real faces, no barcodes.

02/10/2026

Celebrate Oktoberfest with this delicious package from Oakwood Smallgoods Just $50 here at the market.