Local produce

A new study indicates that Maltese people prefer buying local produce and are satisfied with the quality of local fruit and vegetables. From MaltaMedia:

..95% of Maltese are satisfied with the local produce and 74% think that it is good value for money, whilst 93% believe that local produce is of good quality. 71% of the people interviewed think that the local produce is presented in a good manner and 77% think that there is a good variety of local produce on the market.

72.3% of Maltese are aware of whether the produce they buy is local or foreign, whilst 76% also take notice of whether the meat is local or imported. 71.3% prefer buying local fruit, vegetables and meat rather than imported ones. They prefer this because they believe the products to be fresher and more genuine, and because they believe that this helps the local economy. Moreover, 9.3% of Maltese bought more local wine in the past 12 months than they used to

82% of the Maltese population are aware of funds that are offered by the EU to local farmers and 44.3% expect better quality products and better packaging from local farmers because of the EU funds that they can benefit from...