The price of spinach increased due to the rains in Western Europe

"We've stopped, we can't harvest," says Dutchman Corne Brören, who grows about 60 hectares of spinach every year. Now most of the fields are wet and muddy, and the cold weather also inhibits the development of plants. They would have just switched from spring to summer varieties on the farm, but work stopped. "Usually at this time of the year, you have to be able to produce spinach within thirty days, but now it's a week longer on the field. It looks like we'll have to dial some of it in as soon as soil conditions allow,” says the grower, who has already told his customers he can't deliver right now. Fortunately, the partners are understanding, they see what is happening throughout the Netherlands. There is hardly any product available, and there is also little of the imported goods, as there was too much rain elsewhere. Since the first harvest, the delivery has been interrupted due to the weather. A spinach grower in North Holland tries to see the bright side of things: ...