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The food group reaffirms its support for the sector, subsidizing seed to farmer, besides the costs of production and marketing.
SPAR Gran Canaria delivered last day 17 December of 75.000 kilos of seed potatoes to a group of local farmers, under a new agreement signed between the food chain with the COAG, Direct harvest, UCONPA and the Departments of Agriculture of the Canarian Government and the Cabildo de Gran Canaria to promote the production and marketing of local quality potato, which will, In addition, a boost and support local producers.
The supermarket chain SPAR Gran Canaria continues its philosophy of sowing the benefit of society and grancanaria, result of this, He has distributed this week, 140.000 kilos of seeds, which will become 1.300.000 kilos of potatoes for consumption.
This is the seventh time that the supermarket chain distributed to island farmers seeds for cultivation, which this time includes varieties Face, Picasso, Rose Garden, Spunta and Galactic.
With this action, eleven farmers of five organizations of fruit and vegetables from the island, will have subsidized, not only the raw material for growing potatoes, but the costs of production and marketing of the product in all food establishments mark, that is committed to cover expenses, without affecting the market price.
The delivery of these potato seeds took place in a ceremony at the ship SPAR Group Gran Canaria in Mercalaspalmas, a meeting which was attended by Angel Medina, president of the supermarket chain, the President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, with his Minister of Agriculture Narvay Quintero; Antonio Morales, President of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, accompanied by his advisor Miguel Hidalgo Primary Sector; Rafael Hernández, member of the Executive Committee of COAG and Jose Manuel Quesada of Consumers Union.
angel Medina, president of the food company wanted to highlight this initiative as another example of the commitment of SPAR Gran Canaria with the land and with the island farmer. "This agreement is signed for the seventh time and intends to continue growing in production and number of farmers, promoting and highlighting the canary product ", he stressed.
In the same way, Fernando Clavijo, He wanted to highlight the SPAR Gran Canaria agreement with the local pope as "a way of doing things differently, favoring the island's production and promoting a commitment to the earth ". As he noted, "This action of SPAR Gran Canaria has served as inspiration for the Canary Islands Government, which it has added to this formula by applying it in other projects such as "Growing Together".
Antonio Morales, President of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, applauded the renewal of the agreement, as "a way of enhancing the Canarian food sovereignty, on which we work every day, uniting marketing and production, creating synergies and consolidating a model that the consumer about local production ". In this way, "It is encouraged to be consumed what comes from our land, awareness is generated and favors not only production, but the employment and conditions of our workers ".
From the agricultural organization COAG professional, Rafael Hernández, He puts the emphasis on the importance of this agreement as "a guarantee for farmers, which has production sold before planting, through a new system of trade agreement that highlights the quality and local production, reducing costs and making accessible the Canary field to consumer ".
In addition, to the 1.300.000 kilos of potatoes fruit of the seeds agreement, must be added the more than 500.000 kilos of potatoes grown annually by farmers grancanarios not attached to the agreement seeds, but also they marketed under the label SPAR 'Harvest Canaria Kilometer Zero'.
The origin of this initiative goes back to January 2013, when the first agreement was signed SPAR Gran Canaria, COAG, Direct and UCONPA harvest with the ministries of Agriculture, Government of Canarias and Cabildo de Gran Canaria. This agreement has meant, plus a boost and support local producers, the creation of new jobs related to agriculture. This first action was the spearhead of an agreement is secured between the entities and now in its seventh edition.
SPAR Group Gran Canaria, as part of its strategic commitment to the acquisition of fresh quality products of the island of Gran Canaria, still working to encourage the production of local potato, with special attention to that obtained following integrated production methods and organic.
In addition, from the supermarket chain it is encouraged day-to-day achievement and maintenance of frames strong relationship with other farmers of potatoes which in this case are not within the agreement seeds-, through which market their potatoes guaranteed, that meet all quality parameters required and sold under the label 'Harvest Canaria' SPAR supermarkets in Gran Canaria.