More than a thousand kilos of strawberries will be distributed on Sunday in Valsequillo.

After the success of the previous year, next sunday 26 In April, the 3rd Strawberry Day is celebrated in Valsequillo.

An event organized by the Valsequillo City Council, The brakelets of the municipality and the supermessed SPAR López Peñate.

Guided visits to strawberry farms in the municipality, free strawberry tasting (courtesy of the Valsequillo strawberry farmers who will contribute more than 1000 kilos of strawberries), children's workshops, showcooking of Canarian recipes with strawberries and musical performances.

There will also be an exhibition of the municipality's strawberry farms and even a dessert contest made with Valsequillo strawberries., fruit with a multitude of properties and known throughout the island for its perfection in taste and size for marketing.

The contest will reward purchases valued at 150, 100 and 60 euros to the first, second and third runner-up respectively.

Today, Strawberries are the main crop and reference of the municipality, There are more than ten strawberry farms that produce around 2.000 thousand tons per campaign, which translates into the 95% of the strawberries produced in the Canary Islands come from this municipality.

This represents the creation of dozens of jobs, and a different rural landscape.