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Almería, Spain's sea of plastic (greenhouses) seen from above. Covering 40000 hectares, it produces around 3.5 million tons of fruits & veggies every year, capable of feeding over 500M people. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 1 month ago (7 children)

40 000 hectares is 400 square kilometers or 154 square miles. Try and wrap your head around that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It's tiny.

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    • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Also relies on the exploitation of migrant workers

    https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/21/europe/spain-migrant-workers-conditions-intl

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Crazy. Why can't we devise a system where everyone has their own assigned time in the year to pick crops in a hothouse to spread out the suffering rather than have an underclass of near slaves live in squalor while native Europeans live cushy lives?

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    • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Most of it sits in the fridge for a week before being thrown out

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