Friday, October 22, 2010

Bread Festival in Samtskhe-Javakheti

The bread festival in Akhaltsikhe was organized by Biological Farming Association ELKANA on October 16, 2010. Georgian Tourism Association (GTA) was invited as partner organization of ELKANA and has participated in this Event. The event was organized within the framework of the Tourism and Rural Development Project and the Eco-award program, and aimed at the introduction to wide public the agro-tourism infrastructure of Samtskhe-Javakheti region and popularization of the traditional products, the local wheat varieties among them. The tourist offers and network of guesthouses and farmhouses located in the region was presented at the festival. Local wheat and bread varieties were displayed on a special stand. Successful farmers cultivating Akhaltsikhe (Meskhetian) Tsiteli Doli wheat was awarded.