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Spain grows most of the fruit and veg, whilst the netherlands grow mostly flowers. The demand for flowers has somewhat waned and recently saw an article of flo

by Zenst 7y ago

Spain grows most of the fruit and veg, whilst the netherlands grow mostly flowers. The demand for flowers has somewhat waned and recently saw an article of flower farmers in Africa suffering as nowhere to sell and case of piles of flowers composting away. The impact in that market will be very impacting.

Fronzie 7y ago
Netherlands does lots of pigs and tomatoes too. Apparently a fair amount of dairy as well.
morsch 7y ago
The Netherland's flower exports top the charts, but they export almost as much (each) meat, dairy and vegetables. https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2020/03/agricultural-exports-hit-record-level https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2020/03/agricultural-exports-h...
DoreenMichele 7y ago
You might try searching the term "Netherlands feeds the world" and perusing the many articles that turn up and perhaps reassess your ideas about the Netherlands.
- rjsw 7y ago
  You are on a different continent, we can just look at the labels on food to see where it comes from.
  - rjsw 7y ago
    We also get to see the trucks carrying the food. Go on any French autoroute and 2 out of 3 of the trucks will be from Spain.
    - rad_gruchalski 7y ago
      You mean registered in Spain. Where is the trailer registered? And what does the place of a vehicle registration has to do with the origin of the cargo they carry?
      - rjsw 7y ago
        The trailers have the names of Spanish vegetable companies written in big letters on their sides.
Freak_NL 7y ago
> whilst the netherlands grow mostly flowers. 38 km² of flowers in glasshouses and 272 km² of flowers on open ground. Total agricultural land use is 18163 km², 11815 km² of which is for growing grass and fodder, most of the remaining 6347 km² is food for human consumption, dominated by potatoes and grain. So not even 3%. We do not grow mostly flowers.
- Zenst 7y ago
  Aha, thank you for the correction.
- PeterisP 7y ago
  The flowers, however, are overrepresented in most satistics of production and export measured by value - there's a world of difference in the harvest value from an acre of wheat and an acre of roses.
pvaldes 7y ago
Netherlands provide seeds to all Europe and Spain buy a lot of their seeds to them. They do extensive research on vegetables

by Zenst 7y ago

Fronzie 7y ago

Netherlands does lots of pigs and tomatoes too. Apparently a fair amount of dairy as well.

morsch 7y ago

The Netherland's flower exports top the charts, but they export almost as much (each) meat, dairy and vegetables. https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2020/03/agricultural-exports-hit-record-level https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2020/03/agricultural-exports-h...

DoreenMichele 7y ago

You might try searching the term "Netherlands feeds the world" and perusing the many articles that turn up and perhaps reassess your ideas about the Netherlands.

rjsw 7y ago
You are on a different continent, we can just look at the labels on food to see where it comes from.
- rjsw 7y ago
  We also get to see the trucks carrying the food. Go on any French autoroute and 2 out of 3 of the trucks will be from Spain.
  - rad_gruchalski 7y ago
    You mean registered in Spain. Where is the trailer registered? And what does the place of a vehicle registration has to do with the origin of the cargo they carry?
    - rjsw 7y ago
      The trailers have the names of Spanish vegetable companies written in big letters on their sides.

Freak_NL 7y ago

> whilst the netherlands grow mostly flowers. 38 km² of flowers in glasshouses and 272 km² of flowers on open ground. Total agricultural land use is 18163 km², 11815 km² of which is for growing grass and fodder, most of the remaining 6347 km² is food for human consumption, dominated by potatoes and grain. So not even 3%. We do not grow mostly flowers.

Zenst 7y ago
Aha, thank you for the correction.
PeterisP 7y ago
The flowers, however, are overrepresented in most satistics of production and export measured by value - there's a world of difference in the harvest value from an acre of wheat and an acre of roses.

pvaldes 7y ago

Netherlands provide seeds to all Europe and Spain buy a lot of their seeds to them. They do extensive research on vegetables