It begins this month of May 2019 and returns with him to the Madrid community the seventh edition a traveling market that runs through a score of towns. Always with the aim of presenting and selling to the public the best regional products, with also an important presence of the ecological. So it starts The Pantry of Madrid until next October. Every weekend, from 10:30 a.m. to 15:00 p.m., you will be able to know the best of the agri-food gastronomy.
Variety and local foods in La Despensa de Madrid
This initiative launched by the Region of Madrid has the main objective of promoting the enormous variety of Madrid products. Those who have been grown or processed on land that are distributed throughout the region from the center Spain. In the same way, the authorities want to incentivize and encourage consumers to buy local food. In this way they help to energize the local economies, as well as to give more value and visibility to those rural areas where they are made. Contribution to rural development and sustainable employment go hand in hand in this regard.
Therefore, The Pantry of Madrid offers visitors to pass through the specific town where it is located those two days, all kinds of regional products. Meats, vegetables, vegetables, dairy, sweets, breads, oils, beer and wines are the most prominent, among others. In addition, taking into account the increasing boom that the ecological productionThese foods are also exposed. For example, in cheeses or eggs.
In total, more than 70 producers participate in The Pantry of Madrid carrying its main preparations. Navacerrada, Alcobendas, Sevilla la Nueva, Villanueva de la Cañada or Aldea del Fresno are some of those 20 municipalities where it will pass. Entry is totally free and free, connecting the farmer directly with the consumer.
M Product Certificate
To promote even more and better the quality of these autochthonous foods, the Region of Madrid created in 2014 a guarantee mark (M Product Certificate). Currently, they are 493 companies attached with their 4.150 products distinguished with the seal. This is, without a doubt, another example of the government's involvement in making Madrid's agri-food gastronomy known. The Pantry of Madrid it allows it.
