Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of this depends on migrating workers for seasonal labour, including from Eastern Europe and North Africa. This book is the first to address agro-migration complexes across the region.

Jörg Gertel is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Leipzig, Germany.

Sarah Ruth Sippel is a geographer and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Area Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Seasonality and Temporality in Intensive Agriculture 2. B/ordering the Mediterranean: Free Trade, Fresh Fruits and Fluid Fixity Part 2: France: Traditional Centre of Fruit and Vegetable Production 3. Shared Insecurities? Farmers and Workers in Bouches-du-Rhône 4. Super/markets: Beyond Buyer-drivenness in Southern France 5. Fruit Production in France and Argentina: Globalizing Standards and Labour Markets 6. The Transnational Recruitment of Temporary Latino Workers in European Agriculture 7. Sans-papiers: Self-censored Social Identities of Farm Workers in Southern France Commentary: Neoliberal Market Mystifications in the Social Costs of Eating Fresh - Philippines-Canada Comparisons Part 3: Spain: Symbol and Embodiment of Industrial Agriculture 8. The Political Economy of El Ejido: Genealogy of the 2000 Conflict 9. The Industrial Agriculture: A 'Model for Modernization' from Almería? 10. Mobility Partnerships and Circular Migration: Managing Seasonal Migration to Spain 11. 'Origin Matters': Working Conditions of Moroccans and Romanians in the Greenhouses of Almería 12. 'We Don't have Women in Boxes': Channelling Seasonal Mobility of Female Farmworkers between Morocco and Andalusia Commentary: From Fresh Produce to Poultry - Shifting Labour Regimes in the Global Agri-food System Part 4: Morocco: Booming Sites of Counter Seasonal Production 13. Which Agricultural Policy for which Food Security in Morocco? 14. Facilitating the Export of Fruit and Vegetables: The Role of State Institutions in Morocco 15. Disrupted Livelihoods? Intensive Agriculture and Labour Markets in the Moroccan Souss 16. Labour and Gender Relations in Moroccan Strawberry Culture 17. Between Hope and Disillusionment: The Migration of Nomadic Pastoralists to Europe 18. Border Makers: Clandestine Migration from Morocco Commentary: New Migration and New Communities - Social Changes Born from Agricultural Changes Part 5: Conclusion 19. Comparative Perspective: Insights from New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme 20. Epilogue: The Social Costs of Eating Fresh