When you read the headline 'Belgians urged to eat more fries' you may think it's a joke, but in Belgium, it was a serious request. When the virus began shutting down Italy, Spain and eventually Belgium, the crisis was in full swing, according to Romain Cools, the Secretary-General of Belgapom
When you read the headline 'Belgians urged to eat more fries' you may think it's a joke, but in Belgium, it was a serious request.The country's potato industry has been hit hard by COVID-19. When the virus began shutting down Italy, Spain and eventually Belgium, the crisis was in full swing, according to Romain Cools, the Secretary-General of Belgapom, which oversees Belgium's potato trade and processing industry.
"We are talking about 750,000 tons of potatoes in Belgium alone, which is about 30,000 trucks full of potatoes in a row. These potatoes, they have no market, they have no consumption," said Cools. "We are finding solutions to prolong the potato season till August, so people who can store potatoes till August, they will store them. Of course, that will affect next season. When we talk about plantings being done already for next season, the first potatoes will be harvested in July. The question is, will there be enough place to process these potatoes? And how will that also affect the crop of next year?," Cools said.
Cools is worried farmers and processors may have to throw away potatoes, but he says they may be able to avoid that scenario with the help of Too Good to Go, an app that sells unsold food that would have become waste.
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