The XI Canary Islands Cheese Fair return to Pinolere Ethnographic Park two years later. After the break forced by the pandemic of Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021, some 60 dairies from the islands will show and sell their production on April 9 and 10 in this space in the middle of La Orotava. It will be a meeting with cheeses, the livestock sector and native breeds, a showcase in which to also enjoy the winners of the IX Insular Contest of Cheeses of Tenerifewhich will be announced on the opening day of this fair.
The Plenary Hall of the Orotavense City Council hosted on the morning of this Monday, March 21, 2022, the presentation of the poster and the program of events, including a tribute to the veterinarian Juan Francisco Capote Alvarez and the young goatherd Alba Perez Alonso; the IX Monographic Presa Canario Contestor children’s tastings and milking workshops goat handbook.
The manager of the Pinolere Cultural Association, Jesus Garcia, highlighted the design of a poster that combines “the tradition of cheese with the actuality of an icon that puts this product on the map”; He thanked the institutions for their support, and claimed the importance of “supporting the primary sector in times as difficult as the current ones”. The Island Councilor for Agriculture and Livestock, Javier Grillremarked the “proven quality” of the island’s cheeses, “which will also be in Madrid Fusion», and announced that to help the livestock sector «this week a new item will be approved to subsidize livestock feed, at a time of fear, uncertainty and overwhelm for the sector».
The director of the Canarian Institute of Agrifood Quality (ICCA), Basil Perez, valued the importance of a regional fair that “shows the richness and diversity of cheeses in the Canary Islands, unique and world-renowned cheeses”. the village mayor, Francis Linaresinsisted on the need to encourage the consumption of produce from the land and encouraged families to take their children to a fair that will be “an authentic didactic unit.”
One of the highlights of this fair will be the Sample of Canarian Autochthonous Breeds, in which dogs, goats, chickens, pigeons, sheep, pigs, cows, donkeys, bees and birds will participate. Coordinates Samcor, with the collaboration of Acricati, Granja Ara, Agate and the Farmer’s House.
Cheese wedges for buying tickets
The Department of Agriculture of the City Council of La Orotava and Pinolere organize a new promotion starting on March 28 to encourage the sale of tickets for the XI Cheese Fair. For every two tickets or more that are purchased from that date on at a booth set up on Carrera Escultor Estévez street, a wedge of about 300 grams of cheese from one of the three dairies in the municipality will be given away: Benijos, Antonio and Juana or Pinolere. There will be 500 wedges to distribute. The price of each ticket is two euros.
