More salads and vegetables and less watermelon in a cold summer in Central Europe

In July, the waterspouts left a sad balance of human and productive losses in Germany and Belgium, countries in which now the maximum temperatures do not reach 20 degrees. "This summer has been cold in Europe, and when this happens, summer fruit is not consumed as in countries with a Mediterranean diet," Antonio Moreno, the head of fruit from the agricultural association UPA, pointed out to Efeagro. "When the heat is not good, Europeans prefer a salad or grilled broccoli instead of watermelon, whose consumption is dictated by the weather," he has given as an example. Moreno has described the development of the watermelon campaign as a "disaster" since the beginning of July, when the outings in Almería of the pieces grown in the open air began, until today. Now the cuts are ending in the Region of Murcia, where there have been times when the farmer has been paid below cost, at only five or six cents a kilo, he regretted before pointing out that it is still too early for the final ...