https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...id=mailsignout

Excerpt:

....Italy industrialized after World War II, and never really looked back. But the virus has drastically reordered society and economies, locking seasonal workers in their home countries while marooning Italians who worked in retail, entertainment, fashion and other once-mighty industries.

Where until recently a return to the land seemed reserved for natural wine hipsters or gentry sowing boutique gardens with ancient seeds, more Italians are now considering the work of their grandparents as laborers on the large farms that are increasingly essential to feed a paralyzed country and continent.

Without them, hundreds of tons of broccoli, fava beans, fruit and vegetables are in danger of withering on the vine or rotting on the ground...


Also:

....Italys experience has been echoed in other parts of Europe. Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth IIs eldest son and the heir to the British throne, has urged furloughed workers across the nation to join a government campaign aimed at finding farm labor to €œpick for Britain€� and save the seasons crops as the country faces a dearth of migrant workers...




Lenona.