The healthiest country in the world is now Spain, according to a 2019 Bloomberg Healthy Country Index. That may come as a surprise, but it probably shouldn’t. We’ve known of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for a decade now, and the message seems to be spreading. Spanish agricultural exports of fruits and vegetables, olive oil and wine are booming, along with sales of specialty farm equipment to preserve the quality of those high value crops.
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OWEN ROBERTS
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.