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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 00:25

What's it like? What's the variety like? Are there some organic things for sale? Any extra stuff like jams or honey or eggs or cheese? I want to know whether it's worth a visit this coming Friday morning with the kids...

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 11:36

10am to 7pm

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 11:35

A Telegraph blog about it, with some pix: http://bit.ly/fCZBdz

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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 17:19

i think from 10. i walked past last week at 11 and it was in full swing!

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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 14:58

Does anyone know what time the market starts on Friday ?

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 10:38

Hi Souk Al Bahar is a hidden gem! Go to Dubai Mall and park up. Go outside to Fountain area, walk across the stone bridge and voila.........Souk Al Bahar. It does actually have its own parking behind the Souk but these instructions will get you there. The Farmers Market is on the ground level outside. Follow the path below the terrace round to your right.It is just outside Baker & Spice. Explore inside too as it has a magical quality. It is a lovely area and once you have visited, you will want to return! HTH

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 10:22

Hi, I would like to go, I have seen signs off Emirates Road to the Fruit and Vegetable market but it sounds like it is not the same one? Please can anyone give me more clearer directions I don't know where Souk Al Bahar is. (I will be coming from Festival City.) Thanks

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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 23:44

Went to the farmer's market this morning! I think that it's a great start to introducing Dubai residents to eating locally and responsibly. Sure, improvements can be made, but it's the first step... Today I found on sale: eggplant (aubergine), koosa (marrow), beets with the greens attached, red and white radish, fresh sage, fresh chives, parsley, coriander, broccoli, long flat beans, green beans, cauliflower, tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, various lettuces, rocket, spinach, carrots with the greens attached, red capsicum, yellow capsicum, purplish-black capsicum, small red chili peppers, large red chilli peppers, purplish okra, green okra, free-range eggs (Dhs 10 for 6), drinking laban in a cool glass bottle (Dhs 20), various kinds of honey (Dhs 95/each), Egyptian strawberries (Dhs 5/punnet), mandarin oranges, oranges, sugar cane. Plus the amazing stall put on by Baker & Spice that had beautiful breads, cakes, muffins, jams. Bought everything on my weekly shopping list except potatoes, onions, bananas. Total spend was Dhs 65. I will be going back next week inshaAllah! No wonder we dint find much! U pretty much finished everything!!! ;)

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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 21:53

Went to the farmer's market this morning! I think that it's a great start to introducing Dubai residents to eating locally and responsibly. Sure, improvements can be made, but it's the first step... Today I found on sale: eggplant (aubergine), koosa (marrow), beets with the greens attached, red and white radish, fresh sage, fresh chives, parsley, coriander, broccoli, long flat beans, green beans, cauliflower, tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, various lettuces, rocket, spinach, carrots with the greens attached, red capsicum, yellow capsicum, purplish-black capsicum, small red chili peppers, large red chilli peppers, purplish okra, green okra, free-range eggs (Dhs 10 for 6), drinking laban in a cool glass bottle (Dhs 20), various kinds of honey (Dhs 95/each), Egyptian strawberries (Dhs 5/punnet), mandarin oranges, oranges, sugar cane. Plus the amazing stall put on by Baker & Spice that had beautiful breads, cakes, muffins, jams. Bought everything on my weekly shopping list except potatoes, onions, bananas. Total spend was Dhs 65. I will be going back next week inshaAllah!

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 23:18

Have informed DH of our forthcoming trip to the Farmers Market and written out shopping list. I too have been following the story in The National and a later article clarified that most of the tainted produce gets sold to the hospitality trade. A few of the supermarket chains conducted independent tests and found their suppliers' leafy greens to be safe. I regularly buy local organic produce from the Union Co-op for my young family. Shock-horror, most of the produce I buy was grown in the not-so-regulated Middle East. So far the 2 1/2 year old is thriving.

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 14:37

In the UK growing up in the fens, the summer time used to be ripe with the smell of muck spreading....ok so i am not too sure on the source of the poop but if its cow and horse then probably only hay diet maybe, but if its *** (oink oink) poop dont they feed them meat derivative slurries, therefore thier diet is similar to humans...... i would probably have to wash and peel the produce, but its only the compounds in the poop the produce would take up....as fertiliser So it isnt like your actually eating the poop.... Granted it makes you think, but is it really that bad??? edited by Blueskies on 27/01/2011 seriously? and where are all the P i g s here? Seriously what? muck spreading....yes as for the oink oink, i would try to read between the lines, i was pointing out that thier diet may be similar to humans ie contain meat products and thus differing from horses or cows. Seeing as there are lots of humans in this country and probably where the waste originates, our waste may be similar to p i g s which may or may not be sprayed on farmers fields back home. Back on topic, having read that link, i can now appreciate the potential dangers of using poop as a fertiliser especially as you seemingly cant WASH it off.... interesting though....some levels of E-Coli are actually allowed in europe?! :-/ anyway local produce + risk of E-coli = probably best to avoid just stick to a late breakfast to be safe :-) <em>edited by Blueskies on 27/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 12:22

I agree with Pomegranate on the produce front. I also agree with kelly 1814 that it is lovely down at Souk Al Bahar, having late breakfast, early lunch on the terraces. The temperature is perfect right now and the setting fab. Makes for a very enjoyable, relaxing time with the Burj reflection shimmering on the water.:cool:

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 12:15

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/health/store-bought-salad-leaves-tainted-with-e-coli This is the link ^ It just says the samples had much higher levels than those allowed in Euorpe and just contained "fecal" matter - doesn't specify who it originally belonged to! The market may have a lovely vibe but without clear information and lack of regulations, unfortunately I would avoid purchasing from local farmers. A few months ago I was in Lulu and there were empty cartons sitting on a trolley in the Vege Dept - they must have just replenished the stock - and on the side of the cartons was "product of Bangladesh" :\: however there were no labels on the actual produce displayed to say which were the Bangladeshi veges.....Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of arsenic in soil/water around.......wouldn't want to be buying and consuming those veges! :( <em>edited by Pomegranate on 27/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 12:13

Checked it out a few weeks ago. Was rather disappointed :( Baker and Spice had lovely table which includes their jams. Yes there are eggs and cheeses too. A lot of prepackaged stuff on other tables, looking more like shop produce (if that makes sense). Only a couple of random tables which actually looked like the produce had come straight out of the ground and the sellers looked like they might have been the producers. Just not what I expected.

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 12:10

yes, it's lovely! really great vibe down there on a friday - blue sky, water, lots of people having a lsuper time, it's great.

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 12:07

In the UK growing up in the fens, the summer time used to be ripe with the smell of muck spreading....ok so i am not too sure on the source of the poop but if its cow and horse then probably only hay diet maybe, but if its *** (oink oink) poop dont they feed them meat derivative slurries, therefore thier diet is similar to humans...... i would probably have to wash and peel the produce, but its only the compounds in the poop the produce would take up....as fertiliser So it isnt like your actually eating the poop.... Granted it makes you think, but is it really that bad??? edited by Blueskies on 27/01/2011 seriously? and where are all the P i g s here?

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 12:06

In the UK growing up in the fens, the summer time used to be ripe with the smell of muck spreading....ok so i am not too sure on the source of the poop but if its cow and horse then probably only hay diet maybe, but if its *** (oink oink) poop dont they feed them meat derivative slurries, therefore thier diet is similar to humans...... i would probably have to wash and peel the produce, but its only the compounds in the poop the produce would take up....as fertiliser So it isnt like your actually eating the poop.... Granted it makes you think, but is it really that bad??? <em>edited by Blueskies on 27/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 03:08

I haven't been, but just read about it today and the idea of it sounds nice. The only thing that would make me hesitant, as its all about promoting local and regional produce - it's been on here (and in the papers) that local farmers use sewage on produce......since reading this have avoided the local veges at the supermarket, which is a shame but better to be safe.

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