Green Week 2022 canceled due to Corona

At the big start of the year for the food industry, 2G should actually make a presence fair possible again - with tens of thousands of visitors.

Now it turns out differently.

Berlin - Green Week 2022 is canceled.

Eight weeks before the planned opening, the organizers canceled the agricultural and food fair on Friday.

In view of the force of the second Corona wave, there will be no major events in January and February, Messe Berlin informed the German Press Agency on Friday.

The fruit trade fair Fruit Logistica is also affected by this;

the international trade fair will be postponed from February to the beginning of April.

After an online edition in 2021, the public fair Green Week should actually open again to visitors for ten days on January 21, 2022.

The plan was to open the halls at the Berlin radio tower only to vaccinated and convalescent people (2G).

Masks and keeping your distance should be avoided.

“The International Green Week thrives on encounters, on trying out, discovering and tasting.

Given the given conditions such as masks and distances, our visitors' expectations of the Green Week can be met, ”said trade fair project manager Lars Jaeger, explaining the rejection.

The Berlin Senate decided on Tuesday to link 2G with a mask requirement.

Schleswig-Holstein canceled its trade fair appearance in Berlin only on Wednesday.

The reasons are numerous cancellations by companies and organizations for Schleswig-Holstein-Halle as well as the current development of the corona pandemic, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and farmers' association.

Before Corona, the Green Week regularly attracted around 400,000 visitors - with tens of thousands of food and beverages from all over the world, hundreds of animals and plants.

The fair at the beginning of the year is considered to be the most important showcase for the agriculture and food industry.

Horticulture is also represented.

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More than 1800 providers from more than 70 countries were present at the last presence edition in 2019.

In Berlin, the companies are also trying out how well new products are received by the public.

At the same time, the fair is a political start to the year.

Experts and politicians discuss questions of agriculture and nutrition there in numerous congresses, forums, panels and seminars.

For years, critics of the modern food industry have also used the fair as a podium.

The Berlin trade fair year does not begin until March 2022 - with the International Tourism Exchange (ITB).

It is planned for March 9th to 13th in a hybrid format with a mixture of face-to-face and online exhibition stands.

The next Green Week is now planned for January 20-29, 2023.

dpa