The Barn - Bio Markets

WHO WE ARE

We are Quentin and Julien. We've been friends for a long time and have been inseparable since university, when we were roommates and playing sports together! We decided to embark together on a project as crazy as we are: to make organic food more accessible.

It was in October 2016, both young dads, that we decided to quit our jobs and take the plunge into our dream project with the desire to undertake and have a direct and tangible impact on nature and biodiversity.

Strengthened by our previous experiences and more motivated than ever, we put together a team of ten people to open the very first "The Barn Bio Market" in Etterbeek in May 2017. The feeling in our stomachs quickly turned into overwhelming energy when we saw the many customers gathering in front of the market before the doors opened. That day, we broke our first record: 500 customers in one day!

The Saint-Gilles market opened less than a year later, followed by the Ixelles and Antwerp markets in 2019, the Jette market in 2020 and the Vanderkindere market in 2021, each time with the same customer enthusiasm for the project.

We are proud, 5 years later, to accompany a team of 120 Barners with whom we share the same passion for sustainable food. We teach them to share their love for the products and the stories of the fabulous artisans behind them!

Every day we try to go further in our collaboration with our Barners and our producers, by encouraging encounters, by organising visits or by proposing to our Barners to get their hands dirty by working in the crops of our market gardeners during the summer.

At The Barn, we believe we have introduced a new way of working, in line with our initial needs: a perfect mix of operational and intellectual, quality customer contact and quality products.

What about you? Would you like to be part of the adventure?

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