Landless workers movement opens market for family farms in Petrolina
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The Landless Workers Movement (MST) opened a new Armazém do Campo, a market for family farm and land reform products, in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil on Wednesday.
The market aims to connect rural producers to city dwellers and promote local culture. Petrolina’s economy relies heavily on agribusiness and pesticide use, so the Armazém do Campo will offer organic and agroecological products from family farms and land reform areas.
The opening includes a performance by the Samba Mais Eu group and intends to serve residents of Petrolina and nearby towns. This new location is part of a larger effort to restart and expand Armazém do Campo markets across Pernambuco state. The MST reopened a market in Caruaru earlier in September and is also restarting the project in a new location in Recife, where the first Armazém do Campo in the Northeast opened in 2019.
