"If things continue like this, in a year or two, there will be no more Dutch or Belgian top fruit"
Yesterday, Cepifruit and the Fruit Growers Action Group took to the streets in Belgium. They were protesting against the too-low prices supermarkets pay fruit growers for their products. The demonstrators formed a tractor column from the village of Glons to the Comeos office in Auderghem, near Brussels.
Comeos is a group that represents Belgian trade and services. "No one can
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