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South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum...
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  • A worker picks the pink roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Greenhouses inside a flower farm laying below the volcano of Cayambe in Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker sorts the white roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker picks the yellow roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Women workers walk in the corridor between flower pots at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • An artificially coloured blue rose grown at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker walks among rose bushes spraying the pesticide dilution at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Workers sort and pack the roses in the packaging hall of a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker stirs the pesticide dilution at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Yellow roses grown at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • The irrigation system among the flower pots at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker throws out weeds at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Roses wrapped in paper boxes at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A wraped box of roses on the flow line in the packaging hall of a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker crops lateral rosebuds at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Bunches of colorful roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Greenhouses inside a flower farm laying below the volcano of Cayambe in Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker sorts and packs the roses in the packaging hall of a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker picks the pink roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • An artificially coloured blue rose grown at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker sorts and wraps the roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker sorts the roses at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker crops lateral rosebuds at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker crops lateral rosebuds at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker sorts the the orange roses in the packaging hall of a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Workers sort and pack the roses in the packaging hall of a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker gets off the rose spines at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A wraped box of roses on the flow line in the packaging hall of a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker prepares the pesticide spraying at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • A worker walks among rose bushes spraying the pesticide dilution at a flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador, 29 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Cesar Estacio, a social worker, helps a woman, fired from a flower farm, in his office in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.

  • Cesar Estacio, a social worker, helps a woman, fired from a flower farm, in a state office in Cayambe, Ecuador, 23 June 2010. South American countries (Colombia and Ecuador) are world leaders in cut flower industry. The advantage of the moderate sunny climate, very cheap labor force in combination with the absence of social laws and environmental regulations have created perfect conditions for the cut flower production. Flower growing is very fragile and necessarily depends on irrigation and chemical maintenance, provided by highly toxic pesticides. About 50.000 workers in Ecuador, working mainly for living minimum wage, keep the floral industry going and saturate the market generated by consumerist culture the US, Canada and Europe.