‘Sustainable’ food and drink market returns to quay

A MARKET which focuses on sustainability and a low environmental impact returned over the bank holiday weekend.

The Discovery Market made its comeback to Discovery Quay (formerly Events Square) in Falmouth and will run every Thursday and Saturday between 10am and 4pm..

It will feature food and drink traders, including a revolving selection of street food stalls, as well as artists and craftspeople.

Local musicians will provide the soundtrack to the event, and organisers are inviting performers seeking a chance to shine to get in touch.

Market director Stewart Girvan, who also runs a similar event in Truro, said: “The location’s perfect, as the stalls can be spread out over the square, creating a relaxing shopping experience with plenty of opportunities to tuck into some street food or enjoy the laidback live music performances.

“The mix of traders will showcase Cornish creativity and our amazing food and drink, against the beautiful backdrop of the waterfront”.

The market was previously plastic-free, he said, but this was too restrictive for small food traders and so the rules had been relaxed.

“Our ambition is to make our markets as sustainable and lowimpact as possible, but the use of plastic is still so ubiquitous in the food trade – often for health and safety reasons – that last year’s rules excluded too many brilliant small local food and drink businesses from taking part”, he said.

“Our traders naturally care hugely about the local environment and have their own carefully considered sustainability strategies in place, as does the market as a whole”.

Discovery Market 6Discovery Market is returning to Discovery Quay in Falmouth twice a week, bringing people of all ages together to enjoy tasty treats