Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber

You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker).

As we provide the news for free, we are relying on revenues from our banners. So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.
Thanks!

Click here for a guide on disabling your adblocker.

Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber
Modern greenhouse cultivation is booming, but areas are not enough

'Getting a large, contiguous area is difficult in Bavaria' '

The so-called garlic country in Upper Bavaria has been one of the strongholds in German greenhouse cultivation for several years. Futuristic glasshouse installations, in which nature and modern technology are successfully combined, characterize the local landscapes. However, the lack of large, contiguous areas overshadows the booming under-glass cultivation, because only by means of a steady expansion of the existing plants can the business be profitable.

Giant facilities
The food retailing industry is responding to the growing consumer demand for regional products instead of products from e.g. Belgium or the Netherlands. But there are hardly any producers in northern Bavaria who can produce on this scale. "We have to grow, just like our customers," explains Fritz Boss of the vegetable company Scherzer & Boss Fruchtgemüse GmbH. The experienced grower has built a giant, state-of-the-art plant for about 25 million euros.

Normally, about 3,000 tons of vegetables are to be produced in one location per year, although according to Mr. Boss, the quality is still in the foreground. "We forego peak yields in favour of a better taste."

Source: InFranken.de

For more information:
Scherzer Gemüse GmbH
Kriegerlindenstr. 3, 90427 Nürnberg
Tel.: 0911-310 466 0
Fax: 0911-310 466 90


Fritz Boss Gemüsebau GmbH
Irrhainstr. 5, D - 90427 Nürnberg
Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 34 30 85
Fax: +49 (0)911 / 34 30 83


Publication date: