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Based on the greenhouses I could identify on google maps spain's part seems much larger. Netherlands - https://www.google.com/maps/@52.021357,4.5405597,46292m/

Based on the greenhouses I could identify on google maps spain's part seems much larger. Netherlands - https://www.google.com/maps/@52.021357,4.5405597,46292m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@52.021357,4.5405597,46292m/data... Spain - https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7995257,-2.4654344,60237m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7995257,-2.4654344,60237m/da...

danieldk 7y ago
I am not sure about fresh food, but The Netherlands is world's second largest agricultural exporter (and no, it's not only flowers): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/holland-agriculture-sustainable-farming/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/holland-... Also, it's not only about size, also efficiency. Scroll down the article and look at the insane yields per square mile for tomatoes, chilies + green peppers, and cucumbers. No other country comes even close.
- tgv 7y ago
  That's import+export for you. It's not all local produce.
- loopbit 7y ago
  The Netherlands are the biggest re-exporter of fruits and vegs. In terms of both quantity and value, they are behind Spain: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/2135083/netherlands-world-s-biggest-re-exporter-for-11-fruit-veg-products/ https://www.freshplaza.com/article/2135083/netherlands-world...
  - ricardobeat 7y ago
    > The Netherlands is the biggest exporter of fresh vegetables though, both looking at quantity and value
- ReptileMan 7y ago
  Not sure if blind test can determine whether you are eating Netherlands' tomato or styrofoam. The only good tomatoes from these parts of the world I have tasted were cherry ones. Not sure whether it is cultivar, climate, agricultural practice or terroir. But they taste nothing like real tomatoes.
  - dzhiurgis 7y ago
    I think most people never tasted a real tomato...
csomar 7y ago
That's not how it works. There are numbers and the Netherlands exports as twice as Spain. Probably because they have a smaller population, so they consume much less internally. Also it rains a LOT in the Netherlands while Spain is mostly Mediterranean. There is a reason why North Africa didn't have a big population until very recently.

danieldk 7y ago

I am not sure about fresh food, but The Netherlands is world's second largest agricultural exporter (and no, it's not only flowers): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/holland-agriculture-sustainable-farming/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/holland-... Also, it's not only about size, also efficiency. Scroll down the article and look at the insane yields per square mile for tomatoes, chilies + green peppers, and cucumbers. No other country comes even close.

tgv 7y ago
That's import+export for you. It's not all local produce.
loopbit 7y ago
The Netherlands are the biggest re-exporter of fruits and vegs. In terms of both quantity and value, they are behind Spain: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/2135083/netherlands-world-s-biggest-re-exporter-for-11-fruit-veg-products/ https://www.freshplaza.com/article/2135083/netherlands-world...
- ricardobeat 7y ago
  > The Netherlands is the biggest exporter of fresh vegetables though, both looking at quantity and value
ReptileMan 7y ago
Not sure if blind test can determine whether you are eating Netherlands' tomato or styrofoam. The only good tomatoes from these parts of the world I have tasted were cherry ones. Not sure whether it is cultivar, climate, agricultural practice or terroir. But they taste nothing like real tomatoes.
- dzhiurgis 7y ago
  I think most people never tasted a real tomato...

csomar 7y ago

That's not how it works. There are numbers and the Netherlands exports as twice as Spain. Probably because they have a smaller population, so they consume much less internally. Also it rains a LOT in the Netherlands while Spain is mostly Mediterranean. There is a reason why North Africa didn't have a big population until very recently.