That Simon Reeve is a likeable, informative host of travel/social commentary documentaries, isn't he? I have been watching his 2018 BBC series about journeying around the coast of the Mediterranean (on the ABC), and it was very good.
Last night's episode, in large part about the huge, plastic greenhouse market gardens in one part of Spain was particularly surprising. First, they look ridiculously ugly and obviously environmentally unsound. Second, it would seem most of the labour is dirt poor African migrants who live in ridiculous rented hovels near the gardens, working in (literally) sweathouse conditions which sometimes kills them. Thirdly, apparently all the UK big chain stores are happy to source their vegetables from there, and don't give a hoot about the conditions of workers.
It seems surprising that this is the first time I have heard of this as an issue.
The episode is one iView, and it looks like elsewhere on line.
I also learned from it that one, ridiculously popular Spanish beach resort area is ugly as, compared to the Gold Coast of Australia. (And I prefer the Sunshine Coast anyway, which looks like heaven compared to that Spanish resort area.)
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Yeah,
I saw him do one in Israel and Palestine
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