There has been a farmers market in Little Hadham since 2002, founded, organised and run by the local couple, Brian & Brenda Kain. It was the first farmers market in East Hertfordshire. The Market takes place once a month at Little Hadham Village Hall, usually on the last Saturday of the month, from 8.30AM until 11.30AM.
Little Hadham Farmers’ Market promotes the best of local produce, and has a strong ethos of offering only items grown, bred, prepared or made by the stall holders as much as practically possible. Stalls include; meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, cakes and pastries, coffee, honey, jam, cheese, chutney and artisan crafts. There is also a cafe that prepares fresh, home cooked breakfasts from the stall holder’s produce.
A friendly market, there is a wonderful loyal clientele who come every month to shop, meet and eat. There is free parking and the village playground and field on site make it especially welcoming to young families.
As a regular market goer (it was one of the reasons we looked at the village when buying our house) when I heard that the Kains were looking to retire, and we might loose the market altogether, I decided to step in and take over. I have been running the market since September and with the new year I plan to start to implement some changes.
I plan to keep to the Kain’s core ethos, but I’d like to attract some more stalls, maybe food demonstrations and monthly guest stalls too. I would love for more people to find us, as the market is such a little gem.
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