Grower leaves 120 tons of pears to rot on the trees | VRT NWS: news

High energy costs are motivating Limburg fruit grower Roel Paesmans not to harvest 120 tons of pears and to leave them hanging on the trees because of astronomical refrigeration costs. After the pick the pears are stored under refrigerated conditions for around a year, but the farmer’s electricity costs have gone through the roof increasing tenfold. The grower, who runs the family business Fruitsnacks, has decided he has no alternative but to leave the pears to rot on the trees and drop to the g