In addition to the technical innovations concerning ‘Ail blanc de Lomagn
e’, numerous events have been held since the beginning of the 1960s: the first competition for the most beautiful bunch of white garlic was
held in 1961, the first fair organised around the garlic competition was
held in 1963 in partnership with the Agricultural Show, the syndicat d'initiative (an association for the development of tourism) and the municipality of Beaumont-de-Lomagne, under the aegis of Montauban's Agricultural Services; since then, the white garlic competition takes place every year at
...[+++]the Beaumont-de-Lomagne September Fair.