The President of the Provincial Council travels to Bra to finalize the collaboration agreement.
The President of the Provincial Council of Zamora, Javier Faúndez Domínguez, and the deputy responsible for Economic Development and the Alimentos de Zamora brand, Emilio Fernández Martínez, have been received this Thursday by the mayor of Bra (Italy), Giovanni Fogliato, and have agreed on the twinning of the Cheese Fair organized by the Italian city, Cheese, with the International Cheese Fair of Zamora Fromago to be effective in the second edition of the same to be held in 2024.
The meeting was also attended by Barbara Nappini, president of Slow Food Italy, the Slow Food organization that organizes the Cheese event together with the city of Bra, and Daniela Conte, coordinator of the Slow Food network in Spain.
Javier Faúndez and Emilio Fernández have been accompanied by Sara Fregeneda, president of the International School of Dairy Industries of Zamora (EILZA), in charge of managing the organization of Fromago 2024 to which the Provincial Council will allocate 550,000 euros, and by Fernando Fregeneda, representing the Slow Food community of Zamora, among others.
The Zamorano delegation has met at the Giunta Hall of the Bra Municipality building with the two entities that organize the Cheese Fair in the Italian town with the objective of to lay the groundwork for the collaboration agreement to be signed between the two fairswhile exchanging experiences to improve next year’s event in Zamora in every possible aspect.
The president of the Provincial Council and the head of Alimentos de Zamora will attend tomorrow the official opening of the Fair with which they will conclude their visit to Italy.
The Bra Cheese Fair reaches its XIV edition this year. Organized by the Municipality of Bra and Slow Food, it is held biannually in defense of natural, artisanal and clean label cheeses.
This year’s edition opens this Friday, September 15, and will last until Monday , September 18, with 401 exhibitors, street kitchens, food trucks, etc.
