This investigation explores how intensive berry farming is depleting scarce water resources, aggravating drought and soil degradation and driving biodiversity loss in one of the continent’s most climate vulnerable regions.
The project also looks at how agro-industries in Spain and Portugal rely on overworked and underpaid migrant workers to feed Europe’s growing appetite for berries, and how despite the environmental degradation and labour exploitation it involves, the industry continues to receive governmental support and EU subsidies.
© Kira Walker
