Climate and Food of Greece
Climate
GREEK CLIMATE
Greece has a climate all its own. Greece has fairly warm temperatures all year round and
is very nice to live in…well according to the climate. Greece is located in Europe, next to
Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is theoretically possible for it to snow in Greece, but it
is very, very rare to see. Though it may seem like a nice place to live with it being warm
and on the ocean and all But Greece is surprisingly very dry due to its long summers of 4
months.
Here is what the average daily temperature is like in Athens (Fahrenheit):
January: 55
February: 57
March: 60
April: 68
May: 77
June: 86
July: 92
August: 92
September: 84
October: 75
November: 66
December: 58
Crops and Food Grown in Greece
There are many crops grown in Greece due to the fact that all parts of Greece are no more then 90 miles from the sea. The excessive summers and the combination of the nearby sea makes Greece and extremely habitable place for crops and plants.
Many types of olives are grown in Greece, some include:
Amfissa: Black and round with a nutty-sweet taste, from the mainland
Green: Large and crunchy with a mild flavor, found on various islands
Cracked Green: Made by cracking unripe green olives, placing them in water for several weeks to remove their bitterness, then storing them in brine
Black: Small, wrinkled, dry-cured olives with very strong flavor from the island of Thassos.
About 30 percent of the land area is workable, the remainder of the land consists of shrub or forest. Only in the plains of Thessaly, Macedonia, and Thrace is cultivation possible on a large scale. Here corn (maize), wheat, barley, sugar beets and tobacco are grown. Greece is a major provider of tobacco.
How Greek Foods fit into Canada’s Food Guide
Greek Foods fit into Canada’s food guide very nicely. Greece has everything except that it’s not in large quantities due to their country’s size. They have fruit, vegetables.
GREEK CLIMATE
Greece has a climate all its own. Greece has fairly warm temperatures all year round and
is very nice to live in…well according to the climate. Greece is located in Europe, next to
Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is theoretically possible for it to snow in Greece, but it
is very, very rare to see. Though it may seem like a nice place to live with it being warm
and on the ocean and all But Greece is surprisingly very dry due to its long summers of 4
months.
Here is what the average daily temperature is like in Athens (Fahrenheit):
January: 55
February: 57
March: 60
April: 68
May: 77
June: 86
July: 92
August: 92
September: 84
October: 75
November: 66
December: 58
Crops and Food Grown in Greece
There are many crops grown in Greece due to the fact that all parts of Greece are no more then 90 miles from the sea. The excessive summers and the combination of the nearby sea makes Greece and extremely habitable place for crops and plants.
Many types of olives are grown in Greece, some include:
Amfissa: Black and round with a nutty-sweet taste, from the mainland
Green: Large and crunchy with a mild flavor, found on various islands
Cracked Green: Made by cracking unripe green olives, placing them in water for several weeks to remove their bitterness, then storing them in brine
Black: Small, wrinkled, dry-cured olives with very strong flavor from the island of Thassos.
About 30 percent of the land area is workable, the remainder of the land consists of shrub or forest. Only in the plains of Thessaly, Macedonia, and Thrace is cultivation possible on a large scale. Here corn (maize), wheat, barley, sugar beets and tobacco are grown. Greece is a major provider of tobacco.
How Greek Foods fit into Canada’s Food Guide
Greek Foods fit into Canada’s food guide very nicely. Greece has everything except that it’s not in large quantities due to their country’s size. They have fruit, vegetables.