A farmers market is a culinary institution we find in any major city in the world, which brings a local, fresh and high quality produce from the countryside to the city center.
Tel Aviv Farmers Market was the first Farmers Market in Israel and has been working successfully since June 2008. Ra’anana Farmers Market joined the Israeli network of Farmers Market on March 2009 and Hertzeliya Farmers Marker started its activity on October 2009.
The Farmers Markets in Israel present approximately 50 producers from all over Israel, who are selling their local, fresh, small scale and quality produce. These producers sell fruits, vegetables, herbs, cheese, bread and cakes, honey, olives and olive oil, halva and tehina, wine, beer and flowers themselves, without any middle man. The Farmers Markets are making accessible not only fresh and quality produce but a biodiversity of fruits and vegetables as well, that are grown in Israel but usually go straight to export or to top quality restaurants, thus attracting thousands of buyers.
We would like to offer a completely deferent consumption experience, unlike the cold isolated Supermarket shopping experience that is so common in Israel. At the Farmers Market one is shopping in the open air, buying directly from the people who grew or made their products themselves, with no middleman or price gaps!
Farmers Markets in Israel are ecological - we believe in protecting the environment, therefore no plastic bags are allowed at the market and the use of fabric bags is highly promoted.

Slow Food Organization and Farmers Market in Israel

Slow Food organization believe that everyone has a fundamental right to pleasure and consequently the responsibility to protect the heritage of food, tradition and culture that make this pleasure possible. This movement is founded upon this concept of eco-gastronomy - a recognition of the strong connections between plate and planet.

Slow Food is good, clean and fair food. We believe that the food we eat should taste good; that it should be produced in a clean way that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health; and that food producers should receive fair compensation for their work.
Slow Food consider themselves co-producers, not consumers, because by being informed about how our food is produced and actively supporting those who produce it, we become a part of and a partner in the production process.

Slow Food works to defend biodiversity in our food supply, spread taste education and connect producers of excellent foods with co-producers through events and initiatives.
Farmers Markets in Israel aspire to make it indeed a weekly cultural event, a real feast, which asks to become a stable institute who promotes all these ideas we believe and the Slow Food organization represents.
We are proud of the strong relations between Slow Food and the Farmers Markets in Israel. In fact, Tel Aviv Farmers Market was recognized as one of Slow Food Earth Market network and represented Israel in one of the largest food exhibition in the world, Salone Del Gusto, on October 2008, in Turin, Italy.

The entrepreneurs

Michal Ansky A food journalist and a television presenter. Worked as a writer in Ma’ariv newspaper and Derech Haochel magazine. Holds a Tel Aviv University Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature and a Master in Gastronomic Sciences by the Slow Food University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy, specializing in food products quality.

Shir Halpern Chef and food journalist. Graduate of the Cordon Blue in Paris, worked in Israel with chefs Erez Komorovsky and Eran Shtruiman and apprenticed both in France and the United States (under Chef Gerard Pangaud). A writer for “Al Hashulchan” magazine, cookbook editor and translator.  A demonstrator at cooking workshops and menu designer for several restaurants. Holds a Tel Aviv University Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy and is now finishing a Master in History in the same institute, specializing in Food History.

From the Press:

“First the tempting smells assail your nose: The salty scent of the sea mingles with the fragrance of fresh loaves of bread, the green smell of bunches of herbs and the rich aroma of chunks of cheese.” (Ha’aretz, June 5, 2008)

“I have gotten giddy over gelato, emotional over Emmental, and even, on occasion, sung the praises of a pot roast, but never have I cried over a carrot.” (Jerusalem Post, January 8, 2009).

Tel Aviv Farmers Market, every Friday 8:00 - 15:00, Tel Aviv Port
Ra’anana Farmers Market, every Friday 8:00 - 15:00, Ra’anana Park
Herzeliya Farmers Market, every Thursday 15:00 - 20:00, Herzeliya Industrial Zone
Caesarea Farmers Market, every Friday 8:00-15:00, Caesarea Harbour