Fruits and vegetables in Andalusia and the rest of Spain.

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The Andalusian is known and valued for many reasons, including tourism, but if something really characterizes our region is its cuisine, which encompasses a wide variety of products, all of excellent quality. Andalusian food come with an authenticity and personality linked to its historical, cultural, social and environmental, which gives them also ideal characteristics for the dissemination of the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet.


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Wines, extra virgin olive oil, Iberian products or fruits and vegetables are some of Andalusia offers exceptional food. Along with these stars in our food, we also have other unique products, great tradition and excellent quality, some of which are unparalleled in the entire European Union. This applies, inter alia, the wines of Condado de Huelva, Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Málaga, Málaga and Sierras de Montilla-Moriles, honey Granada, Jerez brandy or mackerel and mackerel Andalusia.

In addition, since 2001 we have the Certified Quality brand with which to distinguish and fishery food products with differentiated quality assurance and development under specific controls. After this distinctive hide years of intensive work by all members of the food chain who, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, have worked hard with one clear objective: To place food quality certification on the leading edge of quality, food safety and excellence.
 
The Director General of Industry and Food, Ana Romero, told EFEAgro under horticultural fair Fruit Logistica in Berlin, has reiterated the "joint effort" of the Ministry with business to promote the quality and "excel with product not only compliant but also have an additional marking. "
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He assured that the commitment to excellence has led to Andalucia to close 2010 with an increase in agri-food exports, which has allowed us to close the year with "a good balance of trade. "

Did little to go to Berlin. Do you really know and we Europeans know how to work each other?, is of course not.


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Listen, listen, you have to listen before speaking.



Specifically, the Andalusian agriculture sector exported 5.514 million euros in the period from January to November 2010, 10.4% more than the same period last year, and Andalucia is the second biggest exporter community in our country after Catalonia, 21.3% of the total, according to the Ministry.


More than 40 companies in Fruit Logistica Andalusian
At Fruit Logistica 2011 are represented more than forty companies in the Andalusian horticultural sector, including 34 through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Trade Promotion Agency of Andalusia Extenda, attached to the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Science, and have a canopy of approximately 1,000 square meters.


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I´m happy.

You could have made ​​a call to your "buddy " before accusing Andalusian, she would have informed you of strict quality controls carried out health hygiene for vegetables and fruits in Andalusia, besides that not a single case of death in Andalusia the rest of Spain by the bacteria, do not really know what it is to be in the EU






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The Minister Andalusian agriculture, his face seems to be thinking of his "colleague" of Hamburg.
 
In France also sold fruits and vegetables Spanish
WORLD. French consumers are caught by the virus of psychosis. The indictment of Spanish cucumbers in the multiplication of food poisoning cases in Germany, has caused such panic that have turned their backs not only on cucumbers, but all fruits and vegetables from Spain. Alain Barniol, president of the National Union of Importers and Exporters of Fruits and Vegetables in France, speaks of "an incalculable disaster. "


France is the second largest importer of Spanish fruit and vegetables. In 2010, bought 1.8 million tonne, but since 25 May, imports from the other side of the Pyrenees have been stopped in its tracks.


"There has been much discussion in the media of the dead in Germany cucumber consumption now no one is buying Spanish products, or cucumber or peppers, or tomatoes, or eggplant, and peaches, or apricots, or strawberries. I had never seen anything like it in 43 years in the profession, "says Alain Barniol, whose company, in a week, has lost 90% of its turnover habitual.El Union of Importers and Exporters has ordered additional analysis showing that the products they import not contaminated with the virus incriminated, but every effort is futile.


And the crisis goes much further, by extension, consumers also are turning their backs on the French cucumber, despite the difficulties caused by drought in recent months, was selling well. But a week ago, its price has dropped to 9 cents, below production costs. "We can not take legal action against Germany, "laments Barniol, "but I think the Spanish government should do it. "
 
As a result of accusations without proof we obtain:


Russia bans imports of fresh vegetables from the EU by the outbreak of 'E.coli'
 
Huelva strawberries and raspberries, two unique delights Huelva (Andalusia)


The strawberry and raspberry crops have become an engine strategic sector and economic development of Huelva, putting the province on the international scene.

The effects, both direct and indirect, of the strawberry sector in Andalusia positive impact in other economic sectors. Thus, the cultivation of strawberries has become a strategic sector and motor development, especially in Huelva economy-accounting for 27 percent of its agro-food industry by number of outlets, which has placed the province in the international scene being also a fundamental factor in improving income, employment, wealth and development in the south of the province.


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Currently, Huelva provides about 245,000 tonnes of strawberries (and strawberry), 9 percent of world production of strawberries and 25 percent of the European Union of 25, ranking as second largest production and research technology the world in this sector, behind California. However, its surface has been reduced from the 2005/2006 marketing year by 12 percent. Although the cultivated area occupies only 3% percent of the total acreage in the province, the strawberry sector contributes over 50 percent of total agricultural production.





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If we go back to 1977 only 600 hectares were cultivated in the province. The launch of this product was in the 80's, reaching 5,196 hectares in 1992 and in 1997, 6989. In the provincial assembly, the cutter is present in 23 municipalities of the 79 existing Moguer highlighting the municipality, with about 2,300 hectares, representing more than 33 percent of acreage in the province.

A more remote, Almonte, with 1,152 hectares, with Doñana, interesting features organic crop farms. Palos de la Frontera, with 744 hectares, accounts for 11 percent of Huelva strawberry fields. Other towns where the mill has a considerable significance are Lucena del Puerto, Cartaya and Lepe. The climate of the area gives the area some extraordinary opportunities to practice high-quality agriculture.


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Raspberry

Raspberry, meanwhile, is the second crop on the surface of the province of Huelva, occupying 1,301 hectares. Figure that has led to an increase of its surface over the previous year by 40 percent. It is followed by blueberries, the third crop, which is the product that has increased in area from last season (43 percent), reaching close to 300 hectares. However, the surface of raspberry has increased over the last year compared to 928 hectares in 2005/2006, especially in terms Huelva Lucena del Puerto and Bonar.

In terms of varieties, the most used is the Glen-Lyon, which occupies about 95 percent of the total. Tulameen variety, from nurseries in height and occupies a 2 or 3 percent of the surface. The progressive, but still moderate current crop substitution by Strawberry Raspberry, still needs more manpower requirement for treatment and collection. This is because for every acre of strawberries goes to the raspberry crop, it is necessary to double the manpower.
 
Can someone imagine here:

About every person I know here in Berlin has stopped eating vegetables. Last evening I was at a birthday party and even there no vegetable salad was served. Restaurants serve no salads anymore either and vegetables are thrown away in the supermarkets. Almost all diet consists of meat and carbohydrates now, really healthy... Ok, fruits from time to time.
Well I don't care and continue eating vegetables -in public! :grin:
 
Well I don't care and continue eating vegetables -in public! :grin:

Should look like a transgressor.
 
You won't be wrong eating veggies, I believe the source of ecoli is not known yet.
How are the vegetarians doing in Germany these days? :grin:
 
You won't be wrong eating veggies, I believe the source of ecoli is not known yet.
How are the vegetarians doing in Germany these days? :grin:

After two malaria diseases and scrapies, contact with bilharziasis contaminated water, HIV and HepC-infected blood, and finally several bites of tsetse-flies in the past few years, it would be kinda inconsistent of me to get freaked out by some weird veggies, would it? :rolleyes:

Some vegetarians practically cook their salads. Others still continue eating it, but not in public, so not to get stigmatized. But I guess the one or other has his own trustworthy veggie-dealer, too! :LOL:
 
The man is so afraid to die and I think we have to get used to the bacterial or viral psychosis, but then left in water to nothing, I believe that even as a business.
 
A gazpacho of record to support Andalucía vegetables.


Chef Juan Carlos Carrasco Jerez was the greatest amount of gazpacho prepared yesterday in connection with the campaign sponsored by the Cadena SER throughout the autonomous region to promote the high quality of the vegetables in Andalusia after being defamed by the German Government. Nothing more, nothing less than 275 liters of drinking this refreshing and food prepared the business owner as emblematic as' El Gallo Azul ',' Casa Juan Carlos' or 'The Cooperage. "It was precisely in the first one where they installed huge thermos which was well preserved fresh this soup.

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Carrasco, who has in his letter several types of gazpacho, some as suggestive as the strawberry, cherry and even lobster, said that "what really matters today (yesterday) was to bail out our country, our gardens, that supply us with superb quality products to those who need to restore the place they deserve. "In addition to "El Gallo Azul", also distributed free at Jerez yesterday gazpacho restaurants 'Terrace Mirabanda', 'Bar Juanito', 'High Casserole', 'White Cross', 'Los Naranjos' (street Consistory), 'Barbiana' and 'Casa Juan Carlos'.

In general data, some 300 restaurants handed out yesterday this Andalusian cold soup throughout Andalusia. The campaign, which bore the name 'Take a gazpacho', was released by Cadena Ser in the region with the support of business associationsrestoration the eight provinces .
 
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With cucumbers have experienced the crisis of stereotypes: the course rigor, seriousness and high technology Germanic, compared to the infamous “l’Afrique commence aux Pyrénées” with Spain to qualify those who want to see in it little more than a sunny country where holiday.

And as such stereotypes, they have failed miserably. From side to side. The so-called "crisis of cucumbers" has served, unfortunately to a very high economic cost to put many things in place, to check precisely the same stereotypes in the impact of technology.

First, start by denouncing the actions of someone who certainly has a major component responsible for this crisis: the minister of Health of the city-state of Hamburg, Prüfer-Storcks Cornelia, one of those "political career", completely devoid of qualifications for the position it occupies. Order the closure of borders and the withdrawal of Spanish cucumbers by "containing E. coli "is proof that you do not have the foggiest idea of ​​what is E. coli or what it represents. By the same logic, this lady should have looked inside, sure that she "contained E. coli (a bacterium almost ubiquitous we do not think the differences between strains) and prudently withdrawn from circulation to avoid greater evils. Escherichia coli is a bacterium present almost everywhere: in our gut, in the irrigation water on the beaches ... it is the responsibility of the uncomfortable colitis, the most studied bacteria to man. Saying "Spanish cucumbers were removed because they contained E.coli" without further explanation and without taking over the infection came from a particular strain of the bacteria is so absurd, so weak justification and so banal, that for the same rule of three should have removed all agricultural products for sale in Germany, starting with those from Germany itself.

The worst thing that can make someone who has a public office is behaving irresponsibly, and so this person as the German Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, who even today continues to uphold its unjustifiable decision are a clear demonstration that the German authorities simply have not kept pace. First myth, that of the rigor and seriousness, germana, on the floor. And first evidence that, of course, must respond to the huge error compensation to which they exist.

Second myth: can we say today that Africa is beginning in the Pyrenees? It is going to be no. Furthermore, we are in a position to prove precisely the opposite. Technologically, the Spanish agriculture, and in particular that developed in southern Spain, is among the world's leading, trend-setter in every respect, is of course light years away from that developed in Germany in all way, including such important areas as health and sustainability.

Intensive greenhouse agriculture taking place in Southern Spain is the most advanced combination of technology and nature has been generated so far. Could be described as the true state of the art "with a balance in terms of productivity, sustainability, cost, employment generation and environmental impact is absolutely none. Abandon the topics surrounding the sector and country, and focus on the data: after several decades of continuous experimentation, we talk about an industry with high levels of control and traceability over existing anywhere in the world: to investigate precisely Pepino the recent crisis, we could check. In a few hours after the first alarm, the Spanish authorities were duly informed of the exact operation that had left each batch of cucumbers subject of the alert (unfair). However, when trying to follow his march through the distribution chain, traceability is lost. Where? Precisely in Germanic lands. Not only that, but the Germans laboratories that were supposed to grow, sequence and identify E. coli strain responsible for the poisoning were manifestly incapable of doing so. Again, the myth of control and accuracy germana, on the floor.

Let data: at present, cultivation under plastic is the most sustainable way of producing vegetables. Few cases better balance between intensive farming. 44% of the over thirty thousand hectares devoted to cultivation under plastic in Andalusia are organically grown, in percentages ranging from 100% in the case of peppers, 25% for tomatoes or zucchini. Crops that rely on biological control using insects instead of pesticides, with a massive reduction in fertilizer use for the benefit of natural composting systems, a radical optimizing the use of irrigation water, a very high and rigorous standards for certification and inspection in processes of farmers, and even a significant reduction in carbon footprint thanks to the agricultural practice. For a comprehensive characterization of horticultural exploitation of the area, can be used for studies such as that conducted by the Foundation for Agricultural Research in the province of Almeria and Cajamar Foundation.

Annually, we produce in greenhouses Andalusian about 2,500 million kilos of vegetables. 65% of them are destined for consumption abroad, notably Germany, France and England. Andalusia has become, thanks largely to the responsible use of technology in the real garden of Europe, far surpassing the old scheme aimed at the location of primary and extractive activities in countries with economies typically depressed and low cost Unit labor. In some years, it is possible that agriculture in many parts of the world, including Germany's course, begin to reach the level of productivity, eco-sustainability, control, traceability and certification on today is the Andalusian agriculture. Meanwhile, that letting go of myths. And above all, to be learning.



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The Minister of Agriculture of Andalusia, Clara Aguilera, yesterday visited a farm in cucumbers.
 
Andalusia leader in biological control

In Andalusia, the use of this technique is the result of more than five years of experiments and studies to ensure the proper functioning of the use of biological control agents against major pests of horticultural crops such as whitefly, thrips and aphids, in which has been contrasted the success of these control systems.

Thus, the application of this technique has experienced a large increase, from 500 hectares in 2006 to almost 19,000 hectares in 2008. These are located in productive areas of Andalucia with the largest area of protected vegetable crops such as Almeria and Granada.

This rise is due in part to agreements and grants for the implementation of this technique that has launched the Administration. But the need for an alternative method to the pest resistance to the traditional and the incentive to get a quality product with guaranteed security.
 
I have been avoiding Spanish fruits and vegetables for years because of all the pesticides they use. I think that the recent crave for organic products owes a lot to the unscrupulously unhealthy agricultural methods in Spain.
 
Some good balance is required. If you don't use pesticides, the nature will come and eat your crops, vegetables, fruit. If farmers will need to protect crops only with their hands, picking up bugs from plants, the vegetables will be very expensive. You wouldn't eat many unless you are rich.
You can easily tell if farm was only organic and no pesticides were used. You will find and eat a warm in every second apple, lol. Don't worry you won't miss it, it is very bitter.
At the end of a day, government can do more damage to health of society with tough anti pesticides and herbicides restrictions. The food will be very expensive, therefore medium and lower income families will lack good nutrients, vitamins and minerals. These are essential for a good health.
We need to keep a good balance and do it smart.
 
Saying "Spanish cucumbers were removed because they contained E.coli" without further explanation and without taking over the infection came from a particular strain of the bacteria is so absurd, so weak justification and so banal, that for the same rule of three should have removed all agricultural products for sale in Germany, starting with those from Germany itself.

German products HAVE been removed BEFORE laboratories thought to have found contaminated strains on Spanish cucumbers! And German products HAVE been the first to be suspected to spread the disease. German farmers have been the first to protest and sue the German government. Hardly any vegetables are sold now in Germany, no matter from what country they are from, not only Spanish!

It was a mere safety question of giving warnings for everything on the market that has been suspected of having spread the disease. And as a few strains have been found on a Spanish cucumber, the warning had to go out! It wasn't even said that it was due to the Spanish cucumber, but it could have also been from the German transportation system.

But what if the researchers wouldn't give any warnings? It is a fully loss-loss situation for them, because in the case of no warning they would be hanged aswell!

I can't think of a single German news article in which Spain got insulted for any reason. And I haven't met a single German who talked negatively about Spain or the Spanish the last few days. To believe Germans chose randomly Spain as a culprit because Germans allegedly think that "Africa begins on the other side of the Pyrenees" is pure paranoia by the Spanish! Or at least by Carlitos!
 
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I've contracted E. Coli just reading this...:vomitting:
 
I have been avoiding Spanish fruits and vegetables for years because of all the pesticides they use. I think that the recent crave for organic products owes a lot to the unscrupulously unhealthy agricultural methods in Spain.

If you like to compromise on quality is the problem, the whole world thinks otherwise, exports of vegetables and fruits rose Spanish each year, quality is the quality now, there is always someone who prefers low quality is a problem you, however in exports of fruits and vegetables from Spain had not noticed her decision.
 
German products HAVE been removed BEFORE laboratories thought to have found contaminated strains on Spanish cucumbers! And German products HAVE been the first to be suspected to spread the disease. German farmers have been the first to protest and sue the German government. Hardly any vegetables are sold now in Germany, no matter from what country they are from, not only Spanish!

It was a mere safety question of giving warnings for everything on the market that has been suspected of having spread the disease. And as a few strains have been found on a Spanish cucumber, the warning had to go out! It wasn't even said that it was due to the Spanish cucumber, but it could have also been from the German transportation system.

But what if the researchers wouldn't give any warnings? It is a fully loss-loss situation for them, because in the case of no warning they would be hanged aswell!

I can't think of a single German news article in which Spain got insulted for any reason. And I haven't met a single German who talked negatively about Spain or the Spanish the last few days. To believe Germans chose randomly Spain as a culprit because Germans allegedly think that "Africa begins on the other side of the Pyrenees" is pure paranoia by the Spanish! Or at least by Carlitos!

Valencia Farmers spread 300 kg of vegetables to the German consulate

Mampel was convinced that behind Germany's attitude hide other interests, such as treaties with Morocco, Mercosur or the interests of big business.


The German people not to blame for the mismanagement of a politician.

I believe that Article the reference to Africa begins at the Pyrenees references that France might be behind all this, because several days after learning of German unfair and unjustified accusation from the French government said: They doubted hygienic conditions health of agricultural production in Spain, "And these are our partners in the EU?, no doubt this kind of statement in addition to the alleged mistake of Germany in the Spanish cucumbers analysis, gives to think that there are other vested interests, no sink the country's agricultural production to find E. coli, which is even within our body, it is absurd unless there vested interests, time will tell.

UCE (Consumers Union of Spain) 15 years ago and warned that the whole shebang was only European to benefit the Franco-German axis.
 

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