Lombana By Nelson Silva
The first farmers' market held in the municipality of Icononzo (Tolima) on Saturday January 8, amid the revelry of traditional fairs and festivals. Although a small market was quite significant as might be related directly to the producer and the consumer, introducing a special phenomenon: the best price for both the consumer and the producer.
agricultural products in the region were shown very early in the main park, especially fruits, cassava, plantains, bananas, vegetables, processed products such as caramel "My home", jam, rice pudding, cream, jelly, crackers, muffins, products sold by Jenypher Parrado Martinez Susana Martinez and Beltran, among other vendors.
Susana is from the village of La Laja of this municipality and who is preparing these products, which are part of their daily livelihood, "With the jam and caramel is a tradition that long ago. What are cookies, muffins and bread, is a workshop I did in the Seine for a year and I'm working. I follow the guidance given to us to prepare these foods. That has helped me to study my children, what it takes at home. We are associated with Asomercados. The only difficulty is money to work in shape. In this business, 15 people live. "
Another vendor we found there was Joseph Nelson Jimenez, who also was part of the logistics and the sidewalk was Buenos Aires. How do you implement this initiative? Replied: "It was invented by Don Joaquin, a former mayor who said we could make the market so that people would notice as was the management in Bogotá and here. And here we present for the people to know how to sell, sold cheaper. It relates directly the producer and the consumer selling cheaper and more comfortable, both for one as for the other. Stores is more expensive, here you can give cheaper, also the quality of the product is organic and fresh, presented the best way. "
What is offered? "It has everything variadito: mandarin, orange, banana, bean, blackberry, value, Lulo, potato, onion, everything is lichigado, is being sold. Flowers, plants and everything. All are organic, that is, without any chemicals, which occur with organic fertilizers. "
Justinian also spoke with Hernández López, coordinator of the eastern part of Tolima, exactly Icononzo municipalities, Villarrica and Chaparral: "We are starting in Icononzo face the first farmers' market and local market. For the first time we will make this market in Icononzo with producers from different villages within the municipality. Are typical of the region.
The main objective is to make the small farmer approach to urban centers, especially in the market we do in the capital. For five consecutive years that we participate in person in the markets of Bogota, in the Plaza Simón Bolívar do twice a year, we have the February 17, precisely the first market in the Plaza de Bolívar. What we do is to present the small producer and encouraging the rural economy and food security which is what affects when the world economy. "
Through this exercise the farmer is waking up and understanding the need to be a protagonist, thinking subject must unite to defend their interests so severely affected by violent capitalist system. Little by little the farmer goes with vital issues such as food sovereignty, the need to reject the Free Trade Agreement and the priority of finding a political solution to the social and armed conflict for more than 50 years and that governments have the political will to eliminate the real causes of this harsh reality. Yes, farmers markets are in a scenario for analysis, criticism, self-criticism and unity.
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