Ua kipa aku ke Kuhina Mahiai o Sepania, Luis Planas, ke Kakauolelo o ka Mahiai a me ka Meaai, Fernando Miranda a me ka Elele Aupuni ma Catalonia, Teresa Cunillera, i Mercabarna. I ka wā o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kēia mākeke nui, ua hele pū ʻo ia me ka hope mayor mua o ka ʻaha kūkā o Barcelona, ʻo Jaume Collboni; ka pelekikena o Mercasa, ʻo José Ramón Sempere a me ka pelekikena o Mercabarna a me ka Councilor for Commerce, Markets, Consumption, Internal Regime and Finance of the Barcelona City Council, Montserrat Ballarín.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka huakaʻi ʻo ia ke aʻo e pili ana i ka hana ʻana o ke kahua meaʻai, kāna mau papahana nui, ka Central Market for Fruits and Vegetables a me ka Biomarket i wehe koke ʻia. I ka wā o ka hālāwai me ka pāpāho, ua hōʻike ke Kuhina Mahiai i ke kuleana o Mercabarna a me nā mākeke ʻē aʻe o Sepania e like me nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi, no ka mea ua hōʻoia lākou i ka lako meaʻai i ka wā pilikia olakino a mākou e ʻeha nei. "Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, lawe mai nā mākeke Spanish ma kahi o 3,000 mau ʻoihana agro-meaʻai a hoʻolako i 30 miliona mau mea kūʻai."
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Planas e pili ana i ka ʻāpana organik, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana aia ʻo Sepania i kēia manawa ka wahi hana nui loa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā mea kanu organik (9.3% o ka ʻāina mahiʻai hoʻohana ʻia o Sepania, me ka pahuhopu e hiki i 25% e 2030). "No kēia kumu, ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai ma o Mercabarna's Biomarket he mea nui loa ia no ko mākou ʻāina," wahi āna.
Ua hōʻike aku ʻo Collboni i ke koʻikoʻi o Mercabarna ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana agro-meaʻai koʻikoʻi ma ka Mediterranean, ma ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana. "No kēia kumu, ke hana nei ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Barcelona a me Mercabarna i ʻekolu laina: hoʻolaha i ka Biomarket, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa ma ʻEulopa i ka wā e pili ana i ka nui o nā hui huaʻai a me nā mea kanu; e hana ana e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu o Barcelona ma ke ʻano he World Capital of Sustainable Food ma 2021; a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana o Mercabarna, me ka manaʻo nui i ka digitization, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka logistic, a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i kona hopena kaiapuni.
No ka mea hope, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Collboni ʻo Mercabarna, ma o ka papahana Mercabarna Gates, a kākoʻo ʻia e kahi hui koʻikoʻi o nā hui a me nā ʻoihana, ke koho nei e loaʻa nā kālā Next Generation mai ka European Union.
Ua kipa aku ka ʻelele i ʻelua keʻena o ka Central Fruit and Vegetable Market, ka mea nui loa ma ʻEulopa no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, ua loaʻa i ke Kuhina ka manawa e aloha aku ai i nā ʻelele o nā hui ʻoihana like ʻole e hana nei ma Mercabarna. Ma hope iho, hele ka ʻelele i ka Biomarket, kahi i kipa aku ai i nā wahi kūʻai like ʻole a kamaʻilio pū me nā mea kūʻai nui.