Agroaldea
A palmero settled in California has thousands of euros for a kilo of seeds of this species.
Juan Luis Martin Reyes, Natural Brena Alta, US resident for more than 20 years and it has been proposed for planting on his farm 100 hectares this forage plant to produce smoked cheese and show that this shrub is also “good to prevent erosion” from the earth.
The story is rather curious. Juan Luis Martin Reyes, Brena Alta native and US resident for more than 20 years, announced on the Facebook page of the digital newspaper LA PALMA now that it is interested in buying a kilo of seed for price tagasaste 1.000 EUR.
The digital contact this palmero who grew up in the Llanito and already retired, to know the use I wanted to give the seeds of this forage plant.
Martin said he lives in San Diego in summer and winter in Los Cabos, and years ago he bought a field 100 hectares in Baja California to cultivate. His family seems to be very much agree with the idea, but Juan Luis has decided to plant tagasastes and raising goats to make smoked cheese and demonstrate that in Baja California can be given either this plant, and it is good to prevent erosion.
Seed tagasaste, Juan Luis points out that achievable via Australia, "But I think would not have much grace, so I plan to be palm, and my family in La Palma I no longer have anyone engaged in agriculture”.
Juan Luis Martin remembers that “in the nineteenth century physician Victor Perez noted the highest protein quality of milk compared to Palma de Tenerife, and concluded that due to the intake of tagasaste of our goats and cows”.
"Then Perez took samples tagasaste to Madrid and nobody paid any attention (thats weird!), but in England itself, while the seed was exported to Australia and New Zealand”, Adds. “Just as important is the production of tagasaste in Australia that the territory is dedicated to planting is greater than the entire island of La Palma”, highlights.
tagasaste, points, “of Australia were taken to Chile, Chile to Peru and Bolivia, and today has an impressive health as fodder, much more than in La Palma, Clear”, states.
This palmero emigrant in the United States also grows on his farm Dragos: “I brought some seeds Twins Brena Alta and planted them in San Diego; we have a lot of 'grandchildren”, dice.