Sunday, July 9, 2017

Global Food and Agriculture Photos July 9, 2017

This roundup of global food, farming, and agricultural photos appears every Sunday on Big Picture Agriculture.


A ploughman steers a horsedrawn plough between rows of young vines ar the 'Winerie Parisienne' (Parisian Winery) vineyard in Davron, Yvelines, Suburban Paris on July 4, 2017. The vines are back in Ile-de-France after nearly 200 years. Two young entrepreneurs planted a vineyard of three hectares in the Yvelines near Paris. Photo credit: AFP / Simon VALMARY / Getty Images.

A worker sheafs bunches of harvested lavender flowers during a lavender harvest in Kuyucak village, near Isparta, Turkey, on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Turkeys economic policy makers are stepping up efforts to persuade banks to lower the cost of lending to finance the nations growth. Photo credit: Kostas Tsironis / Bloomberg / Getty Images.

David Burr demonstrates removing leaves on marijuana plants to allow more light for growth at Essence Vegas' 54,000-square-foot marijuana cultivation facility on July 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. On July 1, Nevada joined seven other states allowing recreational marijuana use and became the first of four states that voted to legalize recreational sales in November's election to allow dispensaries to sell cannabis for recreational use to anyone over 21. Since July 1, sales of cannabis products in the state have generated more than USD 1 million in tax revenue. Photo credit: Ethan Miller / Getty Images.

A view of a quinoa farm planted by United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Bingol, Turkey on July 5, 2017. Astronauts include quinoa in their diet. Quinoa plant grows rapidly and it's seed production is rich, which makes it the perfect food for outer space. Quinoa is rich in fibre and minerals and provides up to 14 grams of protein for every 100 grams of quinoa. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

A farmer controls rapeseed during a rape harvest on July 04, 2017 near Monthodon, central France. Photo credit: AFP / GUILLAUME SOUVANT / Getty Images.

Firemen remove chickens and transport boxes from the A1 highway in Asten near Linz, upper Austria, where a poultry truck caused traffic chaos after losing its freight on July 4, 2017. The transporter was loaded with 7,000 chickens. Photo credit: AFP / FOTOKERSCHI.AT/KERSCHBAUMMAYR
/ Getty Images.

Palestinians harvest watermelons despite the ongoing Israeli blockade in Beit Lahia district of Gaza City in Gaza on July 06, 2017. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

Harvesting winter wheat during agricultural works in the village of Grivenskaya. Photo credit: Vitaly Timkiv / TASS / Getty Images.

A Kuhn Stronger sprayer on display at an agriculture equipment exhibition as part of the 2017 Russian Ploughing Championships. Photo credit: Vadim Braidov / TASS / Getty Images.

Afghan women and a boy harvest opium sap from their poppy field in Badakhshan province on July 5, 2017. The US government has spent billions of dollars on a war to eliminate drugs from Afghanistan, but the country still remains the world's top opium producer. Photo credit: AFP / SHARIF SHAYEQ / Getty Images.

In this photograph taken on July 7, 2017 an Afghan beekeeper checks a beehive as he works at a bee farm in Jaghatu District of Ghazni Province. Photo credit: AFP / ZAKERIA HASHIMI / Getty Images.

Workers package potatoes at an Allix packaging warehouse on July 6, 2017 in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, southwest France. The Allix company produces 7000 tons of potatoes annually and employs 40 people in the high season. Photo credit: AFP / MEHDI FEDOUACH / Getty Images.

A picture taken on July 3, 2017 in Meautis shows the production line of a plant of French agricultural cooperative in the dairy industry 'Les Maitres laitiers du Cotentin'. The plant manufactures dairy products destinated to China's market. Photo credit: AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty Images.

Emirati men eat from a food truck parked in a parking lot near the beach in the Emirate of Fujairah on July 7, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / GIUSEPPE CACACE / Getty Images.

A robot waitress, which is built and developed by restaurant's owner's electrical engineer son Osama Aziz, services meal at a local fast food restaurant in Multan, Pakistan on July 08, 2017. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.