Netherlands: True winter weather could still get the sale of cooking vegetables going

Tholen - In the previous two years, there was much more interest in so-called cooking vegetables because of Corona, notes Kees van den Bosch of open field vegetable trade Freeland. He knows a cause. "We lack a real winter this year. Good winter weather could get things going." "The entire winter vegetable sales are a bit slow. The leek market had revived a bit since Christmas, but collapsed again last week. Prices are now very low and finding sales is a difficult story," says Kees. "The sale of the pumpkins is also slow. There are even more Dutch pumpkins on the market than expected, which means that the import pumpkins will start later. However, the import, mainly from Egypt, can now start at any time." "Sales of celeriac are continuing reasonably well, but sales would also be a lot better with winter weather. The market for Chinese cabbage also continues to wobble. Carrots are sold for 20 cents in a bag, so that's nothing ...