Cinco Días con Nuestra Tierra

Cinco Días con Nuestra Tierra
Location(s)	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Inaugurated	1977
Genre	agricultural fair
Patron	UPRM
Website	ciag.uprm.edu/5dias

Cinco Días con Nuestra Tierra is a five-day agricultural show held every year in the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. The event is organized by volunteers, students, alumni and professors, the university collaborate in an institutional level and collaborates in other matters.^[1] Thousands of people attend the fair, the majority being school excursions and environmentalist clubs, elderly groups, communities, impaired children and churches. Federal and local agencies also participate, such as the "Autoridad de Desperdicios Sólidos", "Extensión Agrícola" and the Department of Agriculture among others.^[1]

History

Cinco Días con Nuestra Tierra began being celebrated in 1977 with the purpose of promoting and divulging the agricultural instruction amongst the community. The event took place in the lobby of the "Jesús T. Piñero building", main building of the College of Agricultural Sciences since then the fair has evolved into one of the most important agricultural fairs in Puerto Rico.^[1]

See also

• Agricultural show
• Livestock show

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Minet, Carla. "Comienzan los Cinco Días con Nuestra Tierra" (in Spanish). Mayagüez Sabe a Mango. http://www.mayaguezsabeamango.com/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=449&catid=51&Itemid=78. Retrieved March 9, 2011.