Harvest Trails and Markets

Harvest Trails and Markets Hawkesbury Harvest is a not-for-profit formed by farmers to support local agriculture. It creates an

04/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE
14TH JUNE.
8AM TO 12NOON
CASTLE HILL SHOWGROUND.

Just a reminder that the Castle Hill Farmers & Fine Food Market is on the 14th June as this is the second Saturday of the month.

06/03/2025
29/11/2024

Today marks the last of Simon Marnie’s ‘Weekends’ broadcasts on ABC radio 702 Sydney. It’s a sad thing for we Harvesters, but we’re so fortunate to have been one of Simon’s passion projects since he first mentioned Hawkesbury Harvest on 27 June 2001. ‘What’s Fresh on the Farm Gate Trail’ became a regular segment and Simon championed the rich pickings to be found in Sydney’s backyard, and helped Harvest gain very early traction in its quest to build ways of retaining agriculture in the Sydney basin.

The segment evolved with the changing offer and fortunes of farming in the greater Sydney region. Simon did outdoor broadcasts from Harvest’s Castle Hill farmers’ market, MC’d and promoted the NSW government’s Regional Showcases of the Hawkesbury at Parliament House, and helped us make the case to a wider audience about trends threatening agriculture such as urban development, industrial forms of agriculture, and the supermarket duopoly. Mixed in with that was what’s fresh on the farm gate trail each Saturday across the seasons.

Hawkesbury Harvest is forever grateful to Simon for helping us bridge the city-country divide, and for being such a champion and passionate advocate in our corner. Thank you, Simon.
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Richmond, NSW
2753

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A country experience on the doorstep of Sydney

Harvest Trails and Markets exists to keep farmers in the Sydney basin farming. As a not-for-profit community incorporated organisation, HTM helps connect producers directly with consumers to give growers an alternative distribution channel to the central market.

Harvest Trails and Markets began as Hawkesbury Harvest in 2000 by a small group of passionate people from a diverse range of backgrounds. As different as they were, they were united by a love of the Hawkesbury region and its agricultural heritage. Hawkesbury Harvest was a way to promote healthy diets, to spread the word about the abundance of locally produced food, the seasonal beauty of the area and the importance of keeping agriculture – particularly food production – in the Sydney Basin.

Since then the organisation has grown beyond the boundaries of the Hawkesbury and incorporates most of Sydney Basin. HTM coordinates six separate Farm Gate Trails that assist tourists, epicures and regional explorers to find the food that is on their doorstep. In addition to the website, HTM has developed and supports “The Farm Gate” smartphone app to disseminate this information. HTM has piloted and supported many farmers markets over the years and currently operates the Castle Hill Farmers and Fine Food Market. It has a close relationship with ABC702 who broadcast ‘what’s fresh on the Farm Gate Trail’ each Saturday morning. HTM is also presently looking at ways the organisation can evolve to continue to meet the needs of our members in an increasingly challenging environment for agricultural enterprises, partly through active representation and advocacy in statutory and advisory bodies.

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