This week on Food For Thought I talk about the public market system in Barcelona, Spain. At right is a photo of La Boqueria market, one of the most diverse and vibrant markets I have ever visited. The City of Barcelona runs 46 public markets in the city, 40 of them sell food products. The City believes having a good public market system will lead to happier, healthier communities. You can hear all about it by listening to the mp3 of the 5 minute documentary here . If you have any grasp of Spanish you can visit the markets website here. You can see a photo album of the market here.
Thanks for this write-up and show.
As you know I am a market babe..and just visited the Santa Barbara street market here in the states.
I am glad to see this revival as I also believe it feeds your soul!
farmers markets should be one way to get that local aspect of food consumption into everyone’s diet