‘Visible from space’: why Spain has the world’s biggest concentration of greenhouses
Southern weather but with European property rights, not African. From that, plus clustering, etc.
Don’t bother with the piece itself. It’s very clearly PR from the growers’ association. And if it isn’t that then the writer has missed their vocation.
““But it is also a place devoted to innovation and development, elements that guarantee companies control and, above all, vegetables 12 months a year.”
Which lack taste…
And is why Spanish fruit and veg is tasteless pap ( although not as bad as Dutch ).
Try more salt.
The Costa Del Plastico – Almeria! It may not be in Africa but it’s full of Africans.
Then it’ll become Africa soon enough.
“Africa begins at the Pyrenees”, as the French used to say.
The English equivalent was: “The wogs begin at Calais”.
Both true, IMHO…
By the way. BiS.
Do the Spanish only export the tasteless stuff and keep the reasonable produce for themselves ?
I can’t complain about the veggies from the supers. Some from our open air markets can be dodgy although cheaper.
I think your problem may have more to do with the shipping than the product. I gather they ship before ripe – sometimes in an inert atmosphere (nitrogen?) & rely on it doing final ripening at the destination. Looks good, but…
I long ago learnt to stay away from “farmers markets” all that middle class woo. People run run the stalls are bandits will flog whatever they reckon they can get away with. Local stores etc in the producing areas are different.
The produce you can buy at markets in Spain (and Italy and S France) has a shelf life of at most a day or two. The stuff that gets put into a plastic bag filled with nitrogen and then shipped out in containers to sit on a supermarket shelf for a week is somewhat different.
Would have thought it more likely to do with southern weather plus being on the customer side of a large body of water. Significant transport advantage (it can’t all go by air).
Morocco does seem to be on its way to being a higher trust society. Lots of tomato exports, tourism, some desalination and solar, seems pretty safe to walk up the big mountains and many African nations choose it to host football friendlies. Secure borders too, based on Cueta and Melilla still existing at all. Pity Algeria is hostile. If there was an easy investment opportunity (sorry gamble on 2nd hand shares) in Morocco, ears would perk.
I think they may not exist in a couple of years’ time. With Spain as it is the US needs new bases and Morocco is right there. Favours can be done.
Europe is playing with fire.
‘Visible from space’
M’kay. They can see license plates from space.