"The system of water management adopted here [means that] aubergines, oranges, artichokes and olive trees can all co-exist together," said Clelia Maria Puzzo of the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), which added La Huerta to their list of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in November 2019. "A variety of crops were imported from Asia and America hundreds of years ago, but they adapted perfectly because of this irrigation system."
