Here is the list of products distributed in 2010 - 2011, a record of their prices and some information given by Claude Jouve, our vegetable grower who is in his second year of conversion BIO. (*)
We wanted the NIO, well, we're discovering that BIO culture is quite different from conventional and that, therefore, production varies: in quantity, appearance ...
In BIO, targeted therapies for diseases caused by tiny creatures that surround us, "Moth", "aphids", "hoppers", "whitefly" and other "acariosis tanned" (my god! It beautiful as names) exist but they require a response, attention at all times.
Each year is different for Claude, who must adapt to this mode of cultivation but never complacent. The weather is changing: temperature, humidity, wind, hail, snow, heat wave .. Seeds are not always available. Infestation of nasty critters do not prevent: it's a constant struggle!
So do we not surprised to find products uncalibrated, sometimes small, lack a particular vegetable salads have just mounted, stained sheets, etc ... Only our eye does not find his account : vegetables are, most often, and always as good as healthy.
It is necessary that the land gets used to this mode of culture and again become alive.
Some prices have increased, these are the reasons, vegetable by vegetable
Carrots: The cost of labor is a component essential price increases: controlling weeds by hand. (In conventional, chemical weed control is practiced).
celery: bio technology between planting and harvesting is tricky, there were significant losses.
Brussels Sprouts: there was less weight harvested per foot, but this is due to the change in manure.
Zucchini: unquestionably it is the largest increase. It took renew plantings every three weeks instead of every two months in the conventional.
Fennel: the production cycle is not well controlled, there were bolting.
Onion yellow seed is more expensive bio.
squash: they are susceptible to powdery mildew, the harvest is less abundant.
Radish: bio, more weed, more weed control and therefore a cost of labor more important. Tomatoes
elongated and round: the cost of organic seed is higher.
Other vegetables increased by adjustment in prices in relation to organic.
But the main factor is the increasing cost of labor with hand weeding plots.
Finally, some seeds have failed to bio:
romaine lettuce and beans "coconut"
cons By September 10 remained stable as: garlic, basil, broccoli, canary, cabbage (six varieties), squash, spinach, melons, turnips, watermelon, peas, potatoes with winter.
(*) It takes three consecutive years without pesticides and synthetic fertilizers to obtain certification in organic farming. (Two certifying agencies: Ecocert and / or Quality France)
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