'Keeping it fresh': Greek growers use nature to clean crops
"(The water) keeps the leeks live and fresh...and it saves us using tap water to rinse them at home," explains 48-year-old grower Costas Antoniou. The source of the stream is just 500 metres from his village of Dorothea in the region of Pella, northern Greece. "We learned this method from our grandparents and it is what the next generation will continue to do," he said. Tied together in clumps with string and plastic tape, the freshly picked leeks will spend six to 12 hours in the slow-moving stream. Читать дальше...