Councillor for Agriculture and Environment, Antonio Luengo received today at school Severo Ochoa, San Javier to two volunteers of the Time Bank who join the local school garden project spending two hours a week to work with the garden with the center school.
One of the volunteers, Antonio Martinez redeems registration in the computer workshop with his dedication to the garden where it will go with Adolfo Perez, who will use his fondness for agriculture to devote two hours, from 9 am to 11 am every Monday, collaborating with monitors municipal school gardens and school teachers.
Antonio Luengo welcomed the choice made by the two volunteers of the Time Bank that will help in the management of the municipality where students planted, watered, pruned and collect all kinds of products, including tropical fruits largest school garden, naturally and ecological .
Luengo stressed the commitment of his council for school gardens "that already exist in almost all schools in the municipality and whose objective is to bring together the younger generations to agriculture and organic farming, in a predominantly agricultural municipality as San Javier.
Councilman of Agriculture announced that the nursery of El Mirador will shortly have a small garden in large planters in the absence of sufficient space.
He also announced the call by the Department of Agriculture monitors a course of school gardens aimed at workers in the City.
The center's director, Isabel Martinez also thanked the reinforcement involves the incorporation of the two volunteers to the garden and thanked the cooperation of the City and work with children by the municipal instructors.
Responsible for coordinating the school garden teacher, Love Herrero said that this is an enriching project for all students of the school that happens once a week with their class through the orchard with which imply as if something of yours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier