Children Municipal Center for Child Care, CAI, Santiago de la Ribera and take care of their own lettuce, spinach, celery and broccoli, which this morning planted in the new organic garden that has been launched in collaboration with the Center the Department of Agriculture and Environment that provides technical support.
The mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo, the Town Planning, Agriculture and Environment, Antonio Luengo and the Councillor for Social Services, Estíbaliz Masegosa this morning visited the facilities where he started the garden in which children work week attending watering, removing weeds and following the growth process of plants to harvest, Esperanza said Gisbert, coordinator of the center is attended by children of 0-3 years.
José Miguel Luengo congratulated the team for the smooth running of the center and announced the forthcoming opening of another line to accommodate more children who are already on the waiting list, since the facilities permit.
Luengo emphasized the importance that children become familiar with agriculture in a city "where 60 percent of the land is cultivated."
The Councillor for Agriculture and Environment, Antonio Luengo welcomed the inclusion of children's center in the school gardens included in the municipal program, which provides technical assistance to specialized personnel attached centers, "because the goal is for children from smallish know agriculture and become familiar with ecological procedures. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier