Hi, Im chilean and i work every season as a harvester in the blue berries sector. The work is very hard, here you work from 6 to 3 pm and you can work up to 7 pm if you want, with temperatures of 30+ celsius. So, yes, your back suffer a lot. The pay depends on how much kilos you can make, i would say its minimally superior to the minum wage, but its all informal labor, meaning that you dont pay taxes and get healthcare and stuff, it is precarius work. In recent years we chileans have struggling with inmigration, because the entrepreneurs dont want to hire chileans anymore, so they can pay even less to the ilegal inmigrants coming to our country, that sucks, we now they make a sht ton of money. I hope one day our work gets more valued and for the chileans only. Thats my history, enjoy your berries.
Blueberries grow in the U.S. from about Late March into April from Florida all the way into late September up North (Oregon). From September to Late March we depend on other countries to get our daily bluebrrry intake. Canada, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Mexico are some of the main countries. Prioritizing and support local farmers is always important. The new President should re-consider taxing food from other countries. We import fruits from other countries because in the winter many crops cannot be grown here. Also one of the most important fruits or most important is bananas. Bananas do not grow in the U.S. We depend on countries like Ecuador to get our daily intake.
No offense intended, but the AVERAGE distance between a farm and a grocery store - at least in the United States - is 1,500 miles. SOURCE: I looked it up after reading your comment. 😸 Best wishes for Vermont ❄️💙❄️
I buy frozen berries. They come from the EU (which i'm in). That solves the seasonal problem I think. They are harvested ripe, so very healthy, and cheaper than "fresh" berries. In summer I throw them straight from the freezer in my yoghurt, and in winter I thaw them in the fridge. Then there's still the the supply, labor and water issues we should try to solve of course. In my opinion governments should reward local and sustainable growth (more). :)
Solving the water shortage is EASY. Most water used for agriculture goes toward producing food for cattle, sheep and pigs. All you have to do is use ocean aquaculture to produce algae/seaweed-based livestock food (no fresh water used), then you have an excess available on land.
All the changes to fruit production like raspberries has eliminated one key thing: Flavor. There's no flavor in fruit anymore! If you've ever had a properly bush-ripened fully grown outdoor raspberry, you know how much flavor it has. The raspberries in the grocery store are flat and stale. They "look good" but are not sweet nor have any flavor to them. In a whole box, you might get one that is actually palatable as far as flavor goes but even that flavor still pales in comparison to the real deal.
This is because modern society keeps demanding that all items be available at all times. You can be in any western country and purchase fresh strawberries in January for $5. However because the strawberries must be grown and shipped from 2000KM+ away from the end consumer berry needs to be grown for ability to be transported without spoiling instead of flavour. This is very noticeable with any mass market tomato variety. The genes responsible for flavour are the opposite of the genes responsible for long shelf life and durability in transport. Almost all produce in grocery stores is specifically grown for three things: Yield, ease of harvest, shelf life. Flavour isn't even a consideration usually. In short I agree with you.
sommige zit er restjes van pesticiden op dus of het geïmporteerde besjes goed gecontroleerd worden is ook de vraag ,op passen met te veel op eten van ,vorig week bluwe bessen hebben ze terug geroepen in holland grote super ah
I really like this documentary! I might be distantly related to that German strawberry grower. Appel was my grandmother's maiden name, and she was born in Hesse before coming to Canada.
abandon the asinine idea of a lawn,don't waste upkeep and water on such useless nonsense, look into permaculture \ syntropic agroforestry, plant trees,bushes and vines that produce fruits,vegetables, medicine, etc,use the water and pruning for some good returns.
I've watched many "True cost of X product or Y service" videos, I've learned that, everything has a hidden true cost. "If everything has a true cost, nothing has."
Modern life gives us access to everything year round at affordable prices. The downside is life becomes more monotonous across geography and time. Nike, Gucci, H&M, Nestle, etc, can be found in London, Chicago, Sydney, and Taipei. Magoes are available any month of the year. When I was a kid, a different fruit dominated the market every month or two. You could guess the month of the year by the fruits you see for sale. Off season they barely existed because those fruits weren't be as good and would be expensive, so few buyers. And you could smell the fruit when walking by. Refrigeration is a heaven sent equipment, but it strip away the aroma, especially the freezer.
Why aren't there any Turkish subtitles? I watch your videos with interest and like them, but when there are no subtitles, it gets boring after a while and people don't want to watch them. Nowadays, many RUclips videos have subtitles in all the languages of the world. Why aren't yours? I want you to evaluate this.Respects.
I'm in the US, and I grow raspberries, but I couldn't possibly pick them and sell them, and make a profit. I'd need to hire people, and pay them poorly.
That's what the farmers in Portugal do. In Portugal it's people from Asia working for pittance (and because they get residency after 5 years so it's their entry into valhalla Western Europe). In Western Europe, I think it's often the people from "Eastern Europe" doing this work.
Let's encourage everybody start gardening, mostly wild berries, zero pollution, zero transports, zero waste of money and time. Let's encourage everybody switch lifestyle and save fossil fuels use and get smart using money for home investments. Ask everybody switch the rooftops and let it become a greenhouse in purpose for gardening, such forms of life... show us how our planet is a Holy Creature indeed🎉❤🎉
Sounds correct to me, it's mandatory minimum wage in DE probably. I know lots of Romanians that work in western/northern Europe and earn relatively well to Romanian standards. (For now, Romania is catching up.)
Sadly some Romanians and other nationals that are working in Germany do not work under the legal workers protection and they are sort of in the black with lower wages and not safe enough working conditions, at least that is how it was a while ago.
@@geaninastoica9834 True, in the Netherlands as well. Lots of 'eastern europeans' end up jobless and homeless. Because if the job ends, so does your accomodation. Lots of the rough sleepers in the Netherlands are from the East.
Main topic interesting, but amount of propaganda "by the way" is tremendous... people saying good words about emigration, or using baikał in place when each other label has country name like chile....
Omega Lulz. "Zee German" strawberries, grown in Poland, picked in Poland, zen zey being tranzfered from zee Polish farmer to zee Deutches farmer near zee Polen-Deutschland border!
I like DW, they attack junk food in one video and in the next one they blame ppl for eating healthy because those consume water and come from overseas.
Hi, Im chilean and i work every season as a harvester in the blue berries sector. The work is very hard, here you work from 6 to 3 pm and you can work up to 7 pm if you want, with temperatures of 30+ celsius. So, yes, your back suffer a lot. The pay depends on how much kilos you can make, i would say its minimally superior to the minum wage, but its all informal labor, meaning that you dont pay taxes and get healthcare and stuff, it is precarius work. In recent years we chileans have struggling with inmigration, because the entrepreneurs dont want to hire chileans anymore, so they can pay even less to the ilegal inmigrants coming to our country, that sucks, we now they make a sht ton of money. I hope one day our work gets more valued and for the chileans only. Thats my history, enjoy your berries.
I think we should prioritize getting our food from local farmers in our supermarkets and importing foods that can't be locally grown.
And pay the highest price for it..
Blueberries grow in the U.S. from about Late March into April from Florida all the way into late September up North (Oregon). From September to Late March we depend on other countries to get our daily bluebrrry intake. Canada, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Mexico are some of the main countries.
Prioritizing and support local farmers is always important. The new President should re-consider taxing food from other countries. We import fruits from other countries because in the winter many crops cannot be grown here. Also one of the most important fruits or most important is bananas. Bananas do not grow in the U.S. We depend on countries like Ecuador to get our daily intake.
No offense intended, but the AVERAGE distance between a farm and a grocery store - at least in the United States - is 1,500 miles.
SOURCE: I looked it up after reading your comment. 😸
Best wishes for Vermont ❄️💙❄️
lol… sure thing‼️
🙃🌎🌍🌏
grow what you can for yourself, including greenhouse
I buy frozen berries. They come from the EU (which i'm in). That solves the seasonal problem I think. They are harvested ripe, so very healthy, and cheaper than "fresh" berries. In summer I throw them straight from the freezer in my yoghurt, and in winter I thaw them in the fridge.
Then there's still the the supply, labor and water issues we should try to solve of course.
In my opinion governments should reward local and sustainable growth (more). :)
Cheap labour is abused.
Siur berries.
Solving the water shortage is EASY. Most water used for agriculture goes toward producing food for cattle, sheep and pigs. All you have to do is use ocean aquaculture to produce algae/seaweed-based livestock food (no fresh water used), then you have an excess available on land.
I love seaweed in my salad. I think seaweed should be promoted for human consumption.
All the changes to fruit production like raspberries has eliminated one key thing: Flavor. There's no flavor in fruit anymore! If you've ever had a properly bush-ripened fully grown outdoor raspberry, you know how much flavor it has. The raspberries in the grocery store are flat and stale. They "look good" but are not sweet nor have any flavor to them. In a whole box, you might get one that is actually palatable as far as flavor goes but even that flavor still pales in comparison to the real deal.
This is because modern society keeps demanding that all items be available at all times. You can be in any western country and purchase fresh strawberries in January for $5.
However because the strawberries must be grown and shipped from 2000KM+ away from the end consumer berry needs to be grown for ability to be transported without spoiling instead of flavour.
This is very noticeable with any mass market tomato variety. The genes responsible for flavour are the opposite of the genes responsible for long shelf life and durability in transport.
Almost all produce in grocery stores is specifically grown for three things: Yield, ease of harvest, shelf life. Flavour isn't even a consideration usually.
In short I agree with you.
Not to mention different content of vitamins and minerals (aside flavour). I was disapointed that there was no mention of this issue in a documentary.
Nice documentary
Pretty sure i eat more than 5 kg of berries a year. How can you not, they are nutritious and delicious!
They taste so good. 😊😊😊😅
sommige zit er restjes van pesticiden op dus of het geïmporteerde besjes goed gecontroleerd worden is ook de vraag ,op passen met te veel op eten van ,vorig week bluwe bessen hebben ze terug geroepen in holland grote super ah
Love the background music
Maybe the last berry was picked by birds🤣 I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary, thanks DW!
Good work 🎉
nice documentary enjoyed watching it
I really like this documentary! I might be distantly related to that German strawberry grower. Appel was my grandmother's maiden name, and she was born in Hesse before coming to Canada.
Its a nice Documentary DW, pls make more videos on German Agriculture.
Raspberry's in pots?
DW Tv is the best !!!!!
Wonderful 😋
Should just plant these things anywhere in public spaces, free foods abundance
abandon the asinine idea of a lawn,don't waste upkeep and water on such useless nonsense, look into permaculture \ syntropic agroforestry, plant trees,bushes and vines that produce fruits,vegetables, medicine, etc,use the water and pruning for some good returns.
Seeds alll over the ground 😅
@@bloodlove93
In Brooklyn, NYC, many foreigners dug up their lawns and planted vegetables in their place.
@bloodlove93 exactly that would make a country rich
I've watched many "True cost of X product or Y service" videos, I've learned that, everything has a hidden true cost.
"If everything has a true cost, nothing has."
Living in Portugal and don't know about the other seasons but the fresh blueberries are from Peru.
Very interesting!
Great video, it's important to choose local foods
20:51 was unexpected.
Modern life gives us access to everything year round at affordable prices. The downside is life becomes more monotonous across geography and time. Nike, Gucci, H&M, Nestle, etc, can be found in London, Chicago, Sydney, and Taipei. Magoes are available any month of the year.
When I was a kid, a different fruit dominated the market every month or two. You could guess the month of the year by the fruits you see for sale. Off season they barely existed because those fruits weren't be as good and would be expensive, so few buyers. And you could smell the fruit when walking by. Refrigeration is a heaven sent equipment, but it strip away the aroma, especially the freezer.
Super food
Why aren't there any Turkish subtitles? I watch your videos with interest and like them, but when there are no subtitles, it gets boring after a while and people don't want to watch them. Nowadays, many RUclips videos have subtitles in all the languages of the world. Why aren't yours? I want you to evaluate this.Respects.
An excellent documentary by DW,❤❤❤.
"STRAWBERRIES CHERRIES AND ANGELS KISSING WINE " an very old song 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Why can’t people eat local instead of exporting things from halfway across the world
Price & availability.
I never knew 🍆🥒🍌were berries. I guess i'll have to start eating them instead 😳
I buy only french food, locally, on the season.
I'm in the US, and I grow raspberries, but I couldn't possibly pick them and sell them, and make a profit. I'd need to hire people, and pay them poorly.
That's what the farmers in Portugal do. In Portugal it's people from Asia working for pittance (and because they get residency after 5 years so it's their entry into valhalla Western Europe). In Western Europe, I think it's often the people from "Eastern Europe" doing this work.
Let's encourage everybody start gardening, mostly wild berries, zero pollution, zero transports, zero waste of money and time. Let's encourage everybody switch lifestyle and save fossil fuels use and get smart using money for home investments. Ask everybody switch the rooftops and let it become a greenhouse in purpose for gardening, such forms of life... show us how our planet is a Holy Creature indeed🎉❤🎉
Invest in more local acreages and cold storage for farming, get a higher output per season
Freeze them and sell year round.
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We have a water problem, fruit need alot, don’t worry Europe has lots of it lol
Frozen out of season.... educate people when certain foods are in season. .... and actually offer local produce.
Go visit your local farmers market.
Wild blueberries are much healthier and tastier than those bland watery oversized berries!
Buy local right from the farms, stop being lazy and get out there and buy them...
I call it bulshit Romanian workers earning 12€ for hour with bonuses . It’s lots of bulshit in this documentary it made me stop watching
Sounds correct to me, it's mandatory minimum wage in DE probably. I know lots of Romanians that work in western/northern Europe and earn relatively well to Romanian standards. (For now, Romania is catching up.)
Sadly some Romanians and other nationals that are working in Germany do not work under the legal workers protection and they are sort of in the black with lower wages and not safe enough working conditions, at least that is how it was a while ago.
@@geaninastoica9834 True, in the Netherlands as well. Lots of 'eastern europeans' end up jobless and homeless. Because if the job ends, so does your accomodation. Lots of the rough sleepers in the Netherlands are from the East.
Wild berries from Sibiria the best))
Every summer near Baikal))
Smell and taste like berries, but from eu and US.. Have some chemical taste...
Serbia is one of the main growers and exporters of Raspberries in Europe and yet they have a non- GMO policy. Makes you wonder doesn't it?
That'z good😢😢😅😮😅🎉
Main topic interesting, but amount of propaganda "by the way" is tremendous... people saying good words about emigration, or using baikał in place when each other label has country name like chile....
Omega Lulz. "Zee German" strawberries, grown in Poland, picked in Poland, zen zey being tranzfered from zee Polish farmer to zee Deutches farmer near zee Polen-Deutschland border!
German should eat less berries to stop the climate change
I like DW, they attack junk food in one video and in the next one they blame ppl for eating healthy because those consume water and come from overseas.
😂😅
No matter what you do there will always be liberals complaining 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂