Farmers Zante Market

One of its most interesting culinary presentations Zakynthos – if not the most interesting one – is the People's Market of Zakynthos, or better known by its international name and brand name: Farmers Zante Market.

Here, as in all local street markets, the products come fresh, local, unique and in addition the producers-sellers can themselves describe the value of their products and recommend local recipes that are definitely worth it.

The People's Market of Zakynthos has a history of more than half a century. At the beginning it was housed opposite the Theatre, in a passage along the beach, opposite the boats that sold their fish on the waterfront. In the current location, at the entrance of the port, behind the port authority, the People's Market was installed in 2004, at the expense of the thirty members, who have a regular license to practice their profession and are all small farmers. Until 2014, the People's Market was addressed only to the Zakynthos public, who wanted to consume the freshest things the island had to offer.

In 2014, the head of the group of members of the People's Market, Vassilis Flambouras, decided to address the foreign market as well, to introduce the thousands of visitors to the island to the goodies of the land of Zakynthos - let's not forget that Zakynthos is one of the five most important island tourist destinations of the country. Create it brand name "Farmers Zante Market", with a website, with an international logo and with the multiple events it organizes (culinary festivals, celebrations of local agricultural products) made the People's Market one of the top visited destinations on the island.

Visitors to the city from now on will know its fruits, foods and plants very well Flower of Levante.

Among the thirty kiosks of the small farmers of the island is one kiosk, the Agora bakery, where appetizers are prepared and offered to the public free of charge with tastes of the products sold there. And so, the People's Market of Zakynthos promoted the slogan from field to shelf one step further, offering the experience from the field to the stomach.

In the People's Market of Zakynthos you will find delicacies such as afrala (sea salt from rocks), oregano, caper and kritamo pickle, hot or sweet pickled peppers, local tomato paste, sun-dried tomatoes, table olives of all kinds, aromatic plants and mountain teas.

Here, apart from the vegetables you find all over Greece, you will also get to know typical Zakynthian vegetables.

The Zakynthos or Belousia spring onions they are large dry onions, white in color measuring up to 20 points in diameter, and weighing from 300 grams up to a kilo, with a sweet taste and a crunchy texture and they do not burn unlike other onions. Their cultivation begins in January and they are ready for picking in mid-June and they are cultivated in the village of Belousi, due to the abundant water and the suitable soil.

Η Zakynthian miniature strawberry it only comes out in Argassi as it is wild and similar in size to blueberries. The yellow green beans, which because of their color, are called canaries. The cantaloupe melons they are planted in June and are ready at the end of August, then they are hung under the arbors and last until Christmas. The Zakynthos broccoli it is different from the other types because when the lemon is added it changes its color to red. Tradition on the island is to eat it on Christmas Eve. Other products are black artichoke which comes out in May, the Zakynthian okra but also the ones grape beans and black Eyed Peas, The rock mushroom, The curcuminella and rains.

Some producers make local crafts from their products jams and spoon sweets, such as lemon, orange, tangerine and quince.

Η Farmers Zante Market or else the People's Market of Zakynthos, is the pride of Zakynthos and is one of the best examples in our country of successful cooperation.