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Red MarketProducer-only · Hope Road · Saturdays

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Producer-only market · 146 Hope Road · Saturdays

Grew it, raised it, caught it, or made it

Twenty-six traders, every one of them the person who produced what is on the table. No resellers, no boxes from the wholesale market, and nothing on a stall that is out of season.

Next market: Saturday, 07:00 to 13:00

What's in seasonWho's trading

26traders, all producers
Sat only07:00 to 13:00, every week
0resellers, and we check
Fruit on a trader's table early on Saturday morning

Good this Saturday, in this month

Worked out from what our traders are actually picking

    The season

    The whole year, crop by crop

    Every crop our traders grow against the twelve months. This month is boxed; a blank cell means nobody here has it, which is why you will not find it on a table.

    What's in season, month by month

    CropJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    Callaloo$150 a bundle
    Ackee$700 a dozen, picked
    Mango, Julie$120 each
    Mango, East Indian$100 each
    Otaheite apple$400 a dozen
    Pumpkin$250 a pound
    Sweet potato$220 a pound
    Yam, yellow$300 a pound
    Tomato$280 a pound
    Sweet pepper$400 a pound
    Scotch bonnet$350 a pound
    Escallion and thyme$120 a bundle
    Lettuce and pak choi$250 a head
    Irish potato$200 a pound
    Carrot$240 a pound
    Banana and plantain$100 a pound
    Coconut$250 each, cut for you
    Honey$2,200 a bottle
    Fish, snapper and parrot$1,400 a pound
    Eggs$800 a dozen

    At its bestIn seasonBlank means nobody here is growing it that month, so nobody here will sell it to you.

    Open the season page

    The traders

    Twenty-six people

    All of them, and what they bring

    Stall 1

    Dacres Farm

    Saint Andrew, Stony Hill

    Otaheite apple, mango, ackee, coconut

     Stall 4

    Mavis Bank Greens

    Saint Andrew, Mavis Bank

    Lettuce, pak choi, callaloo, herbs

     Stall 6

    Christiana Hill Farm

    Manchester, Christiana

    Irish potato, carrot, sweet pepper, tomato

     Stall 9

    Bull Bay Fish

    Saint Andrew, Bull Bay

    Snapper, parrot fish, sprat

     Stall 11

    Watson Yams

    Trelawny, Albert Town

    Yellow yam, sweet potato, dasheen

     Stall 14

    The Hive, Saint Thomas

    Saint Thomas, Yallahs

    Honey, beeswax wraps, propolis
    Callaloo and greens tied in bundles Carrots with the soil still on them Bread from the baker at stall 14 A vegetable stall at eight in the morning A trader weighing out for a customer

    The rules

    Three of them, and we enforce them

    A producer-only market is only worth anything if somebody checks. We visit every farm before a trader joins, and again when we hear something.

    You produced it

    Grown, raised, caught, baked, cooked or made by you. Not bought at Coronation Market on Friday night.

    It's in season

    If the season chart on this site says nobody has it, nobody will be selling it. Imported produce is not permitted at any price.

    You stand the stall

    You or someone who works on your farm. Customers ask how it was grown, and they should be asking the person who grew it.

    Apply to tradeComing on Saturday

    Shoppers

    What they say

    All reviews

    The season chart is the most useful thing on any Jamaican website. If it says no tomatoes, I do not waste the trip.
    Nicola, every Saturday since 2019
    I asked the man at stall 6 how he grew the peppers and got a ten minute answer. You cannot do that in a supermarket.
    Owen, Barbican
    Fish at seven, bread at eight, out by half past. Nothing on those tables came from a wholesaler.
    Camille, cooks for a living