Jono Walker Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
Towards the end of the week organic vege growers, artisan butchers, bread and cheese makers get busy preparing for farmers' markets around the country.
There are 30 or so farmers' markets in New Zealand and 24 of them belong to the Farmers' Markets Association which has a new chairperson.
Sally Round went to meet Jono Walker at Soggy Bottom Farm, where he was packing up his own trailer full of cured meats and traditional pies
