After a promising begin to the German herb harvest within the open area, the typically excessive climate occasions of latest weeks have left their mark. “All places, whether or not right here in Bornheim, in Franconia, or within the Spree Forest, began the season as deliberate and recorded constant portions and qualities within the first part of the harvest. Nevertheless, the sudden heatwave on the finish of July severely affected some crops. Within the worst circumstances, we had been truly unable to reap sure fields. On this respect, the marketing campaign thus far has been very totally different from final 12 months, when the harvest obtained off to a fairly sluggish begin however recovered strongly because the season progressed,” experiences Artur Lammert, co-managing director of Dreesen Frische Kräuter GmbH & Co. KG.
© Dreesen KräuterThe primary German chives from outside cultivation had been already accessible on the finish of April. From the tip of September, this 12 months’s outside harvest will progressively come to an finish, after which there can be a change to imported items from southern Europe and East Africa. Pictured: Lemon balm in a polytunnel.
Dill particularly has suffered tremendously lately. Lammert: “It’s a delicate and subsequently extra delicate crop. Though I haven’t got actual figures but, there have been typically complete losses in particular person batches. Though we’re lucky to have a number of places in several rising areas in Germany, it was typically difficult to fulfill demand. In different years, we had been at all times in a position to fall again on imports from Spain and Italy within the occasion of a scarcity of products. Nevertheless, as a result of report warmth, there was additionally little or no produce accessible in Spain this 12 months, so provide shortages had been already turning into obvious in some circumstances. We now depend on a variety of sorts for every particular person crop to counteract the consequences of local weather change.”
The provision scenario for different herbs was extra favorable, Lammert continues. “There was adequate provide of flat-leaf parsley, for instance, so there was a certain quantity of promoting stress. According to the provision scenario, nevertheless, costs for dill rose sharply. Usually, we’re seeing continued progress in demand for specialty crops corresponding to basil, flat-leaf parsley, and dill in the summertime. Nevertheless, we’re additionally seeing progress in rosemary and thyme, that are more and more being promoted on the level of sale as barbecue herbs for meat and fish. Basil advantages notably from tomato promotions, that are often run at common intervals all year long.”
© Dreesen KräuterDreesen’s bunched herbs are primarily accessible in movement packs or sustainable plastic trays. Along with sustainability, shelf life and product safety are essential parameters in terms of product packaging.
Dreesen Frische Kräuter GmbH & Co. KG is primarily devoted to the procurement and advertising and marketing of bunched herbs and cress. Along with its personal German manufacturing and imports from Southern Europe and East Africa, the family-owned firm has been cooperating for 2 years now with Leafood, a state-of-the-art, CO₂-neutral vertical farm in Lithuania. Lammert: “This cooperation helps us to cowl sure peaks in demand for chosen merchandise corresponding to basil and microgreens.” The choice of cress is being expanded little by little. “The most recent improvements embody pea and garlic cress. Our cress finds its strategy to customers by way of a number of gross sales channels, together with meals retailers, eating places, and processing firms, and demand continues to develop because the product meets immediately’s well being and diet traits.”
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The Dreesen Kräuter crew on the Gemüsering stand at this 12 months’s Fruit Logistica. Far left: Artur Lammert; second from proper: Robert Dreesen.
Go to the corporate at Fruit Attraction on the Gemüsering stand: 8B05
For extra data:
Artur Lammert
Dreesen Frische Kräuter GmbH & Co KG
Rosental 30
53332 Bornheim
Tel.: (0 22 27) 91 87 68
[email protected]
http://www.dreesen.de
