Marta Vidal is an independent Portuguese journalist focusing on social justice across the Mediterranean.

She is interested in understanding and documenting the causes of inequality, discrimination and environmental degradation. Her work has been published by The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, BBC, and other outlets.
 

Marta Vidal

Basic information

Name
Marta Vidal
Title
Journalist
Expertise
social justice, environment, human rights
Country
Portugal
City
Porto
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They make a desert and call it profit

  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Exploitation

HUELVA - Across the southern Iberian Peninsula, plastic greenhouses stretch to the horizon where rain-fed olives, wheat and grapes were traditionally grown. Spain and Portugal are Europe’s main producers of water-intensive berries. But the region is also one of the continent’s driest areas, where droughts are becoming more frequent. Reports have warned Europe’s fruit garden is in danger of becoming a desert before the end of the century.

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