Slow Food Market: organic, fresh food for your table

Slow Food, the Earth Market, is an organic-food market at the Plaza del Cine Colón.

You’ve surely heard of the Slow Food Market… With more than a decade behind it, Slow Food, also known as the Earth Market, is the best place to find organic food in the neighbourhoods of Mérida. Every Saturday, dozens of local producers gather to offer products of the highest quality and freshness.

Looking for healthy, fresh food? Slow Food is the most famous organic-food market near you. If you want to know where to eat healthily, Slow Food is on the street by the Colón shopping centre on Saturdays.

Healthy food is becoming more necessary and popular every day, and the organic market Slow Food is an example — it’s part of a movement that has spread to 132 countries.

This organic-food market is a Saturday-weekend classic. That’s why many people have chosen to start their Saturday with a healthy breakfast together as a family.

The original idea was born in Italy and is now replicated in several European and American cities. The aim is to preserve the region’s culinary traditions, encourage the consumption of organic products and promote healthy eating.

In Mexico, three cities take part in this initiative. Besides Mérida, you can also find this kind of market in Mexico City and Guadalajara.

A healthy, natural lifestyle

Life increasingly pushes us to seek a balance between nature and quality. A wide variety of these products can be found at the Slow Food Earth Market. Just head to Plaza Colón on a Saturday morning to fill your senses with the freshness of a great variety of cheeses, jams, fruit and vegetables.

Slow Food’s first step was to publish a directory of food producers and organic food. It was then set up as a weekly market to visit with friends or family.

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More than 50 organic-food producers for your table

Today, the Slow Food market is the only organic-food market in Yucatán. It’s made up of more than 50 Mexican and foreign producers who have chosen to settle here and start a self-sustainable food business in the region.

At the Earth Market you’ll find healthy food and a great variety of products. Traditional local dishes are also on sale, as well as Korean, German, Italian and Arab specialities prepared by members of immigrant communities.

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Thanks to the wealth of organic food it offers, the Slow Food market always draws chefs and lovers of all things natural. For visitors, traders and producers, the Slow Food market runs a series of tasting workshops on topics such as raw-milk cheese production, sourdough bread making, the principles of organic farming and other subjects related to organic food and its consumption.

8 reasons to eat organic food from the Slow Food market

1. They are chemical-free products. Eating organically grown food is the only way to avoid the chemical poisons present in food produced for large-scale trade.

2. It reduces pollution, since it protects water and soil from aggressive agents and waste.

3. They have more nutrients. Organically grown foods have more nutrients (vitamins, minerals, enzymes and micronutrients) than commercially grown foods because the soil is managed and nourished with sustainable practices to responsible standards.

4. They taste better. Organic foods generally taste better because they grow in nourished, well-balanced soil.

5. They contain no hormones, antibiotics or drugs in animal products. Conventional meat and dairy are the foods at greatest risk of contamination by harmful substances. Organic foods are free of hormones, drugs and antibiotics.

6. Ecosystems are preserved. Organic farming supports ecological livelihoods, or farming in harmony with nature, so local ecosystems are preserved. Have you ever wondered whether a 100% organic world could produce the global demand of the population?

7. Agricultural diversity is preserved. It’s estimated that 75% of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost over the past century. Eating organic food encourages diversity.

8. It directly supports local farming.

Now you know: the Slow Food market is the only and best option if you’re looking for where to eat healthily near you.