The C-LM shepherd school will be launched this spring to guarantee the future of Manchego cheese in Spain

Published 2022년 3월 16일

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha is launching a regional school for shepherds this spring to ensure the continued commitment of extensive farmers to the Manchega sheep, a key factor in the production of Manchego cheese. 2021 saw a record 17.1 million kilograms of Manchego cheese produced, a significant increase from the Denomination of Origin's humble beginnings. Two thirds of this production is exported, with the United States being the largest market. The Denomination of Origin 'Queso Manchego' has allocated 900,000 euros for the promotion of its products for the current year.

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TOLEDO, March 16. (EUROPE PRESS) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha will launch its regional school for shepherds this spring with the aim of continuing to have extensive farmers committed to the Manchega sheep that guarantee the future of Manchego cheese, a spearhead product and that it is "the best intangible heritage that Castilla-La Mancha has". This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Francisco Martínez Arroyo, at a press conference this Wednesday, in which he was accompanied by the territorial delegate of ONCE, Carlos Javier Hernández, and the president of the Denomination of Origin Manchego Cheese, Antonio Martínez. Martínez Arroyo has indicated that "cheese is probably the element that best represents the land of La Mancha and that it carries with it the essence of the region to all parts of the world", since we are talking about a Denomination of Origin that was born "even before the ...

Source: europapress