34,000 people visit "Benvinguts a Pagès La Festa"

The 7th edition of Benvinguts a Pagès La Festa has ended its weekend of free guided visits to 160 Catalan agri-food farms with a very good public response: 34,000 people took part in discovering where the products they eat every day come from, through the work of Catalonia's farmers. 

Farmers were the true stars of the weekend, able to show their daily work first hand and win over new audiences at an event that acts as the great showcase for Catalonia's agri-food offer. The visits were rounded off with product tastings and direct sales by the producers to the public over two days in which 80% of visitors buy something once the guided tour ends.

Most farms near the metropolitan area were full, with all the places for the free guided visits taken. The counties of Maresme, Vallès Occidental, Vallès Oriental, Osona and Bages received the largest groups throughout the weekend.

The Benvinguts a Pagès La Festa weekend also featured 200 restaurants working with local produce and selected by the farmers themselves, 145 rural establishments and a programme of almost a hundred complementary activities. The programme was rounded off by expanding the routes to sixteen day or weekend itineraries taking in visits to the participating farms.

The project stays open 365 days a year through the Benvinguts a Pagès Tot l'Any initiative, , which continues from now on with paid guided visits to around a hundred Catalan agri-food farms. The website benvingutsapages.cat has all the information, where visits can be browsed by area or by product, and also includes a section detailing the routes, available at any time.