The XLII Bierzo Chestnut Fair and Exaltation of Magosto of the Tourist Initiatives Center of Santa Marina del Sil (León) appointed this Saturday Castañero Mayor to the Minister of the Environment, Housing and Regional PlanningJuan Carlos Suárez-Quiñoneswho received the distinction “with pride and great dignity” during a celebration he described as “endearing”.
Suárez-Quiñones acknowledged that his political career led him to a “privileged link” with the Leonese region which results in this nomination and others linked to a territory which, he declared in statements collected by Ical, “notices and feels” like his home.
The councilor expressed his gratitude to the president of the Tourist Initiatives Center of Santa Marina del Sil, Ángel González, to the mayor of Toreno, Vicente Mirón, and to the representatives of the Regional Delegation of Bierzo who attended a celebrationdeclared of Tourist Interest Regionaldedicated to one of the products that identify the Bercian region.
As you remember, the chestnut count with guarantee mark and the woods in which they are produced “model the landscape” of this territory. It is, he stressed, a food which covers the entire production chain and which it is more and more present in various fields and even in haute cuisine.
“It is an identity product of this territory, which enjoys very good health» emphasized Suárez-Quiñones, who added that this year’s production in Bierzo was around six million kilograms.
