St Davids Peninsula Food Market: Buy Pembrokeshire Local Produce
Think farmer's market but online
If you're looking for somewhere to buy Pembrokeshire local produce, look no further than the St Davids Peninsula Food Market.
This extraordinary venture from Eco Dewi brings you an online opportunity to pre-order the freshest, quality produce from a range of local Pembrokeshire suppliers. Just place your order online before noon on Thursday and collect it from St Davids Rugby Club on Saturday morning. It's a weekly operation too, so the whole cycle begins again on Saturday afternoon with orders open for collection the following week.
About The St Davids Peninsula Food Market
The St Davids Peninsula Food Market, previously known as the Peninsula Producers Food Hub, is a simple-to-use online Farmers Market offering a fantastic wealth of local produce. It enables residents and visitors to buy locally produced food directly supporting growers, farmers and food businesses in Pembrokeshire.
Originally set up during the pandemic by volunteers at Lower Treginnis Farm (Farms for City Children), the theory was that this would provide a channel for them to get their produce out to the local community whilst they were closed to school children. As the farm reopened its doors to schools, they asked local environmental and community social enterprise, EcoDewi, to take the reigns and man the operation from there on out.
Since its initial launch in 2020, the St Davids Peninsula Food Market now works with an impressive collection of local producers and brings an extraordinary selection of Pembrokeshire produce directly to customers - both residents of the local area and visiting holidaymakers. It's a win-win for all involved as customers receive the freshest produce grown and reared in and around the St Davids region, whilst producers can build a direct connection with those buying their products. No supermarket middlemen!
A testimonial from TV celebrity chef, Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall who has previously used the online market
What local produce is available the St Davids Peninsula Food Market?
This online farmer's market for Pembrokeshire produce offers a vast selection of products including veg, meat, seafood, salads, milk and eggs to bread, cakes, preserves, dried seaweed, soaps, oils, ferments, sea salt and beverages. All of this is seasonal ensuring only the best quality items are available so it's worth checking out what's online every week, as there may well be new products available for purchase.
Reasons to use the St Davids Peninsula Food Market
As if uber-fresh, quality produce isn't enough! When you purchase groceries and more via this option, you are supporting local in the strongest sense. Buying direct means these suppliers will directly receive the funds you are paying for their products. Which in turn, means they can keep on producing those excellent quality items that we know you'll grow to love.
Now we all know that sustainability is of significant importance in this day and age. Living here within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, we see daily the spectacular and magical sights of an ever-changing landscape and so we appreciate just how vital it is that we care and protect it any way we can. Shopping local means fewer food miles (the distance your produce travels to get to you from production) and fewer food miles equals a smaller carbon footprint.
Shopping from smaller local producers means that this produce isn't mass-manufactured. There's an extra level of care and love that goes into each and every item available to purchase via the St Davids Peninsula Food Market - we're pretty sure that's why it's all so good! Think less plastic packaging, less processing and more hand-crafted, lovingly-made.
How to use the St Davids Peninsula Food Market
The Peninsula Food Market uses an online platform called The Open Food Network which is a globally used system. Each week, we run an order cycle from Saturday 12pm through to Thursday 12pm. Here’s all you need to do to shop:
Step One
Visit the shop using this link: https://openfoodnetwork.org.uk/peninsula-producers-food-hub/shop#/shop_panel (or go via https://ecodewi.org.uk/foodmarket/ and hit the Shop Now button)
Step Two
Select your products & place your order before Thursday at 12pm
Step Three
Pay by card at the checkout or pay with cash on pick-up
Step Four
Collect your order on the following Saturday morning between 10-11.30am from St Davids Rugby Club. You can also choose delivery to your home or accommodation, and this is something we are working on developing further.
It’s that simple!
When to Order?
You can order up until the Thursday before your arrival for collection on Saturday morning to enjoy your goodies during your stay. But don't forget, if you order during the week of your stay, then you can collect on Saturday morning and you'll have a whole load of goodies to enjoy at home - the perfect cure for those holiday blues! Plus, there are some great edible souvenirs and other items that make for great gifts.
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The city of St Davids is, more accurately, an attractive village on the most westerly peninsula of mainland Britain and has what many consider to be the country's most lovely cathedral. You’ll also find excellent shops, pubs and restaurants in the city’s centre, which is easily accessible from our range of St Davids holiday cottages.
