Agroaldea
The municipality wants to join the Almendro Route and requests the Cabildo 200 trees for expansion.
The El Viso estate, owned by the Island Council and managed by the Telde City Council, has been transforming part of its crops in this legislature, where the vines were the star product, for others like the fig trees, the moral ones and more recently, the lettuces, zucchini and other vegetables and greens.
However, There is also space for flora with the cultivation of strelitzias and proteas. Agricultural production goes to the parishes, Social Services and the Food Bank and about twenty unemployed people work on the farm, mostly women, a foreman and an agricultural technical engineer.
Councillor for agriculture, María González Calderín, He explained that the municipal corporation is committed to establishing new crops and the almond tree is one of the favorites.. “Our idea is to integrate into the Almendro Route promoted by the Cabildo and that is why we have requested that they send us 200 copies, 100 to grow them in El Viso and 100 for farmers in the municipality who are interested”.
Gonzalez Calderin, He believes that “a future grove of almond trees would give a spectacular appearance to this area of the farm.””. Four varieties of lettuce are being grown on this same land.: candela; the roman, with the Cervantes variety; Tudela buds, Lucena and endive variety, Madras variety.
Cultivation is done with mulching (padded), which saves water, prevents weeds from abounding and incorporates organic fertilizer. It is a crop that grows quickly”.
Other productions in El Viso are the morals, the fig trees, zucchini and chard, among others, although the vine has not been abandoned. According to the Councilor for Agriculture, “We have stopped producing wine because it was not for sale; It was only used for official events., but his water consumption was very important and, In addition, The winery that was in charge of its production wanted to charge us and we believe that it is better to use that budget on training and promotion.
We take the grapes to Social Services so they can distribute them in their programs for the needy.”. This year, according to the agronomist, can be collected about 1.500 grape kilos.
Another characteristic of El Viso is that a lot of material comes from recycling, as is the case of the door to the strelitzia orchard, made with the wood of the umbrellas from the beaches of Telde. And strelitzias are precisely one of the examples that González Calderín gives to demonstrate that this farm, four hectares of surface, It is profitable and helps to adjust municipal accounts.
According to the councilor, “these flowers, which are quite expensive, along with the proteas, They are used to make flower centers for City Hall events, and although they are not great fortunes, it helps not having to buy them”. In addition, The Cabildo has been requested that when the summer firebreaks are removed, the wood be used to replace the rotten wood in El Viso.
About the function of the farm, The Councilor for Agriculture pointed out that there are two proposals: that is an agricultural training center or an agricultural employment workshop. “There are facilities that can be used for these purposes and it would be good for El Viso to continue its great work”, he added.