Employees work at a chicory factory in Marcoing, northern France, on February 2, 2017.
Symbolic vegetable in northern France, the chicory experienced a drop in production, due to the hardness of the agricultural operations, but intends to reconquer the consumers, by focusing on its nutritive virtues and its unique bitterness. / AFP / FRANCOIS LO PRESTI        (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images)