Spain Recoils, as Its Hungry Forage Trash Bins for a Next Meal [1]

CNBC.com - 9/25/12
By Suzanne Daley, The New York Times

On a recent evening, a hip-looking young woman was sorting through a stack of crates outside a fruit and vegetable store here in the working-class neighborhood of Vallecas as it shut down for the night.

The European Union (EU) flag, left, flies alongside the Spanish national flag. (Getty Images)

At first glance, she looked as if she might be a store employee. But no. The young woman was looking through the day’s trash for her next meal. Already, she had found a dozen aging potatoes she deemed edible and loaded them onto a luggage cart parked nearby. “When you don’t have enough money,” she said, declining to give her name, “this is what there is.”

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