In particular, supplies of greenhouse vegetables from the Netherlands are likely to decline, where an estimated 2.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year (about 8% of the country's fuel consumption) is needed to heat 25,000 acres of greenhouses.
As European gas prices soared 985% year on year to a record high in December, Dutch greenhouse owners have ditched the heat to grow crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and flowers. Meanwhile, many British greenhouse farms have not even started planting seedlings. Although usually the season starts in January. The reason is high gas prices and a shortage of workers. High costs have led to the fact that it has become more profitable to keep greenhouses empty than to plant something in them. So, 60-70% of producers of greens and fresh vegetables did not even start planting seedlings in January in greenhouses located in the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire on an area of ​​370 acres. It produces about 75% of cucumbers, sweet peppers and eggplants in the UK.
Meanwhile, in Bulgaria, about 70% of local greenhouses for the production of vegetables were without a crop this winter, also due to the rise in energy costs. This, in turn, led to a shortage of tomatoes and cucumbers in the domestic market. The economy of greenhouse enterprises in a number of EU countries, as you know, depends on state support.
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The European food market is waiting for a shortage of fruits and vegetables grown in greenhouses. The sharp rise in the cost of natural gas has led many vertical farms to turn off their heating.

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