Gran Canaria Potato Fair 2024 – Teror
The 6th Gran Canaria Potato Fair, Feria Insular de la Papa de Gran Canaria, organised by the Department of Primary Sector and Food Sovereignty of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria and the Teror Town Council from the Department of Rural Development will be held from 18 to 20 October in Teror with various activities open to the public. In addition to the Agroprofessional Meeting, there will be exhibitions, an agricultural market, and the institutional award ceremony, and gastronomic tasting of potatoes.
Institutional event (October 18)
The institutional event will take place on Friday 18 October at the Teror Auditorium at 19:30. Free tickets can be purchased now at tureservaonline.es. After, at 21:30, a tasting of local products will take place in the Sintes Tent, only for people who have a ticket for this event.
Agricultural Market 19-20 October
The Plaza de Sintes will host the Agricultural Market on Saturday and Sunday, 19-20 October with around twenty stalls selling local products, where potatoes will be very present.
On Saturday it will be open from 10:00 to 18:00; and on Sunday from 10:00 to 15:00.
On Saturday, 19 October Concert by ‘Los 600’ at 13:00
Exhibitions (October 18-20)
From October 18 to 20, the exhibition “Papas Cultivadas en Gran Canaria 2024” (Grown Potatoes in Gran Canaria 2024) will be open to visitors in the hall of the Teror Auditorium, where the largest potatoes on the island and various varieties of this tuber are displayed. The images that participated in the potato photography contest will also be on display. The exhibition will be open in the morning and afternoon on Friday and Saturday, and only in the morning on Sunday.
Potato – A historic crop that is gaining ground
The potato from Gran Canaria has gained ground in recent years and the island manages to cultivate 1,200 hectares of potatoes and produces 49 million kilos of this tuber, a food that is present in all homes and is practically a symbol of the island’s identity. 60% of the potatoes consumed on the island have been grown by local producers, which gives meaning to the celebration of this meeting with the help of these organizers
On October 18, Teror will host the 1st Agroprofessional Potato Meeting of Gran Canaria, part of the program of activities of the 6th Gran Canaria Potato Fair, which will take place from October 18 to 20.
The Agroprofessional Meeting, organised by Revista Campo, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, and the Teror Town Hall, will take place in the Teror Auditorium (Gran Canaria) on the morning of 18 October, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with an interesting program of talks and round tables. Free admission to attend the Meeting can now be requested through the platform tureservaonline.es In addition, registration can be made , also free of charge, through Revista Campo, for farmers, technicians or students.
Representatives of leading companies, institutions linked to the potato sector, farmers and technicians will be the protagonists of the Agroprofessional Meeting that will serve to give impetus to the tuber, which has taken on even more importance in recent years in Spain and the Canary Islands due to its undoubted potential. This meeting will also serve to give an important place to the potato from Gran Canaria in the market.
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