BioAzórica Organic Market

The Mercado Biológico is the shop of BioAzórica, a cooperative of organic producers on Terceira island in the Azores. It stands next to the Paul da Praia da Vitória, the wetland on the edge of the town of Praia da Vitória, and has been open since 2012.

The cooperative was founded in March 2001 by a group of 17 people to encourage the production and consumption of organic food while respecting the environment and protecting nature and biodiversity. It began selling in 2008 and today also runs Casa do Jardim, an organic restaurant in Angra do Heroísmo, and a weekly organic box delivery across the island.

The shop sells products certified under the organic production method: fruit and vegetables, fresh food of local, regional and national origin, groceries, cosmetics and supplies for the vegetable garden such as seeds and substrate. It also has a snack and pastry service prepared with organic ingredients. Agrobio, the Portuguese organic farming association, lists it among the places to buy organic in the Azores.

Praia da Vitória is on the east coast of Terceira, a few minutes by road from Lajes airport and about twenty kilometres from Angra do Heroísmo. The market is beside the Paul wetland, close to the town centre.