In Spain, the La Mancha Saffron PDO launches a campaign to collect signatures in support of the survival of the crop

The Board of Trustees of the La Mancha Saffron Protected Designation of Origin Regulatory Council Foundation has launched a campaign to collect signatures in support of the survival of saffron cultivation in Castilla-La Mancha due to the extreme situation and the obvious risk extinction of the species. The campaign, which started a few days ago, aims to highlight the need for a specific plan endowed with the necessary financial support to stop the decline in the production of this emblematic crop and to help recover it in the shortest possible time. . For this, a letter is being sent to producers and packers registered in the Denomination of Origin; political representatives in local, provincial, regional and national institutions; to agrarian, academic, social and gastronomic organizations; as well as other groups and individuals who want to express their support by signing. It has already been sent to the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, a native of Villafranca de los ...