A young couple from Fürth is trying to adapt to climate change and grows peanuts that actually grow in other regions. This makes them probably the first producers to bring nuts harvested and processed in Germany onto the market. A model for the future?
Quiz question to get you started: What do the People’s Republic of China, Sudan, Myanmar and Chad have in common? That’s right: They are one of the world’s largest producers of peanuts. Germany is not one of them. It’s too cold here and the growing season is too short for the nut. Still. Because climate change is also affecting agriculture in this country. While potatoes, for example, are having an increasingly difficult time, other products could thrive better in Germany in the future. Like the peanut.