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FEATURE • MALTON
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Ben Holland is pictured on his stall selling Bee Natural Wraps, the eco-friendly alternative to cling film
Hovingham and we agreed to give it a go,” she added.
Donna Wright was also approached by Mark at a seafood event in Bridlington where Arnold Fisheries is based. “My husband is the third generation to run the business,” Donna said. “Mark asked if we would consider travelling to Malton for this market and we have been trading here ever since,” she added.
Jamie Harnett also travels from the coast to sell Seagrown products made from seaweed grown on a seaweed farm off the Yorkshire coast.
Like many of the artisan traders, he has done well at Malton’s two-day festivals and the two-day Christmas market which attract tens of thousands of people.
“This is our first time on the market, but I thought it was worth giving it a try,” he said.
Ben Holland finds the market a good outlet for Bee Natural Wraps which are an eco-friendly alternative to cling film made from bees wax.
“I wanted to become more environmen- tally friendly and my partner and I saw these in Australia and decided to make them here,” he said.
The business has taken off and the couple now work for themselves full-time selling at markets and online.
Mark said the monthly market and the food festivals were doing well for the estate, the town and the traders. He would like to see the weekly market grow too but there is no obvious magic wand to revitalise it.
Elissa Bennett and her husband, Martin, are pictured on the stall where they sell Reet Good Food
Jamie Harnett of Seagrown sells seaweed products made from seaweed farmed off the Yorkshire coast
FACTS & FIGURES
l Market days: The popular food market takes place on the second Saturday of the month. The general market is held every Saturday
l Market rent: £50 a day plus VAT. Gazebos and tables are provided
l Malton’s claim to fame: historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, Malton is the commercial and retail centre of the Ryedale area. It began marketing itself as “the food capital of Yorkshire” after Italian restaurateur Antonio Carluccio gave it that sobriquet. It has been voted the best place to live in Britain by The Sunday Times twice in recent years.
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