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It is crazy that we (Spain) are importing olives from Morocco into the EU when we are the largest producer of olives in the world, more than doubling the second
by LtdJorge 3y ago
It is crazy that we (Spain) are importing olives from Morocco into the EU when we are the largest producer of olives in the world, more than doubling the second.
- gedy 3y agoI live in the former "[fruit] Capital of the World" and surrounded by trees, and the local stores sell [fruit] from Mexico and Chile.
- kwhitefoot 3y agoSame here. I am surrounded by orchards but it's rare to see a local apple in any of the local supermarkets. We get Argentinian, Tyrolean, etc., but rarely Norwegian.
- sp332 3y agoIn New Zealand, they made a law that the largest kiwis could not be exported. Otherwise they would all be sold to other countries for more money.
- Aloisius 3y agoThe drought has hit Spain's olive orchards quite hard and people are desperate for olive oil.
- jwells89 3y agoSimilarly it was always surprising to find garlic in San Francisco and Oakland grocery stores that didn’t come from just down the road in Gilroy, the “Garlic Capital of the World”[0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilroy,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilroy,_California