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I would be curious to hear a bit more about this. From my recollection, just about every single piece of vegetable matter in any given Viennese Billa would come

by gajomi 10y ago

I would be curious to hear a bit more about this. From my recollection, just about every single piece of vegetable matter in any given Viennese Billa would come from outside Austria (potatoes being the exception). Is there US style industrial agriculture in Austria (I'm afraid I never ventured out of Wien and surrounding Niederosterreich area)?

bosie 10y ago
That depends on the season though, in summer almost everything seems to come from austrian farms. we don't have us style industrial agriculture in austria. our fields are tiny compared to the US (avg farm size is 40 acres; and we really don't have those superfarms [2000+ acres] that seem to be common in the US). same goes for livestock, a farmer doesn't have anywhere near the same number of say kettle on his/her farm.
- Thlom 10y ago
  I drove through some farmlands in California on vacation a few years ago, and the magnitude is astonishing. Never seen anything close in Europe.
  - tracker1 10y ago
    Driving between SF and Portland on the I-5 is definitely some impressive sights in terms of farm land.
phillc73 10y ago
I don't really know a great deal about farming in Austria, but as the other poster pointed out, there isn't really industrial agriculture US style that I am aware of. However, a couple of examples: - Austria has a pretty decent wine industry, with vineyard clusters in numerous locations around the country; south east Styria, Krems/Wachau, Burgenland, just south of Vienna. - In Styria, there's plenty of pumpkin growing, which are mostly used to make pumpkin oil, which is an outstanding salad dressing. - Also in Styria, there is a pretty big apple growing industry around Gleisdorf/Weiz to the east of Graz. - There are some reasonably big cropping operations in the east of the country in Burgenland where the landscape is more rolling hills than high alps.
the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
It depends on the season. There are not a lot of greenhouses so when the weather gets colder more stuff gets imported. This is fruit and vegetables that's organic and sourced in Austria that Billa sells currently https://shop.billa.at/warengruppe/obst-und-gemuese/B2-1?facet=S_BIO$ja&facet=S_HKLAND$%C3%96STERREICH&page=1 https://shop.billa.at/warengruppe/obst-und-gemuese/B2-1?face...

by gajomi 10y ago

bosie 10y ago

That depends on the season though, in summer almost everything seems to come from austrian farms. we don't have us style industrial agriculture in austria. our fields are tiny compared to the US (avg farm size is 40 acres; and we really don't have those superfarms [2000+ acres] that seem to be common in the US). same goes for livestock, a farmer doesn't have anywhere near the same number of say kettle on his/her farm.

Thlom 10y ago
I drove through some farmlands in California on vacation a few years ago, and the magnitude is astonishing. Never seen anything close in Europe.
- tracker1 10y ago
  Driving between SF and Portland on the I-5 is definitely some impressive sights in terms of farm land.

phillc73 10y ago

I don't really know a great deal about farming in Austria, but as the other poster pointed out, there isn't really industrial agriculture US style that I am aware of. However, a couple of examples: - Austria has a pretty decent wine industry, with vineyard clusters in numerous locations around the country; south east Styria, Krems/Wachau, Burgenland, just south of Vienna. - In Styria, there's plenty of pumpkin growing, which are mostly used to make pumpkin oil, which is an outstanding salad dressing. - Also in Styria, there is a pretty big apple growing industry around Gleisdorf/Weiz to the east of Graz. - There are some reasonably big cropping operations in the east of the country in Burgenland where the landscape is more rolling hills than high alps.

the_mitsuhiko 10y ago

It depends on the season. There are not a lot of greenhouses so when the weather gets colder more stuff gets imported. This is fruit and vegetables that's organic and sourced in Austria that Billa sells currently https://shop.billa.at/warengruppe/obst-und-gemuese/B2-1?facet=S_BIO$ja&facet=S_HKLAND$%C3%96STERREICH&page=1 https://shop.billa.at/warengruppe/obst-und-gemuese/B2-1?face...