Aspindale Park Farmers Market has been set up for consumers and farmers to the highest standards of efficiency. It is Aspindale Farmers Market’s passion to offer quality, security and organized systems that connect, educate and empower the community to support a healthy, hygienic sustainable food system. In turn, this network will contribute to the success of local food growers.
Vision
To be a nationally recognized market place that offers quality, security and organized systems that connects, educates, empowers a community to support healthy sustainable food system and to contribute to the success of local food growers and producers.
Mission
To be a solution provider and encourage a healthy community by providing the public with direct access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The Farmers Market serves to stimulate and support the local economy, to provide opportunities to inform, entertain, support and strongly encourage environmental sustainability.
Values
- Creating and increasing opportunities for farmers to sell their produce.
- Creating and increasing buyers’ opportunities by providing access to a wide variety of fresh, local, in-season farm products.
- Bringing together families, neighbours, visitors and local food producers to create a sense of community.
- Providing an informal, social gathering place in an open-air setting for the community in Harare.
- Providing a vehicle to educate the community on the nutritional, environmental and economic value of buying local, sustain-ably produced farm produce.
- Offering sound infrastructure with an ambience that is welcoming to our farmers, vendors and customers.
Target Markets
- Horticulture Farmers
- Vendors (Vendor Associations, Farmers and Individuals)
- Businesses (Retail Stores, Hotels, Restaurants, etc)
- Consumers (communities within Harare)
- Schools