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The Melon Festival are a recognition and appreciation to the farmers, agribusinesses and agricultural processing cooperatives for their work year after year, culminating with recognition awards "Golden Melon" that have fallen this year for farmers Jose Rios Jorquera, and the company Agrimesa.
The Minister of Education, Training and Employment, Sotoca Constantine, delivered the opening speech of the Festival of Melon and stressed the fame of the melons of this municipality that transcend national borders and international recognition for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).
The director received from the Mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid, the city's Golden Shield.
This event gave them a distinction awarded to Ros José Luis Jorquera and closed, President of Agrimesa.
The mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid, stressed the importance of melon de Torre Pacheco.
Also commented that this year's festivities have been brought forward to coincide with the start of the harvest season of melons for the holidays are another act of promoting this product.
Lauded the involvement from all pachequeros this holiday season, because during the holidays restaurants offering menus made with melon and shops decorated their windows with melons.
The Melon parties were created in 1969 with the intention of promoting agricultural activities in the municipality of Torre Pacheco, under the name Agricultural Week, and became an important forum to defend the interests of farmers.
The melon has a long tradition in the municipality of Torre Pacheco.
Among its varieties are "frog skin", "yellow" or "Gaul".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco
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