Superfood fruits – good for us, however dangerous for the environment? Growing avocados and blueberries requires plenty of water; and as a result of they’re normally transported to Germany from different continents, that additionally leaves a big carbon footprint.
Avocados and blueberries are marketed as superfoods in Europe. Nutrient-rich fruits bursting with health advantages. But in Chile, avocado farming is already inflicting huge water shortages; blueberry farms in Peru are at present present process big growth. The journalist Matthias Ebert went to Peru and Chile to analysis the environmental and human price of the superfood business.
Smallholders in the Chilean province of Petorca have been rising avocados for a few years. But a pointy improve in demand for the fruit in Europe and the US in the 1990s triggered a manufacturing surge. Since then, the avocado market has been dominated by huge landowners – and is consuming big volumes of water. One kilo, or three avocados, requires 1,000 liters of water, many instances greater than what’s wanted to develop tomatoes or oranges. Water activist Rodrigo Mundaca has been on the frontline of this battle for years and is now considered one of the area’s most essential politicians. He’s made it his mission to reform Chile’s water laws.
Just like avocados in Chile, Peruvian blueberries have additionally skilled a growth lately. The candy fruits are grown in black plastic sacks on the arid desert soil and exported to Germany, primarily in the months of November and December. Peru hasn’t but been hit by water shortages, however producers plan to increase cultivation on an enormous scale, requiring bigger and bigger quantities of water, which they’d very very similar to to divert from the Andes to the desert-like blueberry farms. Avocados and blueberries from South America – superfood or local weather killer?
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