Our Saturday Market

The Islamabad Farmers Market is held every Saturday at Hotel Margala on Srinagar Highway (Hours vary by season). The market features ample parking, onsite air-conditioned bathroom, a market restaurant and coffee bar, as well as a music and entertainment stage. The facility is United Nations Security approved.

The Islamabad Farmers Market has been fortunate to get good media coverage along the years. The articles below give a good sense of the journey of the market since 2013. Here are a few of our favorites:

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• Islamabad Farmers Market Report (January 2021)

Dawn News Tv

• Market Visit Video (Sep 25, 2021)

Travel and food vlogger Ali M.

• Organic Farming in Islamabad

Expresso Morning Show - Express News TV - August 2021 (Facebook Video in Urdu)

• Unique market for pure and 'organic' products in Islamabad

Voice Of America Urdu - December 2020 (Facebook Video in Urdu)

• Farmer's Market Islamabad | KS vlogs

(YouTube video)

• A day at the Islamabad Farmer's Market: Green Never Looked So Good
  Youlin Magazine - January 2020

• Sabzi shopping the organic way
  Dawn Aurora - December 2017

• Remembering Poppy and Sabeen: Support inclusive cultural spaces
  Journeys to Democracy - April 2016

• Urban Farmers between Visions of Alternative Futures of Consumption and Market Demand –an Ethnographic Study of Farmers Markets in Pakistan
  Research paper by Julia Poerti published on DeGrowth - August 2015

• Providing a platform: Night market connects entrepreneurs with customers
  The Express Tribune - July 2015

• The Man Behind The Farmers Market
  Youlin Magazine - January 2014

• Fresh from the fields
  Dawn - December 2013

• Farmers Market at Kuch Khas...
  PTV Video - October 2013

• To The Farmers’ Market
  The DAWN National Weekend Advertiser - October 2013

• Growers confident organic food market will grow
  Dawn - September 2013