After living in Germany for sometime, I've gotten used to seeing white asparagus (we don't have them in Japan) and I've been enjoying them again this year!
White asparagus with a bit of olive oil and serrano ham (oh and yes, you spy Miso soup --I had a multi-culti evening...)
Germans say that the German white asparagus are the best and don't buy stuff from elsewhere. It's not a nationalist statement and I am sure we all agree that usually local products are just better for many reasons. In Germany, you also see Peruvian ones quite often, in fact, all year round. My environmental conscious hurts and I want as many people to avoid the Peruvian white asparagus sold in supermarkets. In short, it's not only bad for climate change via its high carbon footprint, but also because they are apparently causing serious water problems in Peru... and only the owners of those mega export farms see money while the poor and vulnerable suffer without say of their "water rights"
Want to read more see for e.g. Barbara Deutsch Lynch, Vulnerabilities, competition and rights in a context of climate change toward equitable water governance in Peru's Rio Santa Valley, Global Environmental Change, Volume 22, Issue 2, May 2012, Pages 364-373,
White asparagus with a bit of olive oil and serrano ham (oh and yes, you spy Miso soup --I had a multi-culti evening...)
Germans say that the German white asparagus are the best and don't buy stuff from elsewhere. It's not a nationalist statement and I am sure we all agree that usually local products are just better for many reasons. In Germany, you also see Peruvian ones quite often, in fact, all year round. My environmental conscious hurts and I want as many people to avoid the Peruvian white asparagus sold in supermarkets. In short, it's not only bad for climate change via its high carbon footprint, but also because they are apparently causing serious water problems in Peru... and only the owners of those mega export farms see money while the poor and vulnerable suffer without say of their "water rights"
Want to read more see for e.g. Barbara Deutsch Lynch, Vulnerabilities, competition and rights in a context of climate change toward equitable water governance in Peru's Rio Santa Valley, Global Environmental Change, Volume 22, Issue 2, May 2012, Pages 364-373,
