Daniel speaks of "inefficient EU growers". The majority of F&V imported into the UK comes from Spain. Much of it from Almeira where there are vast acres of polytunnels and greenhouses growing fruit and vegetables all year round.
It covers a vast area. 
I mean really, really vast.
Before they built these greenhouses. It was a desert. In fact, it was where they filmed the Spaghetti Westerns in the 1970s. Now it produces to the equivalent of ~50% of Europe's fruit and veg production.
Before they built these greenhouses. It was a desert. In fact, it was where they filmed the Spaghetti Westerns in the 1970s. Now it produces to the equivalent of ~50% of Europe's fruit and veg production.
It is the largest concentration of greenhouses in the world covering 300sqm and can be seen from the ISS.
Fruit and vegetables are grown here cheaply and efficiently and exported around the world including to the USA, Canada, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.
Inefficient my arse.
Fruit and vegetables are grown here cheaply and efficiently and exported around the world including to the USA, Canada, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.
Inefficient my arse.
Sorry, it's Almería, not Almeira.
