Europe's potato harvest this could mean French fries are three centimeters shorter than . The poor harvest is of the very hot summer. Europe had temperatures. This heatwave caused a of rain, so farmers produced a lot potatoes than normal. A spokesman from a potato growers’ in Belgium said farmers grew 25 per cent fewer potatoes this summer. This increased potato and made the average of potatoes smaller. Smaller potatoes will mean French fries are shorter.
The potato is a big talking in Belgium. Fries are the dish there. The country has over 5,000 shops specialize in fries. Belgians love fries. There is a campaign to rename them "Belgian fries" because Belgians say the fry was invented in Belgium. Belgium is one of the largest of frozen fries in the world. The explained why fries would be shorter. He said: "To have fries, we work with potatoes with a of more than 50mm. Then you get fries of 8 to 9 cm. This , as the potatoes are smaller, the fries will be shorter."
