Local atLearmont's

Inside a 1927 Art Deco building, once J.J. Learmont's draper and mercer shop, a producers' cooperative gathers the Snowy Valleys' growers and makers under one roof. Owned and run by the producers themselves, it sells whatever the season offers: raspberries, new-season gala apples, freshly picked corn, local flowers, free-range pork, bacon and ham, lamb, plus jams and honey from nearby kitchens. The co-op model means money flows back to the people who grow and make the goods, and the shelves shift week to week rather than holding a fixed range. Craft and art from the district round things out. Open Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, it reads like a barometer of what's ripe across the valley, a providore with a genuine sense of place.