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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Stolen or farmed, Greek mountain herbs take off

In August, some less discreet pickers were arrested in the centre of Tripoli, a city in the southern Peloponnese, with a lorry load of 200 kilogrammes (440 pounds) of wild oregano and "mountain tea", a very popular infusion in Greece. Greek exports are well behind the European leaders in the sector -- Germany, France, Bulgaria, Italy and Poland. Illegal pickers were paid 20 euro cents a kilo (24 ...


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