Best produce quality in the world? (2015, agricultural, food)

[antarcticare]

First I'd like to compare produce quality throughout Europe - and then I'd like some opinions on non-European countries as well. There are a lot of varying opinions - even by agricultural experts - but I'm hoping we'll have a breadth of experience on this forum.

Italy and France are often seen as having the best quality of fruits and vegetables across Europe. On the other hand, there's a lot of evidence that Switzerland's farming practices has at least awarded it the best quality animal products (especially dairy). Because quality is based in farming practice to a large degree - I think we should bring animal products into the discussion too!

[unbeliever]

Israel. It's not surprise that Tel Aviv was recently voted the best vegetarian city in the world. Why the World's Best Vegetarian Food Is in Tel Aviv - Condé Nast Traveler

I take people to the shuk in Israel and it's like they've never seen fruits and vegetables before.

[Warszawa]

Best that I've seen was in Peru. Peru's supermarkets blow away anything that I've seen in much more developed countries like US or Argentina

[Ariete]

You can't beat our blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.

[antarcticare]

I guess I didn't expect to hear about Israel, but makes sense historically.

[Chava61]

Originally Posted by unbeliever

Israel. It's not surprise that Tel Aviv was recently voted the best vegetarian city in the world. Why the World's Best Vegetarian Food Is in Tel Aviv - Condé Nast Traveler

I take people to the shuk in Israel and it's like they've never seen fruits and vegetables before.

I agree that Israel has some of the best produce (vegetables and fruit) in the world. Israel also has excellent dairy products.

[Return2FL]

It depends on the product.

The best strawberries I've eaten came from Nova Scotia.
The best mangoes, bananas and pineapples came from Costa Rica.
The best grapes came from Italy.
The best cruciferous vegetables came from the UK.
The best blueberries from New Jersey.

And so on...

[grega94]

Washington State in the US probably has some of the best Apples and Cherries in the world, we have very good volcanic soils in the eastern part of the state with a lot of summer sunshine and tons of cheep water from the massive Columbia river. WA is also known for it's Walla Walla Sweet Onions and Cranberries. Also WA apparently has good dairy cows, other than that our produce is probably pretty much average.

[xoxox88]

France, Italy, Slovakia and Hungary

[rosa surf]

Latin American countries with tropical regions usually have amazing fruit. Fresh fruit is everywhere and with great flavor.