Picking strawberry: New rules against the brazen Schnorrer in Frankfurt!

Picking strawberry: New rules against the brazen Schnorrer in Frankfurt!

In recent years, the tradition of strawberry picking in Germany has become both a popular leisure experience and an essential part of agriculture. A farmer from Frankfurt has now introduced a strict rule to act against the growing audacity of "strawberry-sneakers". In order to avoid economic losses, he demands from his guests to pick at least one kilogram of strawberries per person (from 12 years). This regulation is clearly signposted on his farm and is intended to ensure that every customer makes a fair contribution to operating costs. The price for the self -picked fruit is 4.90 euros per kilogram. Smaller quantities may be nibbled during picking, but this is often exploited. The farmer Andreas Damm has put a lot of confidence in his customers in the 40 years of his company, but this trust is increasingly disappearing because he always finds examples that customers eat the strawberries and ultimately claim that they have found nothing. Infranken reports .

Another problem that denounces dam and his colleagues are regular destruction of fences and reports of people who pick strawberries with head lamps in the fields. There are similar problems even on asparagus fields. Damm rejected the use of surveillance cameras because the effort for it seems too great for him. These developments show that the love for strawberries, which was elected to the Germans' favorite fruit in a YouGov survey, is not only leader of leisure activities, but has also become a place to deal between agriculture and unlawful behavior. WDR reports .

challenges for strawberry farmers

In North Rhine-Westphalia, consumers can pick strawberries fresh from the field directly from farmers. The farmers complain that some pickers behave illegally by snacking a lot unnoticed and only paying a minimal amount for their harvest. This means that some of the more profitable fields remain empty. In order to combat these problems, some strawberry farmers already charge entrance fees to prevent mouth robbery. Robert Bossmann, another farmer, also underlines the need for a minimum pick -up in order to regulate this mismatch. Peter must of the Provincial Association of Rhenish fruit and vegetable farmers lead the "lack of injustice" on some occasional thieves. agriculture.de reports .

The challenges for strawberry farmers are not only limited to illegal behavior. Most strawberries offered in Germany come from domestic production, but many are imported, mostly from Spain. According to the information, around 78,600 tons of strawberries were harvested in the field to 8,470 hectares in 2024, whereby the harvest in protected cultivation fell to 41,750 tons at 2,050 hectares. On average, the annual per capita consumption was 3.3 kilograms. The rest of the needs are covered from abroad, which also illustrates the challenges for domestic producers.

In order to obtain the quality and taste of the strawberries, it is important that they are colored fully during the harvest time and harvested with the green seplets. German strawberries, which are available from protected cultivation by mid -December, are often superior in taste and contain more vitamins and minerals compared to imported fruits. Despite the difficulties with which the farmers are faced, love for this sensitive fruit remains unbroken.