Drink this If Dr Michael Mosley's new book The Clever Guts Diet has persuaded you to address your gut health, the Good Seed Kefir's probiotic-rich sodas are an easy starting point. Choose from four flavours, including lemon and chrysanthemum, at Coburg market.
Top tip To enjoy pears at optimum sweetness, leave to ripen at room temperature, regularly checking they don't become too soft.
Kind milk Wunghnu's How Now Dairy, the new arm of Locheilan Cheese, prides itself on being an ethical dairy as it doesn't separate newborn calves from their mothers. Try the dairy's winter milk, which is particularly velvety, at Bendigo market.
Accredited farmers' markets Saturday, July 8: Bendigo, Coal Creek (Korumburra), Coburg, Collingwood, Elwood, Essendon, Kyneton, Old Cheese Factory (Berwick), Wangaratta. Sunday, July 9: Bonbeach, Clunes, Eltham, Flemington.
Sophie O'Neil vfma.org.au