Road Trip Follows Strawberries Across the U.S. | National Geographic

The average food item in the United States travels more than 5,000 miles from farm to fork. To get a berry's-eye view of this long journey, two National Geographic journalists followed a strawberry truck from a field in California to a grocery store in Washington, D.C.
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GRAPHIC: Álvaro Valiño, Lawson Parker, Kelsey Nowakowski, and Dan Stone
ANIMATION: Lawson Parker
SORUCES: Driscoll's, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, American Trucking Associations, Carnegie Mellon University, and Inman Trucking
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[@danielaochoa4556]

This is such a great video! I am trying to share to my teen nieces about food-miles

[@bretatvs]

This is cool! Do more of these with other products!!!!!!!

[@wmrustycox]

Berry interesting vid.

[@TrueInvisible]

one word to describe everything "wow!"

[@angelgat1]

Could you do a vid on how efficient trains are compared to trucks

[@DirectorDavoPaul]

We never have to think about our food's journey? Are you kidding NatGeo? I can't even begin here, lol.

[@tacopapii]

Hey! I live in Watsonville, CA, that's awesome.

[@Pantheragatos]

Interesting ;-) I was thinking about being a long haul driver there for a minute ;-)

[@simpkins18]

My strawberries always go bad fast...maybe this is why. Ugh ! I still love Driscoll's strawberries the best though!

[@stalkingself]

simpkins18 washing them in vinegar before storing them makes them last longer

[@simpkins18]

Thanks I will try that! :)

[@RoyBisschops]

I don't understand the positiveness in the animation (nor from most of the reactions). To me it's a completely insane system: products are more than 3 days old and have a huge carbon footprint. And this is not just a US problem, but a global issue. Buy local and seasonal fresh products and question the origin of the products you buy.

[@TheArkangel247]

80 hour trip in 3days? how does that work? 24x3=72

[@fergamezz]

And each driver can driver legally no more than 11hrs a day

[@chanthien99]

Rounded down. Easy and make a lot of sense.

[@drift3434]

No he means they accomplish and 80 hour trip in 3 days

[@sunshineo23]

Like the video. Not the fact.

[@billiamc1969]

No wonder our produce tastes like cardboard...

[@EmmaAJ-tr1df]

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