On her way to Sefalonia, a Greek island, Karo passed lots of greenhouse plantations. All sorts of fruits and veggies were growing there for the European market. Even more interesting were the little shacks made of wood, ironsheets or plastic film, which were built next to the greenhouse tunnels. It turned out to be the accommodation of the workers. Most of them from Bangladesh or India. Sometimes, Karo met so many of them on the road, that she thought she would be on another continent. Many of the workers, have a very sad story to tell. The price of our “cheap” vegetables and fruits in our supermarkets is actually high. Those people, who work most of the time illegally for a few Euros a day, are paying an extraordinarily high price for our convenience. Karo was sad again. She decided to be a vegetarian to reduce suffering in the world, but apparently also fruits and veggies have their past, which is often sad and brutal …
Karo's Journey 