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Women's Social Cooperative Enterprise · Fyteia, Imathia

All that nature so generously gives us.

Eleven of us women came together in our mountain village, Fyteia in Imathia. We make jams, spoon sweets, sauces, hilopites and handicrafts, with local produce and the traditions of our village.

Our stall at the Chestnut Festival in Trano Pigadi, with jars, sauces and hilopites labelled Ek Fyseos Fyteias

On our stall

  • Petimezi spoon sweet
  • Peach jam
  • Chestnut spoon sweet
  • Veria revani
  • Trahanas
  • Hilopites
  • Tomato confit
  • Fig chutney

The flavours of Fyteia, in a jar.

You will find our products at our shop in the village and on our stall at fairs and festivals around Imathia. For availability and orders, give us a call.

All our products
  • Petimezi spoon sweet

    Our local spoon sweet: pumpkin simmered in grape must.

  • Jams & spoon sweets

    Cherry, nectarine, strawberry and peach from the blossoming plains of Imathia, and chestnut spoon sweet.

  • Trahanas & hilopites

    Traditional handmade trahanas and homemade hilopites, in a bag with our label.

  • Sauces, confit & pickles

    Sauces, tomato confit and pickles for the table all year round.

  • Chutneys

    Fig, pepper or pomegranate: sweet-and-sour sides for cheese and meat.

  • Veria revani

    Homemade revani, the syrup-soaked semolina cake of Veria.

  • Handicrafts

    Scented plant-wax candles, Easter candles and handmade crafts.

Four members of the cooperative at our stall, at the 6th Festival of Traditional Products and Chestnuts.

Who we are

Women of Fyteia, together.

«Ek Fyseos Fyteias» is a women's social cooperative enterprise from Fyteia in Imathia. We cook with local produce, present our food at fairs and festivals, and organise community activities for our village.

Our story
«We owe it to our daughters and granddaughters, because we borrowed it from our mothers and grandmothers.»
From our text for International Women's Day, 8 March 2025

A year in Fyteia.

Activities we organise or take part in, as part of our community work.

All activities
  1. Spring

    The pink field…

    At «Peach Trees in Blossom», the Veria Tourist Club's event, we served peach jam and peach spoon sweet.

  2. Autumn

    Gastronomic routes with Imathia Quality in Ioannina

    As guests of the Region of Central Macedonia, we cooked trahanotto with goat and chestnut soup.

  3. Autumn

    A walking route with the Veria Care Centre

    We walked together in nature, danced in the square and cooked with the children.

  4. Summer

    A hands-on percussion workshop for children aged 4 to 84

    We learned the names of percussion instruments and basic rhythms, and played and danced to the clarinet.

Fyteia at the table of Imathia.

Fairs and tastings where we set up our stall.

  1. Sep 202488th Thessaloniki International Fair — Imathia Quality pavilionPresentation and tasting of local meze.
  2. Oct 2024Local Tour — Imathia Development AgencyA two-day workshop on the «honest», quality product as a gastronomic destination.
  3. Oct 2025Imathia Quality in IoanninaWe cooked trahanotto with goat and chestnut soup.
  4. Mar 2026Peach Trees in Blossom — VeriaWe served peach jam and peach spoon sweet.
Crowds under the centuries-old plane trees of Trano Pigadi in Fyteia, on the day of the festival

Fyteia

On the slopes of Mount Vermio.

Fyteia lies at 540 metres, 13 kilometres from Veria. In Trano Pigadi, a place of rare natural beauty crossed by a river of running water and plane trees, the Festival of Traditional Products and Chestnuts takes place.

Discover Fyteia

Orders & contact

Give us a call.

+306981627561ekfyseosfyteias@gmail.com
Address
Fyteia, Veria, P.O. Box 8059100 Imathia
Opening hours
Monday – Friday10:00 – 19:00
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