Ask Pablo: What’s The Impact Of Imported Tropical Fruit?

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Dole Food Company Fruit Reefer Container Ship Image credit: Pablo Päster Dear Pablo: What is the environmental impact of importing tropical fruit? Should I eat only what is grown in the US? In our globalized world, products travel halfway around the world all the time. Water is shipped from Fiji and Italy, wine comes from Australia a...Read the full story on TreeHugger