June - Food, Glorious Food!
For more than 60 years, WI Markets – now known as Country
Markets – have been supplying a range of good food to communities in and around
Dorset.
They were originally set up to help members sell-off surplus flowers and
vegetables; now Country Markets have extended their range to include items such
as breads, chutneys, cheeses and even crafts.
Jo Osment is a member of the busy Sherborne Country Market, which celebrates its
fortieth anniversary this year.
For most of its history Jo has spent every week helping her husband, Gerald,
bring in a weekly harvest of fresh vegetables and flowers from their hugely
productive garden, while also preparing a mouth-watering selection of goodies…