Stevenson Welcomes Farmers Market In The Scottish Parliament

Local MSP Stewart Stevenson has welcomed the presence of the Farmers Market in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday evening this week. The event took place as part of Scottish Food Fortnight. Mr Stevenson met with a range of small food producers from around Scotland and also with Allan Murray, Chairman of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society at the event.

Commenting, Mr Stevenson said:

"It was great to see the Farmers Market in the heart of the City of Edinburgh in our national Parliament. This was an excellent opportunity for the various farming enterprises to put on show their fine produce to be seen by Members of the Scottish Parliament. The event was extremely well attended by MSPs and showed how much support there is for the efforts of the Farmers Markets. 

"Farmers Markets are an excellent way of ensuring that producers are able to retain more of the value of their produce rather than being at the mercy of supermarkets. I think there is a real trend amongst shoppers who want to support local produce and every step should be taken to encourage this trend. The Farmers Markets have been a visionary step in ensuring this can practically happen in all communities and I pay tribute to those who work so hard to make our local markets in Peterhead and Macduff a success.”