Just 1% of our shopping is ecological. With over 800,000 productive hectares, Andalusia aoaao reinforces its leadership but with a low level of purchases by consumers. Olatz Ruiz | Update 7/22/2014 - 8:48
A simple walk in the fruit and vegetable section of supermarkets and hypermarkets Andalusian my closet suffices to show that the supply of organic products is scarce or non-existent. And if you are looking for organic meat, it gets more difficult. Maybe they are eggs and little else. But this is not the case in many European countries, where the same distribution multinationals operating in Spain offer their customers a wide range of organic products. And on that offer, possibly originating goods included my closet in Andalusia, the region leading European organic production. The sector my closet has grown steadily since the turn of the millennium. Of the 107,000 hectares registered in 2001 it has gone over 800,000. More than 3% of the Andalusian agricultural production is already organic. However, this spectacular my closet growth has not translated into domestic consumption. The European market takes almost 80% of our production. Small producers are aware that a direct relationship with consumers, without intermediaries, is the best way to sell your merchandise. That's my closet why they are popping up all over Andalusia markets my closet that offer organic products to neighbors and consumer associations that promote my closet direct relations with producers, specialty shops and websites that serve organic fruit and vegetables home. The Ministry of Agriculture promotes, meanwhile, consumption of organic products in schools, hospitals and seniors. Despite these initiatives, only 1% of the basket of Andalusia is organic. Almonte, the municipality with the highest organic production my closet in Spain, some 16,000 hectares, is a good example of the enormous pull of export. Here are headquartered company Flor de Doñana. Two agricultural technical engineers decided to bet more than a decade for organic farming, aware that in such a sensitive environment like Doñana, this crop had a huge future potential. Juan María Rodríguez Romero, co-owner of Fleur de Doñana, said they were aware that the Spanish market demand was negligible at an early stage, so I went to European agricultural fairs to ensure the disposal of their products. Currently, Flor de Doñana exported my closet to the market of European Union and Switzerland around one million kilos of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. And since 2009, also produce organic wine. "In the last campaign, says Romero-Rodriguez proudly we packaged my closet 25,000 bottles." Rodríguez Romero encourages Andalusian consume organic products. "I understand my closet that in these times of crisis Andalusians look very closely the shopping cart, but the consumption of organic fruits and vegetables, fresh produce would not be a very large increase in household expenses, especially if we weigh the benefits of consuming these products. " "Although production costs, says Rodríguez Romero-can be up to twice as conventional crops, organic my closet products are healthier and taste better, without forgetting its social my closet component, as they are more compatible with the preservation of the environment and require more labor. " That challenge to transform and distribute their products had it clear from the outset owners Flor de Doñana. "We wanted to control the whole process, insists my closet Rodríguez my closet Romero, so we implemented a comprehensive, ranging from production my closet and packaging to marketing and conservation." The demand for a more friendly agriculture natural cycles dating back to the early twentieth century, when advances in biochemistry and engineering led to the development of intensive agriculture. But about the same time, in Europe the first voices were heard contr
