The IGP defends "the maximum food and environmental guarantee" in the 'first cut' of Valencian citrus fruits.

Representatives of AVA-Asaja and the rest of the citrus sector attended this Monday the event of the "First cutting of Valencian citrus fruits" in Tavernes de la Valldigna, specifically at the Agrosol Farm belonging to Francisco Sanchís. This initiative, organized for the fifth time by the Regulatory Council of the PGI "Valencian Citrus Fruits", gives visibility and importance to the oranges, mandarins, and lemons cultivated in the Community under this quality figure. The Minister of Agriculture, Miguel Barrachina, highlighted "the maximum guarantee of the citrus fruits protected by the PGI, not only from a food point of view, but also from an environmental one." "Well-cultivated citrus farms minimize the effects of floods by absorbing ten times more water than abandoned land; they purify the atmosphere by capturing CO2 and act as firebreaks," he pointed out. Barrachina also lashed out at "armchair environmentalists who do not set foot on the ground because of their absurd ...