Italy: Again high prices for Sicilian organic carrots

The Sicilian organic carrot season will start in a few weeks. For the past three years, there has been little supply and prices have been high. The Sicilian Natura Iblea specializes in the cultivation of these carrots. Director Roberto Giadone, also director of the online platform PaniereBio, talks about the outlook for 2021. Roberto Giadone “The average price for organic new carrots in the period between March and June has been very high over the past three seasons. Sometimes this amounted to more than € 0.70 per kilo for a large bag of carrots. This is the result of market fluctuations and this season we also seem to be heading for a price between € 0.60 and € 0.80 per kilo, ”says Giadone. “This now seems more like a confirmation than a hypothesis. We at Natura Alba and PaniereBio supply many of the major European supermarket chains and deliveries have already been agreed in November with prices between € 0.80 and € 0.95 per kilo for organic carrots in a 1 kg bag. If ...