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Original farmers’ markets and artisan markets in the Tokaj Wine Region
Events, Experience, Incredible Edible, NewsI love markets - and broadly see a few types. The traditional farmers' markets where local people and farmers bring their surplus to share, to sell, seasonal produce from their gardens, plots and farms nearby. Fresh eggs and milk, yoghurts and cheeses, sausages and hams. Think of the typical lively village market scene, a bustling marché in France, a mercato in Italy, a mercado in Spain. Here in Hungary, the piac, and in the Tokaj Wine Region, we still have four thriving original markets (Abaújszűntó, Sárospatak, Sátoraljaújhely, Szerencs) plus a number of small town/village market days celebrated throughout the region.
And then we have the new farmers's markets, where modern farmers and artisans bring their wares direct to the customer. Direct contact. Communication. Often with higher levels of animal welfare, environmentally friendly philosophies, artisan closer to nature. Slower. Reinventions of the original markets. Let's discover them.