Fresh inroads for farmers markets
GOLD Coasters are desperate for fresh produce, with new markets popping up across the city to feed the growing hunger.
Two new markets have opened since November, taking the total number of registered farmers markets in the city to nine, roughly double that of five years ago.
Among those backing the fresh food revolution is market operator Claire Crocker, who believes she saved Helensvale from permanently losing a local market.
Ms Crocker said she launched the New Helensvale Farmers Markets after discovering the original one was on the way out.
“When I moved here I was
AT FIRST WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT OF A FAD BUT NOW IT IS BECOMING A LIFE SOURCE FOR A COMMUNITY JANE ADAMS