Organic and natural fruit, veg, eggs and honey at Dubai's latest Saturday farmers' market

Head right down to The Pointe on Palm Jumeirah found in Dubai on Saturdays somewhere between 8am and 2pm, and you can buy, browse through or breakfast on produce from the Emirati Farmers Souq found in the Food District.

Introduced in December, the function aims to provide young Emirati entrepreneurs into the farming sector, says Sandy El Hayek, the meals and beverage procedures manager by Nakheel Malls Malls, just who came up with the theory. Tourists can peruse the manufacture that is either conventionally grown, hydroponic farmed or organic, and then mind for breakfast to Boon Espresso or Smöl by The Lighthouse on the district's ground floor terrace.

The current line-up of native farms that are part of Emirates Farmers Souq include:

“We grew up in this technology where we are being used to sitting on the far side of the table. But we've little understanding of the other end, because it’s hardly ever really been essential. If we possess the quantity of investments to go into F&B principles, we should also have the ability to support the farming area,” says El Hayek.

“The F&B sector keeps growing like there’s no tomorrow, but we need to put the same give attention to [farming].”

At the market, farmers sell right to the consumer. Also, they are taught how to enhance their businesses, from how exactly to represent their manufacturer to how to industry themselves better. The 13 restaurants at the vacation spot are also motivated to get the produce, consequently completing the sustainable routine of the initiative, says El Hayek.

“It’s a major responsibility, especially from the F&B side [to inspire sustainable farming]. We need to spread the term and encourage persons to be aware such things are practical,” she says. “It is a need and it needs to begin somewhere.”