Santiago-Pontones opens its Segureño lamb conference with talks and tastings until Saturday
Topics Diputación de Jaén
The XXI Technical Conference on Organic Segureño Lamb begins this Thursday in Santiago de la Espada and moves on Friday and Saturday to Pontones, with talks on transhumance, extensive livestock farming and gastronomy, as well as tastings and musical performances.
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The XXI Technical Conference on Organic Segureño Lamb began this Thursday in Santiago de la Espada, within the municipality of Santiago-Pontones, and will run until Saturday, October 24. The event moves on Friday and Saturday to Pontones, according to the Diputación de Jaén.
Talks and activities
The programme includes talks and activities linked to transhumance, extensive livestock farming and the local gastronomy. It also addresses the application of new technologies to the sector, the role of this activity in the conservation of natural spaces and the marketing of Segureño lamb. The conference is completed with tastings of the product and musical performances.
The backing of the Diputación
The deputy for Agriculture, Livestock, Environment and Climate Change, Isabel Uceda, took part in the event with a talk in which she reviewed the Diputación's actions to promote livestock activity and promote Segureño lamb. Among them she cited the call for aid to transhumant livestock farming, the School of Shepherds and the Segureño Lamb Festival.
An event with background
The portal reported on October 22 that this conference is part of the Pontones Livestock Fair and that its opening was attended by the delegate of the Government of the Junta de Andalucía in Jaén, Erik Domínguez, together with the presidents of COAG Jaén, Antonio Punzano, and of the SAT Sierra de Segura, Pedro José Soria, and Pastos de Pontones, Emilio de la Cruz. At that same event it was noted that more than 70 young people have joined the livestock sector in Santiago-Pontones.
To attend
The activities are divided between Santiago de la Espada, where they began this Thursday, and Pontones, where they move on Friday and Saturday, October 24.
