Turkey: 535 shepherds reached with Mera İzmir

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer visited the shepherds in Seferihisar, where the first milk purchases started within the scope of the Mera Izmir project. President Soyer stated that the producer, whom they gave advance support before the milk was milked, and which they bought at prices far above the market, returned to production from the point of quitting, and said, "The producer's abandonment means the collapse of the country. We are also striving to be the lifeline of the small producer." With the Mera İzmir project, which came to life as one of the most important links of İzmir agriculture, it is aimed to support small cattle breeding in the region, while reducing water consumption in agriculture, ensuring that the producer is satiated in the place where he was born, and bringing healthy food to millions of people living in İzmir. The Izmir agriculture strategy, which was created with the vision of "Another Agriculture is Possible" of Tunç Soyer, the Mayor of ...