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Retired harvester Francisca Giron Tebas (85) poses at the Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse where she cleans saffron flowers paid in a job-by-job...

Harvesters, paid in a job-by-job basis, walk alongside one of Molineta de Minaya saffron company's plots at sunset in Minaya on November 7, 2016. On...

Saffron cleaners work at Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse, in Minaya on November 7, 2016. On the arid, wind-swept plateaux of central Spain, sa...

Retired tractor driver Francisco Martinez (76) fastens up an apron prior to starting his work as saffron cleaner at the Molineta de Minaya company's w...

Saffron stigmas are poured over a sieve used to dry them at Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse, in Minaya on November 7, 2016. On the arid, wind-...

Retired tractor driver Francisco Martinez (76) poses at Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse where he cleans saffron flowers paid in a job-by-job ba...

Retired truck driver Nicolas Saiz (76) poses at Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse where he cleans saffron flowers paid in a job-by-job basis, in...

Retired saffron harvester Lola Navarro (83) poses at Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse where she cleans saffron flowers paid in a job-by-job basi...

Molineta de Minaya saffron company owners Mari Angeles Serrano (L) and Jose Antonio Ortiz pose holding a basket full of bloomed saffron bulbs outside...

A harvester pulls up a saffron flower from its root at one of the Molineta de Minaya saffron company's plots, in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On the a...

A bee approaches a saffron flower at one of Molineta de Minaya saffron company plots, in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On the arid, wind-swept plateaux...

A harvester, paid in a job-by-job basis, picks saffron flowers at one of Molineta de Minaya saffron company's plots in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On...

A harvester paid in a job-by-job basis carries a basket full of saffron flowers at one of the Molineta de Minaya saffron company's plots, in Minaya on...

A basket full of saffron flowers lies on the ground of one of the Molineta de Minaya saffron company's plots in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On the ar...

Harvesters, paid in a job-by-job basis, pick saffron flowers at one of Molineta de Minaya saffron company's plots in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On t...

Molineta de Minaya saffron company owner Jose Antonio Ortiz (2L) weights a saffron sack given by a harvester as his son Vicente Ortiz (L) writes down...

Saffron cleaners leave on their bikes the Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse at lunchtime, in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On the arid, wind-swept...

A saffron cleaner picks the stigmas of a saffron flower at Molineta de Minaya company's warehouse, in Minaya on November 4, 2016. On the arid, wind-s...