More than 20 percent of German fruit acreage is organic

The cultivated area is equal to 22.1 percent of the total fruit in Germany. It covers 58,542 hectares. This area is considerably higher than in the Netherlands, where Statistics Netherlands set the organic area at 3.9 percent in 2022. In Germany, the organic share for apples is 24 percent. With plums at 7.7 percent and cherries at 6.5 percent, the organic share is still on the low side. It is also striking that in the small fruit segment the ariona berry is grown almost entirely ...