– How much work is really behind the trend vegetables
We eat more asparagus than ever. But is it really worth growing? And: Where does our asparagus actually come from and does the vegetable have a major impact on the environment? We answer the most important questions.
Harvesting asparagus on the Jucker farm in Rafz in the canton of Zurich: white asparagus grows underground and is pricked by hand with a special knife.
Photo: Balz Murer
Martin Jucker lifts a black foil on the field in Rafz in the Zurich Unterland. Beneath it, brown earth appears. It is dry, fine and radiates warmth.
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