img_24929Attendees will also be able to taste the cheeses and wines that won the awards at the Cabildo de Gran Canaria Tastings and the olives presented to this year's Olive Festival contest..

The historic center of Santa Lucia, in the upper area of ​​the municipality, welcome this Saturday day 5 December the VI Olive Festival, a day dedicated to promoting the properties and culinary possibilities of this product, and in which the prizes will be awarded for the best photography and the best table olive dressing.

The sixth edition, which is held on the premises of the Santa Lucía de Tirajana public school during 10.00 to 14.00 hours, It will also have an exhibition and sale of local products, mainly those related to olives and oil; and several craft and agricultural machinery stalls. Throughout the morning there will be a theatrical representation of ancient crafts.

Attendees will also be able to taste the cheeses and wines that won the awards at the Cabildo de Gran Canaria Tastings and the olives presented to this year's Olive Festival contest..

The VI Olive Festival, which is part of the programming of the patron saint festivities of Santa Lucía, will end with a popular meal, starting at 14.00 hours, in the same premises.

The Councilor for Agriculture of the Santa Lucía City Council, Ofelia Alvarado, affirms that this celebration around the olive “is another of the actions that the City Council does in favor of the primary sector”.

Alvarado assures that among the objectives of this initiative are “to make visible all the work of the primary sector of the municipality, promote our products and, above all, improve their marketing, which we understand is the pending issue and in which we must work with our producers in the primary sector, that produces goods of exceptional quality and what is missing is that the benefit of those products goes to those who work them, so that they can continue to maintain that work and that important work that they do”.