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Urgell The County Council will promote green products


The District Council of Urgell and Ecological Plant Protection Agrupació de Catalunya have reached a According to promote organic products is aimed at increasing consumption in all the province of Lleida. The

District Council Chair of Urgell, Rosa Maria Mora, explained that following the agreement will launch a technical assistance for producers who wish to start or devote himself to organic production. Another purpose of the agreement is to carry out extensive campaigns to promote the consumption side of these products among the population and a special way for young people. Laia Vinas, head of Ecological Plant Protection Agrupació Ponent (ADV), has stressed the importance of the agreement in regard to improving the distribution problems with these products. Rubén Valls, spokesman for the Association of Ecological Producers of Catalonia has claimed an outlet for organic products, at least in each district capital. In the province of Lleida, there are only five outlets, three in the capital, Lleida, and another one in Mollerussa Balaguer. From agreement at the headquarters of District Council of Urgell, in Tárrega, run an office of Ecological Plant Protection Agrupació served by two techniques that provide theoretical and practical advice to those who wish to deepen organic production. Another important line of the convention, according Laia Viñas, will be the introduction of organic products in canteens of schools. In the region there are a urgelense twenty-nine total organic producers. Last year, according to the ADV, the province of Lleida were the largest producers of organic products in Catalonia with a surface of 39,540 acres enrolled a total of 359 operators, followed by 6,725 hectares Tarragona, Barcelona and Girona 5853 with 3,229 hectares . In Catalonia, 55,355 hectares are devoted to organic production by 986 operators, most of them intended to grassland, fodder, wild harvest and grazing.

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