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Stress on the Land

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1. The Fruit and Veg Bonanza

The boom in Almeria has been dramatic.

Why has it happened? Why now? Why in Almeria?

Plug the gaps in this trail to get your aubergines to Asda. (Not all the suggestions will help you – but an Atlas will!)

Use the right labels from those below to complete the Fruit and Veg Trail Map.

1. French motorways link Spanish border with Calais (1970s).

 

2. No high-speed refrigerated lorries until 1980s.

3. Concorde flies to New York in 3 and a half hours (1960s), opening up new possibilities for farmers.

4. Channel Tunnel and larger ferries - easier cargo transport across the Channel (1990s).

5. EU regulations stop import of Swiss peppers to England.

6. English climate becomes warm enough to grow bananas.

7. Rare fungus kills off Dutch tomato industry.

8. Cheap labour needed to help farmers.

9. Spain building motorway up east coast to France (1990s).

10. Sunshine always available. Needed other factors before it was any use.

11. Plastic and stell frame greenhouses invented: cheap, easy to put up, stop evaporation (1990s).

12. British shoppers demand fresh fruit and veg all year at low prices (1980s)

13. Moroccans banned from migrating to jobs in Sweden.

14. Spain starts drilling for underground water supplies in 1960s.

15. Climate change brings regular rainfall to Southern Spain.