Wednesday 22 April 2015

Plumping up shrivelled market for France's famed prunes

FARM NEWS
Plumping up shrivelled market for France's famed prunes
Paris (AFP) Apr 21, 2015 - France's famous Agen prunes have seen their market share shrivel in recent years under pressure from Chilean growers, but local farmers have ploughed money into modern methods in a bid to save their plums. The rolling valleys in the Lot-et-Garonne region of southwest France are speckled with the white flowers of plum blossoms at this time of year. They are all from the Ente plum vari ... more


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