Market of Magriço
Start Date - 08 Nov 2024 - 18:00h
End Date - 10 Nov 2024 - 20:00h
Description
Promote Entrepreneurship, Valuing local initiatives.
On the second weekend of November, the Mercado Magriço event takes place in Penedono. An initiative that aims to showcase Penedonian entrepreneurship and the activities that boost the economy of this municipality. It is a space where commerce, industry, the agricultural sector and livestock farming come together.
Penedono is a chestnut producing municipality par excellence and, if since the beginning of time this fruit was assumed to guarantee the survival of some people, such as the Romans who used it as combat ration in their campaigns, today, it is the sustenance of countless families in this corner of Beirão. Connoted as being one of the best chestnuts in the world, the organization of the event highlights its quality by promoting the Chestnut Competition, a moment where producers submit, to the jury's demands, the virtues of this King fruit.
In addition to nuts, olive oil is also an economic catalyst for the people of Penedono, the result of the work carried out by the Olive Growers Cooperative of Vale do Torto, in Souto. The emergence of this cooperative, largely thanks to the involvement of olive growers and the City Hall, allowed the organization of municipal and regional production. The quality of its olive oil, which has won several medals in international competitions, is already present in several European countries as well as some in North America. As such, olive oil is also one of the protagonists of Mercado Magriço.
Another of the highlights of this event is the Sheep and Goat Competition, which, year after year, has been increasing its number of participants. Proof that this activity has abandoned its status as a less dignified profession and is now taking on a noble aspect, attracting more and more young people who, thanks to the quality of the pastures in this municipality, produce quality meat that is gaining its place in the national market.
The genesis of the creation of the Mercado Magriço event has always been the unconditional support for entrepreneurs and other economic agents as a guarantor of municipal sustainability. Since its first edition, the municipal executive has remained focused on this same purpose supported by the tenacity and desire of the entrepreneurs in this municipality who are growing, innovating, creating space and promoting their products, which are establishing themselves on the national and international scene with the Penedono brand.
In addition to the purely commercial component, there is another that is taken care of and promoted as a motto of the identity of these people, the traditional component, thus giving priority in this space to the traditional and endogenous products of this municipality such as bread, cheese, traditional sweets , dried fruits, vegetables, olive oil, wine and handicrafts.
Mercado Magriço exists solely for the entrepreneurs of the municipality of Penedono, and it is their success that is due to them. It is not a summer party or pilgrimage, it involves fun and leisure moments that range from walks to musical shows.
Mercado Magriço, an initiative by the Municipality of Penedono open to the world, come visit us, discover Penedono and its charms, its flavors and its culture!