california farmer jack vessey destroyed his lettuce crop in mid april because he couldn't find a market or even a charity to take it you know you're seeing here behind me is very difficult not just for me you know on the economic side but emotional side as well everybody on this ranch is kind like their blood sweat and tears in this crop but he isn't alone from beer brewers in germany to potato growers in belgium producers are sitting on more of their products following a sudden dive in consumer demands restaurants and bars are closed overseas markets are ordering. in southern italy makers of the famed buffalo mozzarella are also pulling back on production and that leaves them with extra costs. i mean the. so we have surplus milk and we're obligated to freeze that no. food or that means that in the future provided that we have to pay for that not to be frozen there we're going to have problems with the final cost of the mozzarella if not in a month it will have to take into account the cost of the freezing. i mean. but storage is not an option for farmers like vessels growers in his reg