Tag: vegetable
GRAPE ESCAPE: Driver arrested with car full of stolen peppers is same man who stole three tonnes of grapes...
Dozens of peppers tumbled out of the vehicle - believed to be a Citroen Picasso - when officers opened the boot
DON’T LEAF US THIS WAY: Brexit striking fear into hearts of ‘terrified’ farmers in Spain’s Andalucia
Scores of other Spanish growers export their watermelons, cucumbers and lettuces to UK giants like Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer while northern Europe freezes in the winter
HALLOWEEN: Spain is Europe’s leading pumpkin producer with 115,000 tonnes a year
Pumpkin sales spike around Halloween, where they are used for carving, a practice first thought to have been done by the Maori 700 years ago
Spain facing €580 million losses after Russia bans EU food
Small farms are bearing the brunt of the sanctions