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A farmer throws out a cucumber crop after it was impossible to sell it in El Ejido, near Almeria in southeastern Spain June 1, 2011
Thursday, Jun. 02, 2011

Open quoteGermany has destroyed my life this week.Close quote

  • MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ PUENTEDURA,
  • a farmworker in Motril, Spain, where the normally busy vegetable harvest has been halted by a deadly outbreak of E. coli in Germany (which was initially linked to Spanish farms); the greenhouse that employed Puentedura shut down on Wednesday
Photo: Francisco Bonilla / Reuters | Source: New York Times