It’s a warm Saturday morning in May. The twenty two year old Gheorghe Lozovanu is working in the yard of his parents house. There are rows after rows of strawberries. The fields are still green, but in some spots the red fruit is popping out.

Strawberries are everything for Lozovanu. “You cannot have too many of them,” he smiles. “Everybody wants to eat our strawberries. In our village, we are famous.” He takes a small plate and finds the biggest and the best.

But the love for strawberries is not the most interesting thing about Gheorghe Lozovanu. In a country where a quarter of the workforce is abroad, it’s hard to find someone who has made a clear decision to stay in Moldova.

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