As fresh vegetable shortages result in price hikes in supermarkets, shoppers are reminded that high quality seasonal veg is still available from local markets.

With bad weather in key European growing regions at the start of 2017 many shops have been hit by shortages, leading to empty shelves and in some cases rationing of certain items.

Courgettes, lettuce, spinach, broccoli and aubergines are amongst the items in short supply, but shoppers at Truro Farmers Market face no such shortage, as there is a wide range of locally grown vegetables on offer.

Local grower Meadowside Nursery, a family enterprise presided over by Anne, Brian and Ralph Pengelly, has an abundance of freshly-picked cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, swede, carrots, parsnips and broccoli for sale.

This quality produce is being quickly snapped up by queues of eager shoppers looking for their five-a-day.

Anne Pengelly said: "We have definitely noticed an increase in custom.

"It’s great to see new faces at market and we hope they will become regulars now that they have seen what we, and all the other fabulous producers here, have to offer.”

Meadowside Nursery can be found at market every Wednesday and Saturday, when the green and white stripped stalls of the market occupy Lemon Quay, in the heart of the city, 9am – 4pm.