Visit to the Agroforesty training and testing centre of
Guisamo
Last Tuesday, 20th of November, a group of
46 students of our school visited the Agroforesty training and testing centre
of Guisamo, whose main goal is to respond to the training needs of
professionals, entities, associations, and population related to agricultural,
livestock, forestal needs and revitalization of the rural.
The training
given in CFEA of Guisamo conforms to the characteristics of its catchment area
and is based on the principles of solidarity, respect and human and
environmental sustainability, maximizing this way the exploitation of the local
resources.
Accompanied by Pilar and Tonecho, our students could enjoy
visiting their native tree plantations, focused this time in apple trees, main
focus of our Comenius project “Triple AAA – All About Apples”, and received all
kind of explanations about the different types of apple trees, native species
of apples, and finally they could carry out a tasting of nine different kinds
of apples, on which a vote was conducted so as to choose the species most
valued by the students. The winning species will travel to Germany next
September to compete with the best apples of the eight other countries involved
in the Comenius project. We also bet for our native apples that, although they
are not as well-known as other species traded, (e.g. golden…), we consider them
to be as good or even better than them. Currently, the students of 1st
of Secondary Education are doing the counting of the votes that all the
students issued on each of the nine kinds of apples they so kindly provided us
in Guisamo.
Our most
sincere gratitude to Pilar (mother of our 2nd of Secondary Education
student, Andrea Rey), Tonecho, and the principal of the centre: Xosé Lois Arenas
for their disposition and collaboration with our Comenius project.
If you want to have a look at the visit, click on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNGKZSzXYQ&feature=youtu.be
