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The Agüimes Fairgrounds opens its doors to the largest showcase of local products at the 34th Km Fair.0 Gran Canaria
The 34th edition of the Km Fair.0 Gran Canaria has opened its doors today in the Agüimes Fairgrounds with the objective of promoting the primary sector that, as explained by the president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, during its inauguration, “It is key for our territory, to protect the landscape, to generate employment, eat fresher, reduce the ecological footprint or fight fires”.
The president recalled that Km products.0 “they meet all the conditions and, therefore, which we guarantee with spaces like this that the producer can first-hand, without intermediaries, offer your product, that the consumer comes closer and can purchase it, It represents an important step in the strategy of give value to the local product”.
For your part, the mayor of the host municipality, Oscar Hernandez, stated that the municipality of Agüimes coincides with the bet of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria for food sovereignty for the Island, and pointed out that “betting on the Km Fairs.0 and for the agricultural sector it is part of the improvement of the landscape and the roots of the population to the territory”.
Promoted and financed by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, organized by Infect, Gran Canaria Fair and co-organized by the Agüimes City Council, This 34th edition of the exhibition welcomes this weekend 60 stands, being of them a total of 58 stands of farmers and producers 14 municipalities of the island, accompanied by the program Gran Canaria I like it, the Chamber of Commerce of Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria Tourism and the Canarian Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA).
The host municipality, Agüimes, is the one that has brought the most stallholders to this meeting regarding agri-food products, specifically to ten wine and cheese producers; specialists in leg preparation, microgreens growers, beer makers and representatives of the Salinas de Bocabarranco.
Ingenio and Santa Lucía, For their part, they attend the fair with eight or six producers., respectively, to add to the local offer products such as spices, aloe vera drinks, pan, plants and flowers, honey and olives and a wide variety of cheeses.
The other eleven participating municipalities -Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Moya, Saint Brigid, Valsequillo, San Bartolome de Tirajana, Arucas, Saint Matthew, Terror, Firg, Gáldar and Telde- mushrooms will also provide, the jams, the sweet cane, the ice creams, juices and pastries, among other products.
Among the new features of this edition is the incorporation of Coffee Funghi, a producer from Gáldar that bases its activity on a circular economy model focused on the revaluation of coffee grounds collected in establishments in the municipality. This waste becomes the substrate with which they grow varieties such as oyster mushrooms., shiitake and lion's mane, that they sell both fresh and through derived products, including an organic coffee made together with Café Ortega. The company offers, besides, self-cultivation kits and informative workshops on their farm to bring the production process closer to the public and promote local mycological culture.
The Km Fair.0 Gran Canaria, which will be open 9:00 a 14:00 hours on both Saturday and Sunday, it stands like this, as an ideal meeting point to purchase high quality products, collaborate with the local economy and promote sustainability on the island.
On the website: https://km0grancanaria.com/aguimes-2025 You will find all the information about the producers participating in this edition.
