FOOD STREET TRADING IN A CITY OF ALTO VALE DO JEQUITINHONHA, MINAS GERAIS

• Autor(a) principal: Júnia Paulino, Érika
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Victor Leite Dias, João, Maria Gomes Murta, Nadja, Aley Morais, Harriman, Helder Rocha Pires, Herton
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Desenvolvimento Social (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/rds/article/view/1959
• topic: Vale do Jequitinhonha; agricultura familiar; comercialização de alimentos; feiras livres

Considering the economic and social importance of street markets, this study aimed toanalyze the dynamic of food street trading in a city of the Vale do Jequitinhonha, MinasGerais. Twenty-seven weekly visits were made to the free market to identify the fairdealers and their products, as well as the source, production method and forms of foodtransport. Twenty-three stallholders were identified and they all sold their ownproduction. The most commercialized food products were orange, banana, green onions,  cabbage and egg. Analysis of the major traded food discloses a production systemguided by the local supply of resources and related to the environment, climate and soilof the region. It is concluded that the fair is a major site of markets for local familyfarms and in this way know their dynamics and encourage its proper functioning, meansproviding the population with access to a greater variety of products, and contribute tothe local economy .