andres mestre

Elias Andres (left) and Faustino Mestre, almond farmers in Spain's Alicante province, stand in a field where about 300 almond trees were cut down as part of efforts to contain a lethal plant disease called Xylella fastidiosa. The disease is killing almond trees in Spain and olive trees in Italy. The bacterium is considered one of the most dangerous threats to Europe's crops. (Photo by CAIN BURDEAU/Courthouse News Service)