Grey Lynn Sunday Organic Market

The Grey Lynn market is a 100% community owned and operated food market – a local alternative to grocery stores. Since it is only a 5 minute walk away, off we went and we were pleasantly surprised.

Besides fruits, vegetables, meats, milk, coffee, cheeses, honey and breads there is also a community trading table, where community gardens and backyard growers sell their garden surplus.

We spoke to several of the wonderful people who grow and make the nutritious and delicious foods that were being offered. We are surprised by the high prices of food and gas here. Kids played in the playground and local musicians played music in the shade.

We bought a box of a variety of local fruits and a baguette to take on our trip north. Limes are expensive here so we also bought a jar of fresh lime juice. We were told that it would last for a month.

What we have learned in the past 2 days is that NZ is noticeably committed to becoming zero-waste and this community market is working hard to follow suite to reduce people’s impact on the environment.

It is very common to see people carrying fabric bags and shop keepers have paper bags for packaging. Bottles and jars are reused. Reminds me of the 1950s. What goes around, comes around.Leggi altro