Fruits, vegetables, wine, cheeses, olives, pan de sal marina wood & spices, at the agricultural products market 'biosphere' fuerteventura

Cooperatives and producers all over the island participate in the third meeting which was held on 5 December in the commercial plant Insular Bus Station

The third meeting of the Agricultural Market Fuerteventura 'The Biosphere', organized by the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries Council of Fuerteventura, this morning brought a number of dealers come from all over the Island, always with the requirement to offer products majorero field or produced from them, and directly from producer to seller.

The Market is held the first Saturday of each month in the commercial plant insular Bus Station in Puerto del Rosario, established as an initiative to help optimize the performance of the production of small and medium farmers and ranchers of Fuerteventura to offer the opportunity to market their products directly to the consumer, without intermediaries. The Cabildo of Fuerteventura assumes the costs of installing the posts, equipping them (exhibitors and maintainers refrigerators), promotional bags, weight transfer, etc.. From this edition as well as partner joins the Caja Rural de Canarias.

The offer to which today have access Fuerteventura neighbors who have come to the Farmers Market 'The Biosphere' is marketed eggs from the farm 'Adisfuer' until Tefía wines, La Ampuyenta and Casillas, olives virtually the entire island, condiments, spices and salt in Fuerteventura, aloe vera and natural or prepared in various products, cheeses of the island, traditional pastries and bakery products, organic farming, various fruit and vegetables, flowers, etc.. Are currently being finalized in facilities to be marketed next editions also fish and meat.

The price of products sold is being cleared by farmers, establishing a maximum and minimum limits, depending on the categories and products. Producers participating in the market either individually or through various cooperatives and associations. In this event the participants were: Sociedad Cooperativa de Villaverde Guriamen Cheese, Cheese The Adeje, SCP Rodriobrig Cheese, My Sweet Home, John Maximino Betancuria Robaina, SCP Agriselva Villaverde Fragiel Butcher and Cheeses, Wines Alcogida, Finca Rosa de los James, SAT Farmers Fuerteventura, Antonio Rodríguez de Vera, Bakery Mazacote, Aloe Savimax Valles de Ortega, Bruno Gil de Corralejo, Sociedad Cooperativa de La Calabaza, Tefía Panarte of Angela Reyes Montelongo of La Oliva, The John Gambuesa Gopar, Absolut Aloe Vera of El Cardon, Biological Agricultural Cooperative, Farm Ataman, Victor and Manolo, spices and condiments, Crop Farming Don Julian, Mark Sanchez, Julian Sarabia, Melquiades Killian, Mark Sanchez and Adisfuer poultry farm.

The Farmers Market is developed throughout the morning, between 9 and 14 pm in the premises of the commercial plant Insular Bus Station, chosen as the site to assess the ease of access and parking, as well as proximity to the main consumption center of the island today's program included musical performances complement of folk groups and activities for little ones

Puerto del Rosario, on 5 December 2009

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