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Years ago, the last major freeze. >> and in 2070 how bad was it? >> we lost everything. >> reporter: this week temperatures dropping into the 20s for a second straight night are also threatening other crops. curt johnson grows leafy veg tables. >> this was solid solid, frozen solid. i could snap it with my finger and it would just crack. >> reporter: johnson spent the last few nights lighting bonfires around his st. paula farm, anything can to raise the temperature a few critical degrees. >> hopefully that changes enough that we won't get the hard freeze. but the national weather service warni...

Age rages are very broad. it's unlikely that all of these people were in the same place a month ago. so it's likely that it is some sort of food product that they are consuming. >> reporter: a food product that was probably widely distributed. the worry tonight, that it could be still on the shelf. e coli 0154 would be found in water, food or fresh meat. other strains of e. coli haven't gotten much attention in the past. but just this past week, the usda started to test meats for the strains. >> in the long run, as it relates to meat overseen by the usda, the testing protocol is going to be a ...

Kyoko kanu, who told us she's worried about the effects of radiation on her children. rikuku fujiami has a different attitude, saying it's her duty to help the farmers. >> we have to support each other. >> reporter: farmers fear their produce will be rejected, not just in japan but throughout the world. this is a spinach farmer in ibaraki prefecture north of tokyo. >> translator: it's the planting season from now on. i don't know what's going to happen with this radiation, but we can't carry on as farmers. >> reporter: her concerns may be justified. we bought our own spinach in the tokyo marke...