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Guest
Green asparagus has also been around for a long time, they are from Mexico. Strawberries too - it's worrying that Migros doesn't even bother to rethink.
I'm beginning to wonder what Migipedia is all about. Migros finds a justification or excuse for everything.
Hello guest
We don't want to make excuses, but rather communicate that Migros sees it as its task to cover the needs and wishes of a wide range of customers. We are aware that there are customers who consider the import of fresh products to be unnecessary. For many, however, they are still important.
In winter, the majority of fruit and vegetables available from Switzerland are stored, so fresh strawberries and asparagus, for example, are a welcome change from the rest of the imported range from southern Europe. However, as already mentioned, Migros is making its usual efforts to meet these wishes in the most sustainable way possible.
We work intensively on life cycle assessments and take the issue of sustainability very seriously. That is why we work closely with internal specialist departments and also with Climatop(www.climatop.ch) in these areas.
Migros and our suppliers are all Global GAP certified(www.globalgap.org). This certification summarizes basic standards that take into account ecological and social aspects of production, among other things. Compliance with the defined standards is audited by independent organizations worldwide. Incidentally, this certification is mandatory for all Migros suppliers of fruit and vegetables.
We hope we have helped you with this answer and wish you a good day.
Best regards from the M-Infoline team
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Guest
The unspeakable Peruvian asparagus is back on display. Migros: Peru is on the other side of the globe. But asparagus also grows in our latitudes and is in season from April to June! Or what was that again with your Generation M marketing phrases?
Hello guest
Thank you for your feedback. We understand your concerns about asparagus from Peru.
In Switzerland, the area under asparagus cultivation is extremely small and agriculture cannot cover the required quantities. We therefore have to switch to other countries: 77% of the product is imported from Europe, 22% from Peru.
The asparagus comes from overseas mainly in those sales weeks when no asparagus is available from the immediate vicinity (in Germany, Slovakia etc. the harvest can only take place later).
Most of the fruit and vegetables that come from overseas are brought to Europe in containers on cargo ships and then transported on to Switzerland by truck or train. Only 6% of the white asparagus is flown in.
Our supplier has drawn up a CO2 emissions calculation for asparagus from Peru. The emissions calculation is based on documents from the environmental website of the shipping company Maersk, one of the largest and most renowned shipping companies in the world.
According to this, the CO2 emissions for a container transport are 7.49g per ton and kilometer (tkm). For trucks it is 50g/tkm and for flights 550g/tkm.
In Peru, the goods are shipped from the port of Salaverry. This port is 3km away from the cultivation area, the goods are loaded by ship to Rotterdam and then transported to Switzerland by truck. A distance of 9500km was covered by ship and 750km by truck. This means that the emissions from imported goods from Peru amount to 108.65 kg per ton.
Goods from Europe/North Africa (Spain/Greece/Morocco) have an average transport distance of 2200km by truck. This corresponds to CO2 emissions of around 110.00 kg per tonne for produce from southern Europe/Morocco.
This means that asparagus imported by ship from Peru is roughly equivalent to asparagus from Southern Europe/North Africa.
Kind regards from the M-Infoline team
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