{"id":1134,"date":"2025-03-13T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:19:30","slug":"history-of-blue-knob-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/history-of-blue-knob-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Blue Knob Farmers Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Blue Knob Farmers Market started in 2007 held in the grounds of the Blue Knob Hall Gallery on Saturday mornings. Over the years operated under a number of different names as organisers and stallholders changed with the times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Knob Farmers Market was the first Farmers Market in the Nimbin Community and focused on local, fresh produce and artisan-made prepared foods and crafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the stallholders were local farmers and small producers. The market operated as its own entity as a not-for-profit Incorporation with a committee liaising with Blue Knob Hall Inc Committee to support events such as the Fibre Festival, Fermentation Festival, Trash \u2018n Treasure, Christmas Markets and a fund-raising annual Pumpkin Bush Dance over several years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to the market was &#8220;The Back-Yarders&#8221; table, a place where excess produce that came from people\u2019s gardens could be sold free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with regulars selling local produce, ferments, seedlings, seasonal fruits and veggies, there was some take away food and \u2018occasional stallholders\u2019 including second-hand books and craft.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many talks were held in the Moore Workshop Space in conjunction with the market day that covered everything from gardening and growing, fermenting, talks and workshops on fibre and a series of talks on local wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"420\" data-id=\"1139\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0051.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0051.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0051-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"189\" data-id=\"1137\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0053.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1137\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"183\" data-id=\"1135\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0055.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" data-id=\"1674\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0346.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0346.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0346-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" data-id=\"1675\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0345-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0345-1.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0345-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Knob Farmers Market started in 2007 held in the grounds of the Blue Knob Hall Gallery on Saturday mornings. 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