Almeria, the largest fruit and vegetable growing region in the world. Water scarcity, moonlighting, cucumber crisis and the destruction of a landscape in a revealing tragedy (DOK LEIPZIG)
In the midst of the world's biggest fruit and vegetable garden, the so called 'Mar del plastico' lies the Andalusian village of San Agustin. For the local planters this season's atmosphere is prophesying crisis: A mysterious virus threatens the harvest, bacteria attacks the plants and the authorities are after the illegal workforce in the greenhouses. Planter Jose Maria would rather choose to live among vegetables than people anyway, while the Crespo family, who seems to belong to a different time era, tries to get by with vegetables, breeding goats and a giant compost pile. This is all part of the daily routine for Paco, the village tavern's barman, who knows all of his customers' problems.
San Agustin takes an out of the ordinary look at the 'Mar del plastico' - Europe's most important producer and vendor of fruit and vegetables - as it fights with it's own existence once more during the cucumber crisis of 2011. Two families, a village tavern and a lot of vegetables. One extraordinary harvest season in nine chapters.
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