The European Commission is taking exceptional measures to help fruit and vegetable growers reeling from a new Russian embargo against selected food imports. The aim is to avoid a glut in local European markets, as the West and Russia fight an economic war over the crisis in Ukraine.
You need a heavy coat to walk around the cavernous warehouse of Thomas Export, just a few minutes from Paris’ Orly airport. Crates of French cheeses are lined up in the glacial space at around three degrees Celsius.
Director Thomas Medard says these boxes of camembert, brie and Roquefort are …read more
Source: Voice of America
