Fertile Food Sources Brussels

Here I share with you products, suppliers, shops or websites that supply fertile or regenerative foods. Just be attentive, because not all the products available at a given address fall into that category. If a shop/supplier is not on this list, that doesn’t necessarily mean it is not a good address. I simply share with you the ones that I have worked with / bought from over the years and that I recommend. 

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• Fresh local fruits and vegetables from small-scale organic farms: www.agricovert.be (choose a depot close to you on their website). Agricovert products are also available in their shop Transistore in Etterbeek (shared store with Oxfam) and every Thursday from 15-21h at SeeU next to Etterbeek station. My friends Stan and Laetitia also run their own organic farm in Wallonia. They hold a market on Monday afternoon at Toor & Taxi and distribute organic baskets on Monday evening in Ixelles and Schaerbeek. This is their website: http://ochampdabeilles.be/ You also find fresh organic veggies and fruits directly from the producers on Tuesday and Friday mornings at Coprosain on Flagey market and on Saturdays at the market “L`heureux nouveau” in St. Gilles. Le Marché de Tanneur is also great, however, I find it is getting too massive and their produce is increasingly not small-scale or local anymore. 

• Non-local fruits and vegetables (i.e. sweet potatoes, bananas, oranges), directly from small-scale cooperatives in the respective countries: www.agricovert.be. Agricovert products are also available in their shop Transistore in Etterbeek (shared store with Oxfam) and every Thursday from 15-21h at SeeU next to Etterbeek station. The non-local produce is marked by either indicating the country of origin (i.e. FR) or by referring to the collaborating cooperative (i.e. IN)

• Extra fresh organic eggs from small producers (cannot be compared with organic eggs from the supermarket): www.agricovert.be, organic market at SeeU on Thursdays, Stan & Laetitia from http://ochampdabeilles.be/ , Jacques Defrenne on Flagey, Brugmann and Chasseur Ardennais markets. La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets. L’heureux nouveau market on Saturdays in St. Gilles

• Raw organic milk from Jersey cows milk (on demand also from goats or sheep when in season): www.agricovert.be, Agricovert market at SeeU on Thursdays, Ignace Bio on St. Catherine and Auderghem markets. Jacques Defrenne on Flagey, Brugmann and Chasseur Ardennais markets. Marché de Tanneurs, Färm (only available on certain days).

• Raw organic butter and organic raw milk cheeses (from goats, sheep and Jersey cows milk): www.agricovert.be, Agricovert market at SeeU on Thursdays, Ignace Bio on St. Catherine and Auderghem markets. Jacques Defrenne on Flagey, Brugmann and Chasseur Ardennais markets. Marché de Tanneurs, Färm.

• 100% grass-fed Galloway meat from natural reserves in Belgium, incl. bones and liver: www.veeakker.be (they organize delivery tours outside of Brussels only, but you can order their meat via my food group order here).

• Fresh organic meat (beef, lamb, porc, venison): La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets (best address plus he also allows you to bring your own food containers!). Coprobio on St. Catherine Market (Wednesday). www.agricovert.be, www.topino.net, Färm (if you can go every day, check, because they often have -30% on meat/chicken that needs to be prepared the same day)

• Liver:  La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets. Coprobio on St. Catherine Market (Wednesday). At www.topino.net you can order chicken liver. Färm also sometimes has it.

• Bones: La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets (ideally pre-order). Bones from Galloway cows from natural reserves in Flanders: www.veeakker.be (they organize delivery tours outside of Brussels only, but you can order their meat via my food group order here).

• Fresh organic chicken: www.agricovert.be (only whole chickens), www.topino.net (whole chickens and separate parts, like breasts, legs and also liver, they also have duck and turkey). La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets. Coprobio on St. Catherine Market (Wednesday). Färm (if you can go every day, check, because they often have -30% on meat/chicken that needs to be prepared the same day)

• Roasted or smoked organic chicken (only roasted with herbs and own juice, no added oil):  La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets (only sometimes!)

• Organic Charcuterie: La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets (best address, since really NO additives! Plus he also allows you to bring your own food containers!). Coprosain on St. Catherine Market (Wednesday), but their charcuterie still has some additives. Topino carries the products of Bouch’Bio:  www.topino.net. 

• Beef Jerkey: La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets and via Topino.

• Beef fat (tallow), Pork Grease (rendered lard) and Duck Grease: La Bouch’Bio on Albert, Brugmann and Woluwe Roodebeek markets. You can bring an empty jar and they fill it for the week after!

• Sustainable fresh fish (frozen): Directly from Veeakker / Pintafish (shop in Leuven or via my monthly food group orders here). Veeakker also has sustainable mussles when in season.

• Wild Salmon (frozen): Pintafish (shop in Leuven or via my monthly food group orders here), Food4Good brand in certain bio shops

• Sustainable fish (sardines, wild salmon, mackerel, tuna) canned in glass jars and in olive oil: Färm, Tan

• Fresh sourdough bread from ancient grains (Einkorn, kamut, timilia) and also spelt: www.topino.net , on Chatelain market (a new guy making bread from sprouted ancient grains).

• Fresh sourdough bread (spelt and rye): www.agricovert.be, Jacques Defrenne on Flagey, Brugmann and Chasseur Ardennais markets

• RAW lacto-fermented veggies: Belgomarkt, Färm, Fermenthings (Be-Here, Tour & Taxis)

• RAW local honey: http://ochampdabeilles.be/

• Whole grains and pulses: Vajra brand (available in many bioshops)

• Oatmeal from sprouted oats, sprouted buckwheat, psyllium husk, raw cacao mass and cacao butter, hemp seed protein powder…: Order via Keimling in Germany 

• Coconut Products of the best quality: Dr. Goerg Coconut Products : Coconut Oil, Coconut Cooking Fat, Coconut Butter (Mousse), 100% Coconut Milk, Coconut Drink (90% coconut water, 10% coconut milk), Coconut Water, Coconut Flakes, Desiccated Coconut… all made from young coconuts within 72 hours after harvesting. Available via my monthly food group orders here.

• Freshly pressed flax seed oil (pressed freshly every week, only has a 3 week best before date): Order via Keimling in Germany . Via my monthly food group order I can also offer a freshly pressed flax seed oil with a shelf life of 3 months.

• Extra virgin olive oil from Greece: Eleadora (available in certain bio shops or via my monthly food group orders here)

• Raw olives: http://www.mani-blaeuel-shop.com/olives

• Raw olive tapenades, dried tomatoes, dried tomato tapenade: http://www.mani-blaeuel-shop.com/mezespecialities

• Raw nuts/seeds and dry fruits: Order via Keimling in Germany 

• Raw nut/seed butters : Order via Keimling in Germany . Jean Hervé is also a good brand available in bio shops in Belgium.

• Ready-to-drink bone broth and protein powder made from real bone broth : Superfoods.nl

• Activated charcoal, ashwagandha powder, Maca, MSM, purple corn flour : Superfoods.nl

• Chlorella, spirulina, Irish Moss: Superfoods.nl

• Bee Pollen and Manuka Honey: Superfoods.nl

• Raw Cacao products: Superfoods.nl and Keimling

• Liquid Stevia, Coconut Sugar: Superfoods.nl

• Coconut Aminos, Ghee: Superfoods.nl

• Coconut Wraps: Superfoods.nl

• Pau d`Arco (Lapacho), Cat`s Claw, Yerba Maté: · Superfoods.nl and also at www.synergisticseurope.com . Please enter “CK9776” in the section CMTA/FDN.

• Great Lakes Collagen from pastured beef or Ergomax Collagen from wild cod, Organic Whey Protein (Ergomax), Rosita Real Foods Raw Cod Liver Oil (liquid or capsules) and Prescript Assist Probiotic: https://www.ergomaxsupplements.com/

• Evening Primrose Oil and Chasteberries (as tea or tincture): Desmecht at Place Sainte Catherine www.desmecht.com

• Metabolic Type specific and in general high quality supplements: www.synergisticseurope.com . Please enter “CK9776” in the section CMTA/FDN.

• Blenders (Vitamix and co.): Order via Keimling in Germany 

• Juicers: Order via Keimling in Germany 

• Dehydrators: Order via Keimling in Germany 

• Cleaning Products: Sonett brand (you find it in many bio shops)