I, for one, do enjoy a proprietorial stroll through this occasional market whenever possible. It…read moreruns on a couple of Saturdays each month. My behaviour is 1) Eat as many free cheese samples as I can get away with & then buy the smallest bit they're selling. 2) Get a pound glass of fresh apple juice. 3) Get annoyed by local council officials wandering round 'supervising' us. 4) Try and find the stall that used to sell the stuffed pasta. 5) Wander off..........

Arguably one of the best farmers markets around it has a good variety of products and is always…read morewell attended both by stall holders and the public. Love the cheeses & smoked fish. Diet starts Monday... every Monday!! It is held outside the Town Hall/ Library on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from 9am-2pm Nearest parking is probably Crescent Road along the other side of the town hall, passed the theatre & police station. Some limited parking up some of the side roads.

Middle Farm is a really lovely farm in Firle, near Lewes, and not far from Brighton. I've often…read morevisited purely for their amazing farm shop, which is packed with tasty locally-produced goodies. However, Middle Farm is also a working farm, making it a great place to take children. There is an outdoor playground and a nature trail and of course all sorts of exciting farm animals for the kids to learn about, including cows, chickens, pigs and donkeys. You can even watch the beautiful Jersey cows being milked! Adults, be sure to check out the cider shop, home to a large collection of draught ciders and parries, from all over the country. . Magners drinkers beware- these are real ciders, meaning they can often taste quite farmy- personally I think most of them are delicious, but they can take a bit of getting used to! Apples are pressed on site to make delicious Sussex apple juice- there are often demonstrations going on outside in fine weather. There's also a café serving cream teas and other cakes and treats as well as an outdoor picnic area. Middle Farm can serve as a great pit stop either before or after a walk, as there is beautiful countryside surrounding the site.

I like to eat a variety of animals and dairy products. Which is not to say I find quite a lot of…read morethem pretty damn cute, just that they have the misfortune to taste great with gravy. Middle Farm is a brilliant showcase of animal husbandry with the townie family in mind (wellies are not essential, but certainly useful). It is a working/show farm combination, and if you so desire, you can buy some of the local produce at the nearby farm shop - albeit at some pretty racy prices. So what have they got? Enough to give Noahs ark a run for his money I would say: Piggies, Llaamas, Goats, Cows, Wabbits, Peacocks, Ferrets and some (seriously) funky chickens to name a few. Quite a few of the chicken and bantam breeds have free roam during the day which really adds to the all-under-one barn roof kind of feel to the place. There's also play areas a restaurant and, as mentioned earlier a really fantastic farm shop. Your children/inner child will not be bored.

We've used Jason and Hannah's shop for many years. Excellent eggs and brilliant bacon. Cornish…read moreCheddar the best we've had. Also look out for the greeting cards designed by their daughter Holly. They're very good, indeed. Shop local at its best. Always with a smile

Anyone fancy a bacon and egg sarnie for breakfast? If so,…read moreyou want to swing by Jasons and pick up your ingredients. A tiny stall in Brighton Open Market, Jasons specialises in local bacon, eggs, milk and cheese sold at cheap as chips prices. You can't get duck, quail or extra large, grass-fed, free range eggs like in Waitrose or Sainsburys but if you're after half a dozen or a whole tray of medium or large free range eggs - this is the place. I got six for a £1 a few days ago and they were great scrambled. I also picked up some divine goats cheese and smoked cheddar - imaginatively titled Bonfire cheese - for about £3 altogether.

Quality fruits is a great greengrocer in Haywards heath…read more i regularly pop in on my way to work to buy a bottle of orange juice that they squeeze to order. I was chatting to the owner and they make a trip up to London daily to get their stock and everything is always very fresh. The prices are comparable with the supermarket, but you may end up paying a little more if you use the greengrocer. Still, there is always a better quality of product here and you know it hasn't been sitting around in a supermarktet cold room for a couple of weeks before going onto the shop floor. They also sell a number of natural drinks like ginger beer and dandelion and burdock (one of my faves). I imagine that a number of the local restaurants would be using this place for their fruit and veg and this really can't be a bad thing. Rather than stop off at a newsagent for a chocolate bar, you wouldn't go wrong to pick up something from here instead.

Quality Fruits is a great shop, with an excellent variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. There is…read morealso an interesting range of grocery items that are not commonly available. Quality Fruits also supports the local community - for example they provided bananas, grapes, blueberries and greengages for a Zumbathon - this was a fun event organised by Esther Featherstone of Zumba Lindfield http://www.facebook.com/lindfield.zumba the aim being to break the world record for the longest aerobic session - Esther did 36.5 hours and it will be shortly confirmed by the Guinness World record team. So the fruit provided was really appreciated!!

Muesli Mountain is great- if you haven't yet stumbled across it, I suggest you check it out pronto!…read moreHidden away in a yard behind Queen's Park Rd, it is essentially a mini open market, with stalls selling all sorts of yummy food and interesting arts and crafts produced locally. The ethos is basically local local local! It's a really lovely alternative place to pick up freshly made bread (from the Lighthouse bakery) and organic fruit and veg. At the moment there is a stall selling and renting (!) live Xmas trees in pots and there is also a great selection of Christmassy gift ideas. You can even pick up sustainably sourced logs and kindling for lovely winter open fires. The market is open every day except Sunday and if you live in the Hanover area it's a really great resource. Even if you live further afield, Muesli Mountain is worth a trek. It is an inspired project with a lovely atmosphere- one of those little gems that makes you so grateful you live in Brighton.

Think Local, Buy Local, BE Local…read more As straplines go, Museli Mountain Market's is short, sweet and spot on. Run by a team of Hanover residents, it's an open market that aims to provide other locals with a space to meet, chat and learn how to be more sustainable. There's fresh organic fruit, salad and vegetables from local farms and allotments, gorgeous bread from Lighthouse Bakery and store cupboard essentials like pasta, rice, flour and cereals. They also sell local seeds and plants, cleaning products and Ecover refills. As a girl with a sweet-tooth, my only grumble is the lack of fresh and tasty, locally baked cakes!

Fabulous little greengrocers/delicatessen in Rottingdean. I stumbled on it by accident the other…read moreday and couldn't resist stocking up on lots of the beautiful fruit and veg that was piled up outside. Inside, there were a great selection of quality products such as cheese, biscuits, jams, chutneys...many of which were locally produced. They also stock the infamous "Ladies" tea - this will save Josephine B having to ship a container-load down to Brighton for me! Definitely a place to visit whenever I'm passing through Rottingdean.

This is such a great shop - a really important part of Rottingdean village - with fantastic fruit…read moreand veg, Infinity foods and wonderful Montzemu chocolate. Run by a lovely couple who work so hard and are looking after so many local people during the coronavirus lockdown. Amanda, Rottingdean

This place has everything you want from a grocers, essentially fruit, vegetables and cheap eggs…read more Unlike with a number of similar shops, the produce seems fresh and ripe, which is always a bonus. It also happens to be quite cheap; I bought a couple of oranges, bananas, apples and leeks for less than £2. The addition of eggs is also welcome, I bought 6 free range eggs for 95p. If you are in the area and need anything fresh, definitely come here.

Dean and Perry Jenkins has a real farmer's market feel to it, as opposed to a regular corner shop -…read morepossibly because much of the fruits and vegetables are set up outside the shop, and everything looks nice and fresh. There are actually signs by each item saying whether they have been imported from other parts of England or other countries. Inside, there's some basic groceries: eggs, dairy and snacks; along with a table of freshly-made cookies, brownies and bread. Mmm. The cookies yesterday were little, iced gingerbread men. Another highlight: one shelf displays jars of honey that have been made here in Sussex. Although the shop is small, it seems to be quite popular. It was the busiest on George Street, and took some good manoeuvring to make it all the way through. If you're in the area, it's a good place for fruits and veg. And fresh bread.

Outside of Harrods Food Hall, the Weald Smokery has got to be THE finest deli/smokery I have ever…read morehad the pleasure to waddle in to. Click on the website to get an idea of the foodie porn that is their stock-in-trade - this is a fine, fine place indeed. There are a run of farm shops on the A21 north of Hastings (Ringden Farm Apple Juice IS sunshine in a glass) but this is the destination of choice. Smoked fish & meats, more cheese than Eurovision & tons of sauces and tasty nibbles. Their smoked trout pate is made by a local lady & makes Hugh Fearnley-Thingy look like total fraud! This is Borough Markets daddy & Waitroses nemesis. You MUST visit or at least mail order. Five stars!!!!! For what it's worth, despite my frequent visits I remain as svelte as ever, Qype ladies!

Absolutely dreadful experience here. The purchased food from the shop was absolutely fine but the…read moreservice and attitude was terrible. They offer a service where you buy the food in the shop and they then serve it on platters with bread and pickles at table for an extra charge. We did this buying a range of cheese, cold meats, 2 sandwiches and some drinks to be served picnic style outside. As we were a party of 8 adults we paid in couples. This was chaos. The young girls did not know how to work a debit card machine and could not receipt us although the transactions went through. Service was incredibly slow, food came out with great pauses between items and one hot sandwich never came at all. We were there for ages. The waitress had only started that day and we put it down to that. Finally we gave up on the hot sandwich when the older woman who worked in the kitchen revealed she'd never received the order. We asked for a refund and this was given although not in good spirit. She wanted us to wait while she made us the sandwich but frankly we'd already been there ages and we wanted to get on with our day. We could hear her shouting at the staff. We paid up for everything and walked to the cars. My daughter took a piece of uneaten cheese and the jar of pate she'd bought in the shop. It wasn't pate that was being served café style, it was a jar of pate she'd bought in the shop just like if she'd bought it in tescos. The young waitress then appeared with our sandwich which she said was FOC to make up for the trouble. We got into the car. The older lady then appeared at the car and said we had missed paying for a piece of cheese. We pointed out that we had paid everything on the bill and she shrugged, still moody. We paid her the £3.50 without quibble and drove off. As far as we were concerned we had not enjoyed the experience but put it down to the inexperienced and untrained staff. Imagine our surprise a month later when both car drivers received a letter from the Sussex police saying that the Smokery had alleged that we had left without paying for food and that our daughter had stolen a kilner jar from the table.They had supplied the police with cctv showing my daughter entering the car with her jar of shop bought, half eaten pate!!!! What food we had "stolen" was unspecified. Luckily we could provide bank account prints showing money going to the Smokery and the police accepted our explanations and declined to pursue the matter. It was a totally awful experience based on groundless and baseless charges with no evidence other than we happened to be there. We are furious that having - we presume - found some sort of till discrepancy they involved the police and made baseless allegations rather than conduct a thorough review of their own systems and staff practices. And why us or did they report everyone who'd been in the car park that day??? We have never received an apology or an explanation. If you are going to go here or do business with the Weald Smokery make absolutely certain that you have rocksolid paperwork and receipts or you could be in for a nasty shock. Not nice people. Not any sort of customer service ethic that I recognise. Avoid.