Slow Food Earth Market Festival 10 - 12 July 2026

Slow Food Earth Market, celebrating food, music & culture. People working with nature for a wholesome life!

Slow Food & Earth Market Festival

10–12 July 2026 · Lopemede Farm, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire

Three days of remarkable food, craft, music and connection to the land.

Join us at Lopemede Farm for the inaugural Slow Food & Earth Market Festival, a celebration of producers who farm, bake, brew, make and create with integrity.

Come for the market. Leave with stories, flavours, and a deeper connection to where food comes from.

A word from the organiser - This is probably one of the most terrifying and exciting events that I have helped to put on.

My reasoning for helping to host a Slow Food & Earth Market is to showcase a bunch of brillant people that actually love what they do and genuinley care about the planets health.

For far to long humananity (especially in the western world) has had the wool pulled over its eyes. Now is the time to stand up and fight for food that is not highly processe and is grown locally with consideration for the land we take it from.

1 in 2 will suffer with cancer (I have been part of that equation) the highly processed foods that are sold relentlessly from the supermarkets are more often than not, packed with refined ingredients and additives rather than wholefoods.

So I warmly welcome you to come and support your farmers and producers. I know that you will be fully nourished with a new found connection with food and how it should be respected. Let us celebrate and enjoy a new kind of festival that truly celebrates community and connection through what we eat and where we live and of course there will be brilliant music, this will give Slow Food Earth Market Festival its vibrant heartbeat.

James Grant

Two Markets, One Shared Ethos

Earth Market

The most local expression of the festival. Food, drink and craft produced within 30 miles of Lopemede Farm.

Meet the people shaping this landscape and fill your basket with true provenance.

Slow Market

Exceptional producers from further afield, selected for sustainability, transparency, animal welfare and craftsmanship, the best of responsible production from across the UK and beyond.

What You’ll Experience

Talks, tastings and demonstrations, including cheesemaking, breadmaking, cooking demos, cheese tasting competitions, bread baking and lots more…

Learn directly from producers and artisans through the weekend.

Music and performance in nature

Including Theatre on the Farm, a stunning Mongolian yurt and open-air stage space with immersive theatrical and musical experiences inspired by the landscape.

Field-to-fork feasting available throughout the weekend

Enjoy exceptional food properly made with nature, health and flavour in mind. There will be exceptional food traders based throughout the festival. Additionally book our spectacular Field-to-Table Supper hosted by resident chefs Tom & Debbie of Fallow & Field. Tickets for this on sale soon - Friday 10th and Saturday 11th July from 7-9.30pm Ticket price TBC

Well being & creativity at Lopemede

Enjoy the farm’s wider community of businesses including Sonder Experience (saunas and cold plunge), plus pottery, yoga, raki and more - all available to book over the festival weekend.

A Festival With National Backing

This is a new festival with national support, hosting the first UK Earth Market presented under the Slow Food banner, with support from organisations including the Sustainable Food Trust and the Real Bread Campaign and The Real Cheese Project.

Who It’s For

Food lovers, land lovers, families, chefs, farmers, makers, and anyone who wants a brilliant day out with an opportunity to connect with exceptional producers.

It's for children who will be able to meet the farmers that produce great food. Your kids will be able to get inviolved on several levels and take part in foodie and craft workshops.

Ready to join us?

This community-led festival brings people together to explore the vital connections between soil, nature, food and human health. Supported by Slow Food UK, The Sustainable Food Trust and The Real Cheese Project, the festival champions regenerative farming, real food and thriving local communities.

Across the weekend you can enjoy:

• Inspiring talks from leading voices in biodiversity, soil health, plants and wellbeing
• Cheesemaking demos from Roger longman of Whitelake Cheese
• Floristery (bookable activity)
• Pottery workshops for all the family from Potrix Ceramix (bookable activity)
• Slow Food and artisan producer market lots of exceptional food, drink and craft traders - real food - drinks and craft
• Proper Breadmaking with Real Bread Campaign free to attend
• Locally and nationally produced ales, wines and soft drinks from our 2 festival bars
• Opportunities to connect with farmers, producers and nature - talk to the farmers hear about their work
• Wildlife and nature charities
• Farm tours - get a fabulous tractor ride (bookable activity)
• Wellness activities woven throughout the programme (bookable activity)
• Sauna & Cold plunge from Sonder Experience (bookable activity)
• Traditional Folk Music
• Theatre on The Farm operates from a Mongolian yurt and an Open-Air Stage space, where each day a theatrical and musical experience will be created and inspired by nature. You and your children will be able to book a place at the theatre school on thew day and perform later in the afternoon as the day draws to as close. (bookable Activity)

Fallow & Fields Earth Market Supper - (ticket only)

Book a seat for what is easily going to be one of the most memorable meals you will ever have. Food and drink grown and produced within 30 miles of where you are sat. Inspirational talks from some of the U.K.s most inspirational champions of sustainable and ethical produce. (tickets available soon)

This is a festival for anyone who cares about good food, the natural world and a more sustainable future. Whether you’re deeply passionate about food, curious about how our food system works, or simply looking for a joyful day out in the countryside, we’d love to welcome you. There will be an amazing opportunity to take part in a special show to be perfomed at the end of the day.