Asparagus harvest has started - thanks to mild weather, local spears are already on sale
As cultivation using waste heat from biogas plants or power stations is very costly, only a few asparagus growers practise it. The supply of this early asparagus is correspondingly low and expensive. However, this is likely to change now that the go-ahead has been given for the first unheated asparagus.
"Due to the rather cool weather, the

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