After a great start, the Mercado de la Cosecha starts its second week of activity in Vigo, reorganising the look, contents and activities. From Monday 25 to Saturday 30 May, two new exemplary initiatives from the countryside will be the protagonists who will share their story and products. On this occasion, it will be the turn of two very innovative firms, with very different and special products; Ecocelta that will bring its earthworm and ecological composts and will show visitors, every day, how to make earthworm compost at home, and Ibérica de Esponjas that will present its plant sponges such as Luffa Cylindrica.
Opening times are Monday to Saturday, 11am-3pm, and 5-9pm. In addition to the central initiatives, this month all visitors to the pop-up store can find Pazo de Vilane’s eggs and marmalades, organic yoghurts and cheeses from Casa Grande de Xanceda, Maeloc ciders, mariñeiras biscuits by Daveiga, clogs by Elena Ferro, bags by Idoia Cuesta, and Cortes de Muar cheeses.
During the six days that Ibérica de Esponjas and Ecocelta are the protagonists at the Mercado de la Cosecha Pop-up Store the following activities will also take place:
Wednesday 27 May, 7.30pm. “El futuro a través de las esponjas vegetales” (“The future through plant sponges”)
Thursday 28 May, 7.30pm. Home-made earthworm compost
Friday 29 May, 7.30pm. “El nuevo rural: origen y recorrido de una idea” (“The new rural areas: origin and background of an idea”)
Saturday 30 May, 5.30pm. Children’s workshop. “What can you do with a Luffa?”
About Ecocelta
Dedicated to the production and sale of organic composts, this Galician SME based in Ponteareas (Pontevedra) recycles organic waste through composting and earthworm composting, using the latter to transform biological waste into compost. All of this under the premise that led it to its birth in 2002, sustainable management and nature in balance.
At the pop-up store, visitors will be able to see for themselves the earthworm’s recycling work, the process of natural cleansing in water (in a small lake of macrophytic plants), and even learn to create their own domestic earthworm composting system with which to fertilise a vegetable patch or an urban garden from their own waste.
About Ibérica de Esponjas
After years of research in order to obtain the adequate genetic variety, the company now cultivates plant sponges such as Luffa Cylindrica. Their philosophy of respecting the earth has led them to produce without any kind of chemical product or anything that could harm the earth, and to reuse natural waste that they produce. The plant fibre of the Luffa Cylindrica has great potential, still largely untapped, in the field of biomaterials.
About the Mercado de la Cosecha Pop-up Store.
The Mercado de la Cosecha Pop-Up store is an experience supported by Corporación Hijos de Rivera, Gadis and R with the aim of boosting Galician socioeconomic development and the sustainability of rural areas.
This space will be open from 15 May to 31 July, from Monday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, and from 5-9pm. Throughout the next two and a half months, the Mercado de la Cosecha will become an open space for spreading and sharing ideas, and there we will see from the yoghurts of Casa Grande de Xanceda, to the plant sponges of Ibérica de Esponjas, the marmalades of Amorodo, cheeses by Cortes de Muar, the mariñeiras biscuits by Daveiga, free-range eggs from Pazo de Vilane, the oils from Olei, Arqueixal yoghurts, the clogs of Elena Ferro, chestnuts from Naiciña, ice-cream by Bico de Xeado, honey from Abella Lupa, earthworm compost by Ecocelta, baskets by Idoia Cuesta, biscuits by Granxa Maruxa, the apples with which Maeloc cider is made, and the grapes used for Ponte da Boga wines.
USEFUL INFORMATION:
Location: Calle Policarpo Sanz, 28. Vigo.
Opening times: 11am to 2pm, and 5-9pm.
Activities: LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE. BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Anyone who wishes to participate in the activities can book a place at the store or by calling 886 14 37 74
For further information:
Ibérica de Esponjas
Juan Carlos Mascato – 986 53 04 80 – ibericadeesponjasvegetales@gmail.com
Ecocelta
Sergio Quiroga- 619 666 845 – squiroga@ecocelta.com
