

Shopping for fresh local produce direct from its producers is a rapidly growing food phenomenon across the UK. There's no better way to find out about your food than to talk to the people who grew it. The unspoilt natural environment and rich agricultural traditions of Wales lend themselves to abundant farmers' markets stacked high with produce. Find a farmers' market
The largest food market in Wales, Swansea Market is open Monday to Saturday and houses dozens of stallholders selling locally reared pork, beef and lamb, cockles and laverbread and fresh welshcakes by the score. Just wandering around is a great way to while away a lazy hour or two. www.swanseamarket.co.uk.
Honey bees have been having a bit of a hard time of it lately but the bees of West Valley Honey Farm have been soldiering valiantly on to produce their superbly flavoured honey. Drawn from the abundance of wild flowers growing in the unspoilt Pembrokeshire countryside this lovely honey is available from farmers' markets throughout the region.