Nº 06 - A Ulloa
Language: Spanish / English translation
The Land of "A Ulloa"
CHANGE, DIFFERENTIATION, DIVERSIFICATION AND SERVICES IN A RURAL REGION
08:30. Departure from Lugo
09:15. First visit: AVIPORTO
It is a chicken fattening farm of considerable size that uses the most modern technology and operates under the strictest animal welfare conditions.
In order to contribute to improving the environmental conditions in the surrounding area, the farm has a facility where the manure produced on the farm is converted into organic-mineral fertiliser, which is marketed throughout Spain.
The company's activities are complemented by the distribution of rice husks, which are used as bedding in livestock stables in Spain.
12:00 h. Second visit. Feed production AIRA
A feed factory belonging to a farmers' cooperative in this region.
14:30 h. Lunch in Antas de Ulla
Antas de Ulla is a small village on the Way of St. James
Lunch at a typical inn
16:45 h. Third visit. ARTELAC
Livestock farm that processes and markets its products with renewable energy.
It consists of:
Dairy and meat farm.
Artisanal cheese dairy
Organic free-range chicken farming.
19:30 h. Return to Lugo
Lead the field trip:
Prof. Dr. Martín Barrasa Rioja
USC
Lugo. Spanien
martin.barrasa@usc.es
Lead the field trip:
Dª. María Rey Campos
Agricultural engineer
AGACA Agricultural Cooperative
m.rey@agaca.org
First visit guide
D. Daniel Serrano López
Telecommunications Engineer. Managing Director
tienda@aviporto.com
Second visit guide
Daniel Ferreiro Otero
Managing Director of Aira SCG
dferreiro@aira.es
Third visit guide.
D. Antonio Ferreiro Ferreiro
Owner of the farm ARTELAC
artelac-ullar@hotmail.es
