The hidden cost of orange juice | DW Documentary

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  • Brazil is the world’s top supplier of orange juice. But accusations abound of exploitation and poor working conditions for laborers. Are the claims true?
    "You work whatever the weather - sunshine, rain, cold, extreme heat. It’s physically exhausting. A sack weighs 27 kilos,” says Alfonso. He’s one of at least 50,000 laborers harvesting oranges for juice production every year from May to December in the state of São Paulo. Each worker is expected to carry at least 1.6 tons of the fruit every day. And that takes its toll. Former trade union leader Abel Barreto says workers often suffer illness and other health problems.
    Unions and NGOs have been trying for years to address these issues and weed out the bad apples in the industry. Authorities are also active: public prosecutor José Maturana from the Brazilian Labor Ministry conducts spot checks whenever he can. He reports: "Often, workers aren’t officially registered. Their living conditions are precarious, they have no personal protective gear and no place to have a proper meal.” But for many workers, there is no other choice: the orange harvest is the only way to feed their families.
    The reportage takes a rare look behind the scenes of the Brazilian juice industry. In conversation with trade unionists, workers, former plantation owners and representatives of the German juice industry, it explores the question: what cost does the production of our orange juice carry?
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ความคิดเห็น • 539

  • @TatsumiOga682
    @TatsumiOga682 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    I hope Alfonso was paid by the documentary makers cuz he lost 11 days of wages, that's a significant amount for manual laborers.

    • @UrbansGatis
      @UrbansGatis ปีที่แล้ว +40

      i thought the same thing

    • @saturationstation1446
      @saturationstation1446 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      you know the people making it come from families with half a million in assets at least too lol. they could probably feed his entire family for 5 years on a single month of their pay..

    • @christophe2570
      @christophe2570 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I thought the same thing immediately
      I really hope so

    • @madman5085
      @madman5085 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      They are a professional channel so I guess yeah they compensated him.

    • @thicccrusade2302
      @thicccrusade2302 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      His wage is so bad they should pay him 1 year worth.

  • @SilverSliver9999
    @SilverSliver9999 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I hope they compensated Alfonso for his loss.

    • @a.b.g.8490
      @a.b.g.8490 ปีที่แล้ว

      No they don't!!
      DW are bad people

    • @Wild-Eye
      @Wild-Eye ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was thinking the exact same thing.

    • @MrMotherfuck123
      @MrMotherfuck123 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They (prbly) didn't.

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chen CO, Rasmussen H, Kamil A, Du P, Blumberg JB. Orange Pomace Improves Postprandial Glycemic Responses: An Acute, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial in Overweight Men. Nutrients. 2017 Feb 13;9(2):130. doi: 10.3390/nu9020130. PMID: 28208806; PMCID: PMC5331561.
      Source: NIH

    • @bunbun4858
      @bunbun4858 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they

  • @dddsss2023
    @dddsss2023 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    6:11 I hope DW compensated Alfonso for his loss since it doesn't mean a lot to DW, but it means significantly more to him and his family

    • @geniveshulezaeyken2418
      @geniveshulezaeyken2418 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alfonso already knew that there could be consequences when he chose to violate his contract by trying to help DW, therefore, DW aren't obligated to compensate him.

    • @JohnPritzlaff
      @JohnPritzlaff ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@geniveshulezaeyken2418 it's not about obligation, it's about ethics. A small amount of money that DW won't even notice could change his family's lives.

    • @cameronlazo6583
      @cameronlazo6583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@geniveshulezaeyken2418 Of course, nobody is saying they are obligated to. But it wouldn't cost DW much at all to compensate him, if not give more for such a valuable insight and interview.

    • @jobue394
      @jobue394 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cameronlazo6583 DW normaly dont Produce Docs. They buy them. This is from a German Public Broadcaster.(WDR)

    • @jannikheidemann3805
      @jannikheidemann3805 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@geniveshulezaeyken2418 If that contract even holds up in court, if looked at closely.
      It might be, that the employer is liable for damages due to a fraudulent contract.

  • @ArtsyStudios
    @ArtsyStudios ปีที่แล้ว +185

    This documentary shows that my job I complain about daily is a dream compared to what those workers go through daily and 6 days a week. Mad respect to them all 👏👍🙏✊️💪

    • @mirekchance
      @mirekchance ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great so can say many ppl working low pay jobs in the West, so we should just show this to them(me too), when we complain that we have "a ok"...lol:(
      Like they , in many cases corporations treat workers like we did miners in 1800's...
      I am amazed while special interest is making on so many issues, in some cases pushes those issues too far, in my opinion. This kind of real world "wrongs" we just can't seem to fix...:(

    • @evolutionofyou5339
      @evolutionofyou5339 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No this just means. We are all slaves. In a system that. Controls the outlook of humanity.

    • @kewsiyehboah6058
      @kewsiyehboah6058 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well Said.. DW Deliver Brilliant Documentaries..

    • @Baba-fy1jc
      @Baba-fy1jc ปีที่แล้ว

      This Method with the Filds is not good for the World ,that makes here more as one Psychologic Disorder Visible.
      That is for the most People of the World not so good Visible how Big that Problem so is, or how many Problems that in the Future brings.
      That what the World here needs is more Food Forrests or more other better Symbiosis Methods.
      That or so a Fild is for us O.k, but for the Nature is that more as bad or worse,then taht takes here Freedom.

    • @ma-wq5fe
      @ma-wq5fe ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even if they work in sub human conditions - it does not make your job ‘good’. Don’t confuse one for the other

  • @somerandomfella
    @somerandomfella ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Avocado, chocolate, palm oil and now orange juice. Seems like nothing is free from exploitation 😔

    • @joaocosta3374
      @joaocosta3374 ปีที่แล้ว

      Weak governments don't enforce their own laws. When they grow a spine they will fine the cartel heavily and put order in their practices. The oranges aren't going anywhere. They need the workers.

    • @jakobthelibrarycard6261
      @jakobthelibrarycard6261 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bankers seem to be doing ok. =/

    • @jannikheidemann3805
      @jannikheidemann3805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It will be this way as long as exploitation is profitable.

    • @crystalrivera55
      @crystalrivera55 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blue berry

  • @saturationstation1446
    @saturationstation1446 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    one thing i've learned from being a general laborer (the same type of worker the men in this video are) for almost two decades now is - trying to cut corners and get away with as much abuse to workers as possible is always to be expected. never expect your government will take notice or care about it either. they will look away until the populace is ready to revolt and murder the rich folks and even then they will continue doing as much harm as they can get away with

    • @mutiny_on_the_bounty
      @mutiny_on_the_bounty ปีที่แล้ว

      So you endorse murder?

    • @JonnoPlays
      @JonnoPlays ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@mutiny_on_the_bounty you literally have mutiny in your name, so you endorse it too then?

    • @mutiny_on_the_bounty
      @mutiny_on_the_bounty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JonnoPlays
      They were rounded up and executed. For the mutiny. The ones that were caught.

    • @scottparr5606
      @scottparr5606 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "The way of the Dao is to for those with much to give to those that have little. Mans way is different, he takes from those that have little and gives to those that have too much." Lao Tzu

    • @edwardcarrington3531
      @edwardcarrington3531 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eat the rich.

  • @dan_youtube
    @dan_youtube ปีที่แล้ว +49

    What a great documentary about an issue we didn't know existed. Thank you dw for the great work letting us see around the globe

  • @monahritcu9383
    @monahritcu9383 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Anyone else feels rage towards Ibiapaba Netto? The guy that has no idea whats like to work there on the field but he can represent the companies and can speak for the workers he never saw or met.

  • @zuzanajagelkova8416
    @zuzanajagelkova8416 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    oranges are juiced with the skin on ..so anyone who buys and drinks bottled/boxed orange juice also drinks pesticides. it unfortunatelly applies almost to every fruit and vegetable and cereals ..as for the working conditions, it also applies to all workers accross the agro industry ..

    • @emma-louiseaaron3894
      @emma-louiseaaron3894 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are washed before.

    • @richardbyarugaba1365
      @richardbyarugaba1365 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's quite unfortunate. But I think the European Union still maintains high standards regarding food, food packaging, and the amount and type of pesticides used as compared to say the United States. Nevertheless, there is much we don't know about food produced and packaged on an industrial scale.

  • @grafito4438
    @grafito4438 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It's the same in New Zealand. Growers couldn't get locals to work for them to the point that growers threatened the government to not harvest their export crop. So the government allowed growers to bring in workers from overseas during lockdown, for low wages, long hours, heavy workloads, and substandard shared accomodation.

    • @ponypower8
      @ponypower8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Labor exploitation. Happens in the States, happens all over the world. How? Why? Bec the governments turn a blind eye to it while illegal immigrants and undocumented workers accept it in exchange for being able to work and live in a foreign country that they perceive to be economically better than their country of origin.

    • @jakobthelibrarycard6261
      @jakobthelibrarycard6261 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've picked fruit in NZ. The pay isn't amazing, but it's enough and the working conditions are perfectly acceptable. Sure it's physical work, but that doesn't make it illegal. The accomodation varies from job to job, but it's no worse than some private houses or apartments I've lived in around the world. Also foreign workers have been picking crops in NZ for years already, decades even. I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill and it would be a stretch to compare whats happening in NZ with the exploitation in Brazil.

    • @pipeline8554
      @pipeline8554 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isnt that the point of immigrants

  • @sherr6813
    @sherr6813 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Just like the world's most polluted river, I hope this equally stirrs the conversation and relevant actions be taken. I'm so proud of this channel.

  • @djentlegiant739
    @djentlegiant739 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I hope the DW producers slipped Alfonso some money for his trouble :(

    • @yourdaddy925
      @yourdaddy925 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldn't hope for that. But they got him fired though.

    • @krystalklear7793
      @krystalklear7793 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@yourdaddy925 Please DON'T say things like this UNLESS YOU KNOW it's true.. otherwise it's just very annoying, negative conjecture.

    • @yourdaddy925
      @yourdaddy925 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@krystalklear7793 is it clear after the narrator stated that "...Alfonso has violated his contract..." at around 5:40mins and "...banned from working for 11 days...". Have you got any actual experience with unregistered farm workers because i have. I used to work for 50 pence per hr , 12 hr shift in sweltering hot weather picking and wasking veggies and i did it just to make extra money for my holidays. Sadly for most people that worked in the fields with me, it was the only source of income. Man, ive seen people wearing shoes with holes in soles and all around in 2000s...poor af. Ad this is how they are treated in the fields too. Kids help their moms to hit picking targets and they cant even complain because if they do they out tf same day.

    • @yanliew4027
      @yanliew4027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      with a name like this, will make them try to get away with not paying!

  • @mayabaranova2178
    @mayabaranova2178 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I do not find orange juice or any juice as essential necessity for my life. I gave up all juices, yes even those fruits smoothies, many years ago. They are extremely expensive and full of the sugar. Plus, all packed in plastic bottles 🤦‍♀️I replaced it with tap water and teas. Does not really miss it.
    As long as we all desired ,,fresh,, and ,,cheap,, juices we will support creation of jobs with such atrocious working condition.

    • @henrikcarmel374
      @henrikcarmel374 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But the alternative is no job - all civilisations starts like this. You can`t go from doing nothing to enter a top notch job like we have in the market capitalistic technologically and culturally advanced West. 40 years ago I got 3 euros an hour as an apple picker in a Danish plantation. That was nice, but those wages are only possible in a highly developed economy.

    • @joaocosta3374
      @joaocosta3374 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol e sumo de laranja natural, daquelas que crescem no quintal?

  • @michaelguckian5373
    @michaelguckian5373 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well done again DW. These stories need to be highlighted.

  • @Nikotastik
    @Nikotastik ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Between this and Avocados, I’m running out of food that I think are ethically sourced.

    • @AssBlasster
      @AssBlasster ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is no ethical consumption under capitalism...

  • @MC-uj4gd
    @MC-uj4gd ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have an orange tree. It is hard to pick an orange because the thorns. It’s very sharp.

  • @GravaticBurst
    @GravaticBurst ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Someone has secrets to hide! When will companies understand that if you take care of your staff, they will take care of you.

  • @TomNook.
    @TomNook. ปีที่แล้ว +42

    When I worked in the Amazon warehouse during Christmas periods, I came across people from all over the world, who actually liked the job and said it was good working conditions compared to back home

    • @TreeLBollingTreeMan
      @TreeLBollingTreeMan ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And let's be honest Amazon will work you at a demanding pace.

    • @lassipls
      @lassipls ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Everything in this world is relative. The way you see the world depends on your point of view and context

    • @rscott2247
      @rscott2247 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lassipls It could also be fair to say ; That God helps those that help themselves.

    • @cristinakelly304
      @cristinakelly304 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lassipls , you are wrong! Not everything in this world is relative!

    • @waitaminute2015
      @waitaminute2015 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      While that is true, it doesn't mean we should allow the bar to be set low. There's still a huge profit margin in treating workers right.

  • @somaghosh2960
    @somaghosh2960 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An excellent analysis💯.
    Many small things/ point are highlighted.
    A good documentary by DW.

  • @ingridakerblom7577
    @ingridakerblom7577 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    250€/month for that HEAVY work.. and those hours, Not to mention all the risks involved...
    Like snakes ....

  • @R.U.1.2.
    @R.U.1.2. ปีที่แล้ว +19

    DW DOCUMENTARY: Was Alphonso compensated by DW, or whomever produced the documentary?

  • @herbertbuhlmann3679
    @herbertbuhlmann3679 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8 hrs a day, company transport, wage better than average for zero qualifications, work in the outdoors sounds like a good deal. I think the reporter is trying for a story where there is non. Life can get a lot worse.

    • @joaocosta3374
      @joaocosta3374 ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole and only problem here is that the brazillians have laws but are too spineless to enforce it.

  • @user-dm3jx9en5w
    @user-dm3jx9en5w ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you DW for showing determination to preserving interests of working class.

  • @LAZY_PHILOMATH
    @LAZY_PHILOMATH ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was cutting up Oranges in Florida when i noticed the box was from California. I said WTF, the boss says, we send ours to them...Now thats a hidden cost right there.

  • @MaryJohanna
    @MaryJohanna ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Here in Southern California we have sidewalks littered with able bodies who waste away on drugs and alcohol. I have so much respect for agriculture workers.

    • @SvalbardSleeperDistrict
      @SvalbardSleeperDistrict ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "Here in Southern California we have sidewalks littered with able bodies who waste away on drugs and alcohol. I have so much respect for agriculture workers."
      If there is anything this documentary would have taught you with its demonstration of how these workers face firing for the flimsiest of reasons, it's that there is only a single step between being a worker exploited by a company and ending up homeless on the street. Maybe you should try and engage a few more braincells in analysing the system that produces both of these categories of people, before attacking the latter for their misfortune. Disgusting.

  • @sipsofhell9018
    @sipsofhell9018 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i look at things differently, i will never understand greed. when i look at a rich person i think that person is good for the economy, i like people to be rich cause they prove their competence and therefore deserve it but i dont understand when these people make their employees suffer just to make a little more on their bottom line. Dont you want your workers to love you and respect you instead of cursing you at every moment?

    • @suminshizzles6951
      @suminshizzles6951 ปีที่แล้ว

      These people did not gert rich by being nice and not gaming the system. Most of the time there is serious tax evasion and tax avoidance going on. All the while the workers who bring in the funds to make them rich are treated like shit and as a disposable commodity. Like oranges. When the climate changes to a point where wars are started over water we will see a change. Till then its bleed your workers dry and hope you die before the climate change really sets in and fucks up world food supplies.

  • @owenthomas5876
    @owenthomas5876 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    here in crete the oranges are mostly left to fall to the floor as its not financially worth picking, transporting and selling them. many owners are ripping perfectly good, healthy trees up in favour of avocados because thats the latest trend and they can make a bit more money from them. its so sad. even the cheeses in the supermarkets (not local butchers etc) say they are made in crete but in reality the milk is bought from the balkans as its cheaper.

    • @aryaaswale7316
      @aryaaswale7316 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well yes, what else do you think they should,d have done? Operate at a loss and still charge more?

    • @kanizshakoor424
      @kanizshakoor424 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤲🙏🤲🤲🤲✌

    • @kanizshakoor424
      @kanizshakoor424 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤲🙏✌

    • @joaocosta3374
      @joaocosta3374 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Here in Portugal the stikin' avocado is a curse... sucks all the water all because some hipsters made it trendy.

    • @lavinder11
      @lavinder11 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aryaaswale7316 avocados come at the cost of available water. I'm a capitalist through and through, but it's better to have long term vision rather than thinking of fast profits

  • @mustic3947
    @mustic3947 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After watching this, I realized I have a lot to be thankful for.

  • @borissamardzic5433
    @borissamardzic5433 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should come to croatia and make a documentary ,that problem in brasil is nothing compare to this

  • @geniusNikoLa
    @geniusNikoLa ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the best documentary channel on youtube

  • @abanachelsea9884
    @abanachelsea9884 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And we all know the final destination of those products ! Please know that when you are drinking your orange juice without any qualms someone has endured major suffering for this juice to be available on the shelves.

  • @stephenwilson2467
    @stephenwilson2467 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We are so spoiled. I expected a glass of orange juice from a day! Possibly one a week with appreciation for those who provided it0.

  • @rugendorunene545
    @rugendorunene545 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In Tanzania orange growing is very dangerous because of venomous snakes... Note that they also feed on fruits!

  • @thedude7319
    @thedude7319 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This seems like a crude remark, but why is it always the supervisor that looks like that 09:35

  • @huntergathererwoman4401
    @huntergathererwoman4401 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    DW makes my favorite documentaries-superb content!

  • @michaelsingh4874
    @michaelsingh4874 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your the boss DW when it comes to documentries

  • @NickyG_vz
    @NickyG_vz ปีที่แล้ว +12

    DW thanks for all the work you guys do, we need to pressure these companies in Europe to do better.

  • @amazinggadgets9949
    @amazinggadgets9949 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting. Thank you DW🙏

  • @nordinhaidry7972
    @nordinhaidry7972 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I like your documentaries, DW.

  • @monuomveersingh5043
    @monuomveersingh5043 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible documentary

  • @Brandee.
    @Brandee. ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Orange juice pickers isn't an easy job to have..I know people that do and it's no joke..long days 🍊

    • @thomask4978
      @thomask4978 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would say most fruit/vegetable jobs aren't easy. Pruning, thinning, harvest, etc. Further down the line is sorting and packing.
      It takes practice to be good at it. Many people, from Samoa for example, go to New Zealand or Australia to work in this area specifically. It pays good money, compared to the wages at their home. I guess this type of relationship between humans (someone is doing something tedious, while other enjoy the results) has been around since a long time.
      The human race still needs to learn a lot.

    • @adrianking5661
      @adrianking5661 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's orange pickers, you don't pick orange juice.... picking is hard work, I'm sure the juicing part is much easier....

  • @BenSmith-if7wn
    @BenSmith-if7wn ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Us humans are a really threat both to the planet and ourselves. Great documentary. The same goes for basically everything imported from much poorer countries (coca, coffee). The workes get unfortunately exploited. Who’s to blame? Farmers? Suppliers? Supermarkets? Politicians?

    • @EBFilmsMan
      @EBFilmsMan ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I think that the corporations who buy the "rights" to exploit the lands, and the politicians who allow them, are at the biggest fault.

    • @shary1283
      @shary1283 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did u really said poorer countries then may be you don't know how poor are suffering in rich countries as well.

    • @user-tv3no9gm4q
      @user-tv3no9gm4q ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Capitalism

    • @chenyeh9053
      @chenyeh9053 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greediness?

    • @edwardcarrington3531
      @edwardcarrington3531 ปีที่แล้ว

      Middle men, rich people not wanting to spend money, capitalism, greed & mainly EXPLOITATION!

  • @beesforlife6167
    @beesforlife6167 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You guys compensated afonso right?

    • @user-io8kq6gh3t
      @user-io8kq6gh3t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why don’t u send him $.

  • @benghiz9905
    @benghiz9905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative and useful film👍

  • @tayloreverard2039
    @tayloreverard2039 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know it doesn't matter, but when a company refuses to allow access, give us their name so we can slander them ourselves. That's not supposed to be the point of journalism but with the animals we give power to, it may as well be.

    • @abanachelsea9884
      @abanachelsea9884 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They mentioned Louis Dreyfus which is well known in Europe and two other companies

  • @mortillery2306
    @mortillery2306 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is award winning coverage. Thank you.

  • @swatisharma9006
    @swatisharma9006 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The director @11 minutes into video needs to pick oranges for atleast 2-3 months; I am sure he will understand what field workers go through

  • @oneof001
    @oneof001 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Picking fruit, no matter what country you are in is difficult hard labor long hours. Florida to Michigan and California. Cherry pickers ended picking cherries by hand. But if your 70 or so you may have eaten fruit I have picked. Take care. Stay safe.

  • @lr8786
    @lr8786 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Same I feel so bad for these people. God has blessed me with a job indoors and I am thankful.

  • @rscott2247
    @rscott2247 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One thing I've noticed about the quality of the oranges I come across in the supermarket nowadays is they most often taste very sweet, especially those grown in Florida. I found those that come from South Africa more natural tasting and not so pricey.

    • @vivellaz
      @vivellaz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I live in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Western Cape has a mediterranean climate so lots of citrus fruit varieties are grown here. Our fresh produce is delicious and safe to eat. Many people, even some of my neighbours, grow edible products in small raised boxes or anywhere in the garden, like tomatoes, lettuce and many have fruit trees even if we live in suburbia. Oranges trees were first planted and brought here by the Dutch in the 1600's. In fact on a farm called Hexriver in the Olifants River valley an original seedling tree is still producing oranges a few hundred years after being planted there. It has been declared a national monument. It is said that oranges from the Olifants River valley are the best of the best.

    • @drswaqqinscheckingin7210
      @drswaqqinscheckingin7210 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Floridian orange is superior, good to hear.

  • @dlewis8405
    @dlewis8405 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My 17 year old son goes through a half gallon of OJ every couple of days. If he only knew of the effort it requires to produce that bottle.

    • @jefryt67
      @jefryt67 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't forget the exploitation of people for coco, sugar and ev batteries.

    • @douglasflexinha1924
      @douglasflexinha1924 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How do you allow your son to consume so much liquid sugar ?

    • @grogu8236
      @grogu8236 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How can you allow your underage child to consume that much sugar?? Sounds like negligence to me

    • @markblix6880
      @markblix6880 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He does it because you permit it.

    • @dlewis8405
      @dlewis8405 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha thanks for all the parenting advice. He is a skinny teenager and I can afford the $4.50 every couple of days so who cares?

  • @fmt0htm
    @fmt0htm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish if everything could be done in moderation. Now it’s hard to find daily essentials which is not “mass-produced” and “wasted”

  • @mw...
    @mw... ปีที่แล้ว +2

    where can i buy 'fair trade' ?

  • @Sarahyangtoronto
    @Sarahyangtoronto ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope DW paid Alfonso his lost income. This is shocking. Less than $300 a month with such horrible conditions.

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 ปีที่แล้ว

      BY Abu Saeid and Maruf Ahmed - November 3rd, 2021
      Citrus Fruits: Nutritive Value and Value-Added Products
      Nowadays, citrus pulp/pomace, seed, and peel are used for various commercially valuable products such as food ingredients, pectin, essential oils, enzyme production, a natural antioxidant, and packaging film formation. 38:18
      Source: IntechOpen

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 ปีที่แล้ว

      The vitamin C in oranges helps your body in lots of ways: Protects your cells from damage. Helps your body make collagen, a protein that heals wounds and gives you smoother skin. Makes it easier to absorb iron to fight anemia. Studies have shown that fiber helps the body maintain digestive health and may lower your risk of conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer.
      Source: WebMD

  • @avgwhitegurl6646
    @avgwhitegurl6646 ปีที่แล้ว

    They should have a track with bins that move as they are filled, so the workers aren't wasting time and energy moving them. I think that would be a great time saver

  • @zakihr3329
    @zakihr3329 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    dw always the best when it comes to documentary.

  • @LCMM2150
    @LCMM2150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This kind of punishment, of 11 days seems pretty awkward, especially in the State of Sao Paulo.

    • @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr
      @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't understand foreigners who think southern Brazilians and paulistas are more civilized. They vote for Bolsonaro. This happens because Brazil still has a slavery mentality and they see Northeastern Brazilians with that mindset. Hell, even poor white people from their own city, but specially the Northeasterners. A lot of hate speech goes around every year as they vote for left-wing candidates en masse in there.

  • @princetegaton
    @princetegaton ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cheap labour is a global problem, but undermining the health of workers is at an evil level of the game.

  • @sammesamme-nlar2829
    @sammesamme-nlar2829 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such documentaries and such ways truly makes one ponder what slaves went through for centuries nonstop! Any society that has tasted the practice of slavery finds it difficult to abandon the ways completely but just reforms the practice to suit the era!

  • @nurse12320
    @nurse12320 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An eye-opener and educational documentary. It is also very sad. Sad because orange pickers are treated so poorly.

  • @user-zy4wv7yx1z
    @user-zy4wv7yx1z ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *wants to remain anonymous at all costs*
    *documentary shows him, his hair color, style, stature, etc*

  • @agro-valleyfarm7217
    @agro-valleyfarm7217 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From the sugar plantation to the citrus farms nothing has changed-same people are involved.

    • @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr
      @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr ปีที่แล้ว

      Precisely. That's what I am saying here. Brazil is still a slaveowning society in spirit.

  • @fudomyoo9762
    @fudomyoo9762 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As someone from California; their oranges look very low quality.

  • @Daniel-fl5oq
    @Daniel-fl5oq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everyday stay with Documentary of DW is a extremely happy time, because I can relax myself and gain some view of the planet. Also I can learn English speaking .
    42mins is a very priceless investment for myself.
    And also thank you, DW TEAM.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for watching and for your lovely words, Daniel. Have a nice day!

  • @jessikapiche6097
    @jessikapiche6097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    if the picker is poor, if the farmer doesn't do enough money, then who is putting all the money in his pocket? We pay about 5$ for a 2L of Orange Juice that taste like battery acid...

  • @murrayscott3513
    @murrayscott3513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw this video before, only it took place in Florida.

  • @danielabuenofonsecs7099
    @danielabuenofonsecs7099 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great documentary. It made me remember of the Grapes of Wrath by Jonh Steinbeck. In my opinion, pesticides are the biggest concern, and safety precautions should be put in place and followed. Spraying pesticides should be scheduled on a day when orange pickers are not working or vice versa. In other words, workers should take that day off because of the "Spraying Pesticides Day." A much healthier fruit with no pesticides would be much better utilizing natural pests control like the wasps in that laboratory. But then orange pickers could get stung while working. There's indeed a lot of challenges ahead. Better work conditions with safety are always welcomed.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

    • @fenrirgg
      @fenrirgg 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those wasps are harmless to humans. And you are completely right. The companies need to take care of their people and their products with more sense and ethics!

  • @paulkazibacharles
    @paulkazibacharles ปีที่แล้ว

    Labour conditions such as these are similar to those faced by those who do similar jobs in my country Uganda.

  • @apelsinuke
    @apelsinuke 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    33:03 how come use is banned, but production is allowed? volume of production should be capped, then this loophole should be closed.

  • @Wild-Eye
    @Wild-Eye ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A good practice of any business is to give back to your community and enhance it.
    Billions are made and the community does not shine.
    Crooks are what these companies are and not businesses.

  • @kalednjjar5614
    @kalednjjar5614 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great movies. That reminds me when I was young. that was before 25 years ago. I worked that job. Really it was hard work. dirty and a little gain.

  • @imp3r1alx
    @imp3r1alx ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The harsh truth about these kind of system.. if they raise their minimum wage.. or increase expenditure for the workers.. the price is than transfer to the customers.. the backlash is that customer might don't like it and pick another kind of brand.. or drink less juice overall.. as long there is no cap on how much profit a company can make, this will keep happening... BUT if they do make a cap, it raise even more problems down the line.. it is harsh but it is reality..

    • @terhgasabeha9552
      @terhgasabeha9552 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you don't want to pay for it don't drink orange juice.

  • @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948
    @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did you pay Alfonso for the 11 days that you cost him?

  • @nhlanhlazwane9465
    @nhlanhlazwane9465 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sad state of affair! Why must people suffer so much just to earn an honest living? Strength to you Alfonso and all those affected

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 ปีที่แล้ว

      The global orange juice market was equal to 27.65 billion USD (calculated in retail prices) in 2014. Until 2024, the juice market in the world is forecast to reach 32.04 billion USD (in retail prices), thus increasing at a CAGR of 1.82% per annum for the period 2019-2024. 2:34
      Source: Business Wire

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 ปีที่แล้ว

      Afonso will be surprised to read this... he is still young and could become a big businessman in the near future. Go Afonso, go ahead. Good luck! 8:38

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 ปีที่แล้ว

      All fruits are own-price elastic with the exception of bananas which are slightly inelastic, but not significantly so. Apples, pears, and bananas are expenditure inelastic while oranges, grapes and other fruits are expenditure elastic.
      Elasticity is a general measure of the responsiveness of an economic variable in response to a change in another economic variable. The three major forms of elasticity are price elasticity of demand, cross-price elasticity of demand, and income elasticity of demand.
      Sources: CFI; CORE ac uk

  • @ansarabbaschishty8007
    @ansarabbaschishty8007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also make a documentry about mango juice

  • @tushyranx5860
    @tushyranx5860 ปีที่แล้ว

    Similar cases abound in most plantations

  • @mgw1793
    @mgw1793 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are there not 3rd party evaluations and certifications for working conditions in place for these farms? Something like SEDEX or other globally accepted organizations that audit and interview their working conditions?

    • @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr
      @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr ปีที่แล้ว

      Brazil is heavily oligarchic as a country that used to be a slave colonial society. Elite interests being put into question is seen as communist bullshit and a threat. Our society is conservative and invested into such backward notions. So they will never be obliged by law to disclose anything, and regulation will stay sparse even though on paper our working rights are wonderful. They're just used to make it harder for people to set up small businesses with endless bureaucracy. Vicious cycle. Terrible country.

  • @user-px2ro6nv7y
    @user-px2ro6nv7y ปีที่แล้ว

    Class!👍👍

  • @jannikheidemann3805
    @jannikheidemann3805 ปีที่แล้ว

    33:44 If you put brazil northwest of Europe it could be confused with Greenland. The shape is roughly similar.

  • @careerconsulting3728
    @careerconsulting3728 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What most people don't realize is how interconnected everything is. The working conditions are one thing, and no doubt we are all against the abuse of these workers.
    But if the workers had to collect half the oranges only, for the same salary, and did it in better working conditions, and all procedures were as they should be, the orange juice would easily cost twice as much... And the same goes with every goods grown/produced in 3rd world countries.
    No doubt it is great to be an idealist, but for the amazing life we have here in the "Western world", with an ability to purchase so many things from our wages, someone on the other side of the planet always has to pay the price... Sadly that's the way it has always been, and always will be, until a breaking point arrives--which may be sooner than we think.

  • @Vorbin
    @Vorbin ปีที่แล้ว

    what happened to the fruit on the ground ? will they pick up too?

  • @baconpancakes8899
    @baconpancakes8899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a joke in Malaysia and Singapore saying if you aren't smart but you would still like to earn well, you could move to Australia to pluck fruits and I'm studying in Germany now and I was shocked when my German friend told me his brother moved from Germany to Austrlia to pluck fruits. His brother lives alone and enjoys Australia.

  • @budgetking2591
    @budgetking2591 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    funniest thing is most people think orange juice is healthy, its not even close to being as healthy as just eating....orange.

    • @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr
      @AnarchoPinkoEuroBr ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh. You can just eat a salad and drink juice with it. Fiber is easily replaced.

  • @DvdV1337
    @DvdV1337 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And not just orange juice.

  • @BigPom-fk8re
    @BigPom-fk8re ปีที่แล้ว

    normal, even in west some big company doesn't even have right equipment for standard.

  • @gardenlifelove9815
    @gardenlifelove9815 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Claiming your rights will be what gets your killed or fired too.. this is so sad

  • @Hokua888
    @Hokua888 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea.

  • @ponypower8
    @ponypower8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Labor exploitation. Happens in the States, happens all over the world. How? Why? Bec the governments turn a blind eye to it while illegal immigrants and undocumented workers accept it in exchange for being able to work and live in a foreign country that they perceive to be economically better than their country of origin. In the States, even those who work as caregivers, dishwashers, laborers, household help, nannies are illegal immigrants or undocumented workers who are exploited by their employers.

  • @robbiebrumby2212
    @robbiebrumby2212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its time for me to continue the generosity bet again time to pick up where my parents and their friends left off i may not be able to touch everyone's lifes but i promise i'll try my hardest to make a small change in as many lifes as i can

  • @Longtack55
    @Longtack55 ปีที่แล้ว

    I minimise buying food produced in other countries, and I don't drink juice unless I squeeze local fruit. Eat local if possible. In my country fruit pickers use 20kg bags.

  • @vickersvaliant1
    @vickersvaliant1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hopefully you gave afonso some money because of his 11 days of not working

  • @pauleohl
    @pauleohl ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In addition to worker exploitation, the fundamental problem with orange juice is that too many calories slip down your throat so easily. Much smarter/healthier to simply eat an orange if that is what you want. I am fully aware that juice oranges are not the same as eating oranges.

    • @vaughankorede521
      @vaughankorede521 ปีที่แล้ว

      What I don't understand is what's wrong with us humans. Oranges are there, eat it, throw the body on the floor and it decays naturally within few weeks.
      But, we expend energy to put them in bottles, plastics for that matter which will decay in centuries constituting nuisance just for profits... Really?! What's wrong with us?!

  • @farhadfarhadian1111
    @farhadfarhadian1111 ปีที่แล้ว

    The growers don’t know or they don’t want how to protect workers from harmful effects of pesticides

  • @RADU1st
    @RADU1st ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I did such a job in 2009-2012

  • @verafleck
    @verafleck ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still the same bitter fruit. Choose what you buy wisely.

  • @sipsofhell9018
    @sipsofhell9018 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the worst thing on this planet is not a sore loser, its a sore winner

  • @nickamwata2291
    @nickamwata2291 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yup

  • @PRmoustache88
    @PRmoustache88 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a star of the Seinfeld Show is related by blood to the Dreyfus Corporation founder, Leopold Dreyfus. If you see her eating at Katz Deli in New York City perhaps you could politely ask her to make inquiries in regard to the Brazilian citrus workers.

  • @paul2081ok
    @paul2081ok ปีที่แล้ว

    Ha! In Thailand, a 12oz glass costs $1.36!

  • @percycruda3074
    @percycruda3074 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a countrymen who work in Australia as a fruit picker the company were not giving them any personal gear but they only provide themselves, the good thing is they're paid by box and they're not allowed to carry more than what your body not allowed because there's a tractor to carry the fruit, $70 per box and the couple earned $3,200 a day, it depends upon the kind of they're picking of because some of the fruits are seasonal but they pick all year round, in that kind of company laborers suffers labor injustice what they do to the company, I think they have no benefits to enjoy after all

    • @FonFreeze
      @FonFreeze ปีที่แล้ว +2

      aha 3200 a day. Lets all become fruit pickers.