Vegetables of the year

The Vegetable of the Year has been proclaimed annually in Germany since 1999 by the Association for the Preservation of Crop Diversity (VEN) in order to draw attention to the decline in these crops .

Decisive for the selection of the vegetable of the year are the endangerment of the cultivated plant, its importance as well as the decline in cultivation . Society strives to preserve the diversity of cultivated plants.

Previous vegetable of the year

year	German name	scientific name	Illustration
1998/1999	Broad bean	Vicia faba
2000	Garden report	Atriplex hortensis
2001	tomato	Lycopersicon esculentum
2002	Bottle gourd - calabash	Lagenaria siceraria
2003	potato	Solanum tuberosum
2004	Grain bean	Phaseolus vulgaris
2005	Chicory and endive	Cichorium intybus and Cichorium endivia
2006	Head cabbage	Brassica oleracea convar. capitata
2007/2008	Garden salads	Lactuca sativa
2009/2010	Peas	Pisum sativum
2011/2012	parsnip	Pastinaca sativa
2013/2014	Allium species (leeks and onions)	Allium
2015/2016	Chilli and paprika	Capsicum
2017/2018	Turnip	Brassica napus subsp. rapifera
2019/2020	cucumber	Cucumis sativus

Web links

• Association for the Conservation of Crop Diversity (VEN)
• VEN: Vegetable of the Year
• of the year 2013 - All “annual beings” at a glance «at NABU