date:Aug 25, 2014
In France, the average price of fruit fell this summer by 12 per cent, while the price of vegetables dropped by 3 per cent (compared to the summer period of last year).
Harvests were more copious this year because of the weather during the spring and summer. It is regarded by farmers as a return to form, as this year's output has returned to the average level for the last number of years (2013 was rather an anomaly).
Hostility has developed between bodies representing fruit growers in France a