RAMALLAH, West Bank — Every Tuesday, Iman Turkman carefully harvests crops in her small garden, organizes them in plastic containers and leaves them at the garden door for pickup and delivery to the weekly Ramallah market held the same day. She grows tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, parsley and mint in her small plot in al-Nasseriya in Nablus. Turkman planted the garden in 2010 after graduating from university.

The Tuesday health food market, located on al-Maahed Street, near Yasser Arafat Square, began in June 2013 under the banner “Stay healthy and support food sovereignty for your people.” It sells organic fruits and vegetables and nutritional products free of artificial preservatives. Among the offerings are olive oil, pickles, jam, honey, yogurt, legumes, dates, thyme, couscous (maftoul) and concentrated natural drinks.

“I've been selling all my garden’s products in this market for an entire year,” Turkman told Al-Monitor. “This has given me security, as I do not worry about marketing, which concerns most farmers.”

By security, Turkman means the steady revenue she gets from selling her products at the same set price for a whole season, which might last for three months. By selling at the Ramallah market, she can avoid the market price fluctuations that producers face at the main fruit and vegetable market in al-Hasba, in Nablus, where prices vary from day to day. Turkman is also spared the burden and cost of transportation because the Tuesday market arranges the pickup of her produce.