date:Apr 15, 2014
It is the end of the winter vegetable season, and Sylvain Legrand, President of the GPLM (Grouping of vegetable producers in the Manche) says ''we have never seen such a bad year''. Cabbage production dropped by 35%, leeks by 30% and carrots by half, due to a mild, rainy winter. ''The fields were full of water which made it impossible to use the machines. We had to pick the leeks by hand''.
Production dropped but prices did not rise. ''A kilo of leeks sells for around 18 - 23 cents. Production