Cranberry Cottage

Every Table Can Offer Delicious Meals

Basque Government

Through the Foundation Hazi (Corporation of the Basque Government for the development of the Rural and marine environment) and Nekatur (Association of farmhouses and cottages in the Basque country), in Holy week was running the pilot project for the promotion and marketing of Basque agri-food products through 31 farmhouses and cottages of Nekatur (9 of alava, 11 of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa 11). It’s a pilot project consisting of joint, in different phases, a network which enables the supply of Basque food products through the farmhouses and cottages in the Basque country for direct sale in the same customers interested. This project entails, on the one hand, the creation of a new short circuit of marketing for food and Agriculture of the Basque country products, and on the other hand, the provision by the farmhouses and cottages of a new service to clients staying in these establishments. In these establishments has been placed a showcase somewhere visible and accessible to clients where the different exposed products. In this phase of the project exposed and put to sale non-perishable products; warranty Euskal Baserri brand products such as canned vegetables and legumes; products guarantee mark Eusko Label as beans, honey, peppers from Ibarra, cider and products of denomination of origin wine of Rioja Alavesa, Txakoli with denomination of origin Getaria, Bizkaia or Alava and cheese with denomination of origin Idiazabal. In addition, they also expose and sale are products of the owner of the establishment or producers of the environment. The owners of the establishments offer to taste these products to customers who are housed and incorporate them in the breakfast, lunch or dinner (if offered) to learn more about these products and so promote the sale.