Seasonal vegetables can become up to 30 percent more expensive in Poland

Growers from the south of Mazovia are alarming that seasonal vegetables such as cucumbers, zucchini and tomatoes may increase in price in the coming weeks by as much as 30 percent. Farmers explain that this year some of the vegetables yielded large crops faster than usual and their vegetation will end in August. As Paweł Myziak from the board of the Association of Polish Pepper Producers explains, due to the fact that there will be fewer vegetables, their prices will go up. According to growers, seasonal vegetables will soon see a sharp increase in prices. The effect will be that for a kilogram of courgettes or peppers, for which we paid four zlotys a year ago, we will pay over one zloty more for less than a month. - says Paweł Myziak. In addition, seasonal vegetables will be more expensive, as a large part of them will be exported in August. - adds Paweł Myziak. Covid-19 - preventing the transmission of the virus in the food sector Seasonal vegetables will also be affected by the ...