European Championship Cherry Pit Spitting

In Europe there are more “cherry regions” where activities and festivals are organised. The offering LAGwould like to exchange experiences with these regions, to learn from each other how to yield these benefits and stimulate the rural economy and regional identity. The LAG would like to organise this “European Championship Cherry Pit Spitting”. This Championship should become an event in which teams and individual competitors from all over Europe compete each other.

The cherry is one of the identity bearers of the region: there are many cherry orchards and during the cherry season you can buy fresh cherries directly from these orchards. There is also an annual cherry festival when visitors can buy and taste cherries and related products, get information about cherry growing and harvesting, have a cherry diner, look to the stage-play “the cherry garden”, make a cycling tour along the orchards.A very special activity is “cherry pit spitting”.

The LAG means to meet and greet other cherry regions by the organisation of the EC. Leader-wise, we would like to use your experience and ideas in organise and promote the cherries and cherry-area’s! Benefits of these activities for the rural economy and area are: - Promotion of the region; - Promotion of cherry(products) - beeders sell more cherries directly to the consumer; - More attention and appreciation for farming; - More cooperation between farmers and entrepreneurship.

LAGs : - from “cherry regions” where cherry-activities or cherry festivals are organised; - who want to exchange information about regional branding and the development of area-related touristic products and services; - who want to cooperate in organising an “European Championship Cherry Pit Spitting” in 2011 in the Kromme Rijn Region (Holland); - who are willing to organise an European Championship in their own region/ country from 2013 on.

Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Malta, Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Spain, Slovakia, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Cyprus, France

Agriculture, Culture, Products(food), Promotion

07/07/2009