''Engranja't'' in the Huerta de Lleida

Tradition at Horta de Lleida

During the middle of the 19th century, ancestors of the Pifarré family cultivated land in the Horta de Lleida between the Mariola and Caparrella divisions, where the Pifarré Farm is located today.

The history of Granja Pifarré reveals 6 generations dedicated to farming and livestock following a family business model where the quality of the products and the know-how of a vocational profession represents the lifestyle that have always prevailed. The farm had until 200 cows with an average production of 4000 liters per day of high quality milk.

During the year 2020, Granja Pifarré proposed to diversify the family business with educational proposals to promote the history and peasant tradition of the Horta de Lleida.

Thus, from March 2021 it offers a diversity of agrocultural activities with a focus on the rural life of Lleida city. Consequently, in 2022 it received the Horta Award from La Paeria · Lleida City Council at the category of innovation, given that in 2021 they received 5.033 visitors as well.

Agricultural activities

In this educational and rural project, which has the collaboration and complicity of the Nomon Turisme Cultural team, are designed routes to discover the flowering of pear trees, corn mazes or tomato canning workshops. But the main activities are the following:

• Engranja't, (Gear up) experiential route
• Edugranjate 
• Visit to the Agricultural Museum of the Tractor
• Hanami Horta, the flowering of the pear-trees in Ponent, in April.
• Laberint de l'Horta, available on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings in August, September and October.
• 2nd Solidarity Walk Down Horta, October 21st, 2023

These are guided activities that go through several interesting points: the old square, the Farinetes tower, the vegetable garden, the hen house, the path of the main drain, the fruit fields, the world cow stable, the beef farm and the agrostore with local products.

The guide introduces the activities and space history and proposes experiential activities for visitors as well.

Definitely, proposals that reinvigorate and value the agricultural world as a source of knowledge, wisdom and learning for all audiences, especially families and schools.