Organic Resources in Buenos Aires
by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 01. 9.07
In recent posts we’ve told you how eating organic food can help mitigating climate change. Well, if you find yourself in Buenos Aires -be it for holidays or living-, you’ll probably notice that organic products aren’t everywhere and they are usually not identified properly. Of course, we’re here to do the research for you, and we’ve found some alternatives. For vegetables and fruits we found Tallo Verde, an organic orchard that delivers fresh products harvested when requested. We know the delivery isn’t the best way to go, since transport is made via vans, but at least there’s a set day for each area of the city, so the trips are organized. Prices are a more expensive than regular food, but still cheap for foreigners (the smallest basket, with 10 choices of products, is about 13 US dollars). If you’re looking for other types of products like bread and cereal sub-products, every Saturday there’s a market called El Galpon, open from 9am to 3pm at 4181 Federico Lacroze St., in Chacarita train station and Federico Lacroze subway station. The market is not only a food one, but there you can find different types of bread, cookies, breaded soy-steaks (like a breaded steak, but entirely from soy) and other soy products, natural honey, and Titrayju Yerba. Wine drinkers have also a local alternative: Vinecol, which can be purchased in a group of shops in different parts of the city and also abroad in Holland, USA, England, Mexico, Canada and Peru (addresses are in their website, under the “contact” section, and then “where to buy”). ::Tallo Verde ::El Galpon ::Vinecol
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It is great to be getting more and more reports from SA although usually from Brazil or Argentina. I would love to hear more from Peru, Bolivia and Chile where I am originally from.
In Chile, the fruit export industry is huge. Some large producers are starting to offer some organics as the market demands it, but one very important thing to keep in mind is that Organic is a certification, that's it.
When I go back to Chile every winter here summer there I buy from local growers that of course have no certification but their produce is purer than any labeled "organic" on the shelves in Whole Foods. They have never use pesticides or hormones because they never had to and really can’t afford to buy them. Organics should have a whole different meaning to those in SA and other developing areas.