THE WELLNESS TRAIL : WWW.CAPEMARKETS.CO.ZA & EARTH FAIR MARKET - Cape Town, Western Cape (ORGANIC FOODIE MARKETS)

Thursday, 16 April 2015

WWW.CAPEMARKETS.CO.ZA & EARTH FAIR MARKET - Cape Town, Western Cape (ORGANIC FOODIE MARKETS)

Ooooh, we found a real goodie, and surprise surprise, its all happening in the fairest Western Cape, SO UNFAIR, they really do have everything that's uber cool there, AND AGAIN, making a decision was seriously difficult as there really is a phenomenal selection. But still, we're happy, cause we can visit, repeatedly and do them all.

This month we are focusing on ORGANIC FOOD MARKETS in South Africa, as part of our MEDIA & GASTRONOMY section, and we are also making fabulous mention of the Foodie/ Market Sites that we found them on.

So excited, meet both...

www.capemarkets.co.za is the creation of Pia Taylor, creator and editor or Mother City Living, a popular blog dedicated to green-living in Cape Town. You'll see her, every weekend, basket in hand, foraging happily at fresh produce and craft markets, festivals and fairs.

And thank goodness for that, she obviously is really scoping out the talent and bringing it to us in a fabulous blog/ website format that allows us the inside scope of whats awesome in the world of market-ing, and where to find the organic/ fresh produce markets. So often this is the best, or only, way to shop for your weekly stock up, cause you can see the freshness. and you can tell that these farmers products are good to go chemical free produce.

Wow, has she found a stack of awesome places to go to, and has made it so easy to find what you want, as there is a CALENDAR OF EVENTS & MARKET BUZZ, but more importantly, there are the MARKETS & PRODUCERS search engines, and there you will find Market Days, Market Types, Market Locations and Annual Markets.

She also provides a Featured Markets section and gives us an Editors Pick selection. and in the PRODUCERS section its further separated to Food & Drink, Crafts & Goods, as well as Body & Mind. And she gives you the inside scoop on many of the Producers and the products. LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!

So we choose one of our favourite markets, and this is it... EARTH MARKET FAIR!!!

This fabulous market isn't just a one-spotter market, as there are two actually, one is found in the Main Rd Tokai, on a Wednesday & Saturday, and the other is found in the beautiful tree lined Upper St Georges Mall, but only on a Thursday.

Each market has its own identity, the Saturday Tokai Market is all about the weekly shopping, and Wednesday is a buzzing hub of top up shopping, delicious dinner and drinks stuff, which is super clever, we like. As for the Thursday St Georges St Market, that's a vibey outdoor market in the heart of the City, and the best option we might have for a European street market, in the Cape. Both markets giving you the best of the Cape.

Earth Fair has the best selection of fresh produce shopping traders in the Cape. The Saturday Market has 5 free-range meat traders, 2 vegetable traders, 1 being organic, and there are cheese, breads, speciality breads, fish, farm dairy, patisserie, pet foods and pretty much everything you would need for your weekly shop.

There are even Craft Beers and Little Peoples Corners, so awesome, its a total family affair.

We think you should visit capemarkets.co.za for more market options, and definitely go see whats happening at www.earthfairmarket.co.za, click on their links for info.