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The 'National Environment Award' Pedro Costa will offer the conference 'The safe lamb, the dry rainforest and austere life'
With a series of gastronomic, recreational and educational activities, together with an exhibition of cattle of native breeds, the III Segureño Lamb Fair and the Extensive Livestock Fair of the municipality of Caravaca de the cross.
The mayor, José Francisco García;
the Councilor for Agriculture and Livestock, José Antonio García, the peddler of Archivel, Francisco Javier López, and the director of the Agrarian Regional Office, Pedro Guirao, have released the details of this event, which is intended to put in value livestock activity, as well as highlight the environmental and gastronomic values ​​of the lamb lamb.
The fair also affects the important economic and social component of livestock, for its contribution to the use of the rural environment and the fixation of the population.
The National Association of Safe Sheep (ANCOS), the Regional Ministry of Agriculture of the Autonomous Community and the association for the integral development of women in the rural world 'Water and land', as well as companies collaborate in this fair of the area and commercial firms related to the sector.
In addition, a total of 10 livestock have been involved, which will exhibit this native breed throughout the weekend, in the archival site of 'La Muralla'.
The inauguration will take place on Saturday, November 2, at 12 noon.
The conference will be held 'The lamb lamb, the dry rainforest and austere life', by the sociologist, political scientist and ecologist, Pedro Costa Morata, who was awarded the 'National Environment Award'.
The awards to the 'Pastor and Pastor of the Year 2019' will be held at 13.30, along with the awards ceremony of the school contest, in which the students of the Rural Association 'Sierra de Mojantes' are participating.
At the end of the event, there is a tasting of lamb safe and typical products of the area.
Already on Saturday afternoon, starting at 5:00 p.m., it will be the 'Fair Tardeo', which will have a children's area and live music by the group 'Conecta2', which will perform well-known versions of the 80's and 90 and current music.
The program of activities of the fair will continue during the day of Sunday, November 3, with a Mass of Campaign and popular rice.
The closing is scheduled at 6:00 p.m.
The lamb lamb and extensive livestock
Extensive grazing livestock has played a fundamental role in the Northwest region and in the rest of the regions that constitute the habitat of the Segureño lamb.
Sheep farming is of great importance at the socio-economic level in these territories, with a census sheep raised with a traditional production system, rooted in the rural environment, integrated in nature and, therefore, respectful of the environment.
The segureña is a native breed characterized by its high rusticity and high production levels, which has allowed maintaining important levels of purity in the difficult environment in which it operates.
It has about a million and a half heads in its natural area of ​​distribution, which includes 144 municipalities in Granada, Almeria, Jaen, Albacete and Murcia.
In the Northwest of Murcia is where most of the production and commercialization of the lamb from the Murcia region is concentrated.
The lamb is recognized with the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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