Ask The Locals™: Hastings Farmers Market

We were in the sunny Hawkes Bay last weekend. It had been a while since we had been to the Hastings Farmers Market, at the Showgrounds on Kenilworth Road, off Karamu Road. So, we all headed down there as a family. Me to take photos, talk to the producers and sample their wares, the kids to get the obligatory gelato and the DH to get his favourite venison burger. Other favourites of the day were the jammy in the middle German doughnuts, the walnut brittle, Hawthorns coffee and generally catching up with long lost friends. The last time I was in the Hawkes Bay A&P Showgrounds halls, I was about 8 years old and was being mesmerised by the art canvases covered with paint splattered from a spinning wheel. These canvases never quite had the same appeal once I got one home as they were no longer amongst their splattered surroundings. Which is entirely the opposite to how I felt with our basket of lovingly made and grown produce from the mornings outings. Here is just a sample of what is on offer: