Farmers’ Market opens for first time tomorrow

The Farmer’s Market will open for the first time tomorrow, selling fresh local agricultural produce directly to consumers.

The market will allow farmers to familiarise themselves with consumer choices and consumers will benefit from more competitive prices, the Rural Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

The new market is designed to bypass the Pitkali market, with its system of middlemen, which has long been blamed for inflating the prices of fruit and vegetables artificially.

It will be open at Ta’ Qali on Saturdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Tuesdays between 4 and 7 p.m.