Sunday, August 27, 2017

Global Food and Agriculture Photos August 27, 2017

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

U.S.A.
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The final moment before totality as the moon's shadow moves in front of the sun and the clouds dissipate on August 21, 2017 at Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo credit: WireImage / Chris McKay / Getty Images.
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John Cruickshank, left, and his wife Catherine Lasswell enjoy a room with a view at an RV park on August 20, 2017 in Shoshoni, Wyoming. Shoshoni is almost dead center for totality with some of the most favorable positions for the eclipse. Totality there will last longer than many other parts of Wyoming coming in at 2 minutes and 23 seconds with the entire eclipse lasting 2 hours and 46 minutes. The couple came from Boulder to view the eclipse. Photo credit: Denver Post / Helen H. Richardson / Getty Images.
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A sign advertises food for tourists on August 20, 2017 in Victor, Idaho. The small town, located directly beneath the path of totality expected an influx of more tourists than those who had arrived by Sunday afternoon. Photo credit: Natalie Behring / Getty Images.
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Traffic backs up on Highway 25 leaving Casper on August 21, 2017 in Orin, Wyoming. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the 'path of totality' in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. Photo credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.
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Guests attend the annual New York City Diner en Blanc, August 22, 2017, held this year at the plaza at Lincoln Center. The Diner en Blanc, the worlds only viral culinary event, a chic secret pop-up style picnic from France, the outdoor site -- always a landmark location -- is revealed at the last-minute. Guests are asked to dress entirely in elegant white, bring a picnic basket of food, fine china and silverware, white tablecloths, table and chairs. Photo credit: AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty Images.
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General view of statues of children made of an imitation of sugar during Kind's temporary art installation where over 45,000 pounds of sugar were dumped in Times Square to represent how much added sugar American children consume on August 22, 2017 in New York City, United States. Photo credit: Brazil Photo Press / CON / Getty Images.

LATIN AMERICA
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Crew members of the Chinese-flagged ship confiscated by the Ecuadorean Navy arrive in court for a hearing, in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands on August 25, 2017. The Ecuadorean Navy reported on August 14, 2017 that a Chinese-flagged vessel had been seized in the Galapagos Marine Reserve carrying some 300 tons of fish, including several endangered species such as the hammerhead shark. Photo credit: AFP / JUAN CEVALLOS / Getty Images.

E.U.
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Muslim Aid staff and volunteers work as they attempt to construct and cook the world's largest samosa at the East London Mosque in London on August 22, 2017. The record breaking samosa was prepared, cooked and served up by the international relief and development agency Muslim Aid at the East London Mosque. The samosa will go to feed the homeless in the neighbourhood as part of the traditional good deeds associated with the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. The samosa weighed 153 kilos and was certificated as an official Guinness World Record. Photo credit: AFP / BEN STANSALL / Getty Images.
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A farmer harvests sunflowers with his combine harvester on August 23, 2017 in Lezat-sur-Leze , southwestern France. Photo credit: AFP / PASCAL PAVANI / Getty Images.
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An employee of urban farming start-up Aeromate checks on vegetables and aromatic herbs growing on the rooftop of a building owned by French public transport group RATP as part of a rooftop farming project in Paris on August 24, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / BENJAMIN CREMEL / Getty Images.
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Crates filled with locally grown tomatoes and other produce are set out in a square on August 24, 2017, in the southern French city of Toulouse, during distribution by AMAP ( Association pour le Maintien d'une Agriculture Paysanne), an association supporting small organic farms and farmers. Photo credit: AFP / PASCAL PAVANI / Getty Images.
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A sign on baskets of eggplants and turnips reads: 'either/or' at a food distribution point organized by the Berliner Tafel where the needy may choose groceries at the Protestant Church Community Center Lichtenrade on August 24, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Approximately 300 households rely on the weekly opportunity to pay a symbolic amount for expired groceries donated by local supermarkets and bakeries. Among the needy are Germans, especially pensioners whose pensions are insufficient, as well as migrants, including refugees who arrived since 2015 but also ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union who came to Germany after 1989. Germany faces federal elections on September 24 and poverty, which has remained stubbornly persistent despite the country's strong economy, is a major election topic. Photo credit: Sean Gallup / Getty Images.
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The Holesovice Market in the center of Prague. Also known as the River Town market here you can find clothing, decorative objects, Czech food and Vietnamese products. August 25, 2017. Czech Republic. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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A woman sunbaths next to two thousands kilograms of fish salted on the stones of El Cotillo harbor, in La Oliva, on the Spanish Canary island of Fuerteventura, on August 22, 2017 during the village fair in honor of Our Lady of Good Travel. Photo credit: AFP / DESIREE MARTIN / Getty Images.
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Packs of pre-cocked insect burgers based on protein-rich mealworm are seen on a supermarket shelf on August 21, 2017 in Geneva. Switzerland's first insect-based food aimed at humans goes on sale this week following a revision of the country's food safety laws. Switzerland's second-largest supermarket chain, Coop starting selling insect burger, and insect balls, based on protein-rich mealworm. Swiss food safety laws were changed last May to allow for the sale of food items containing three types of insects: crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms, which are the larval form of the mealworm beetle. Photo credit: AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI / Getty Images.

TURKEY
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Children spread red chili peppers at a giant fabric on a sunny day in Sanliurfa, Turkey on August 21, 2017. After red chili peppers are separated from their stems, workers spread them on the ground to dry under the sun and split them into pieces with hand before going through the machine process to made isot pepper. Isot peppers are skinnier and darker than other chili peppers and they turn purplish after they have been sun-dried. They have a tangy flavor compared to other chili peppers and are commonly used in Turkish cousine especially in steak tartar a la turca, vegetables and meat. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

RUSSIA
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A tractor made of apples, potatoes, and cucumbers on display at the 2017 Agrorus international agricultural fair at the Expoforum convention and exhibition centre. Photo credit: TASS / Peter Kovalev / Getty Images.
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Jars of preserved vegetables on display at the 2017 Agrorus international agricultural fair at the Expoforum convention and exhibition centre. Photo credit: TASS / Peter Kovalev / Getty Images.

NEPAL
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Nepalese people arranged lining patterns of different type of foods offered by devotees during celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi at Maru Ganeshthan, Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, August 25, 2017. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.

PAKISTAN
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Pakistani men shop for livestock at an animal market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Karachi on August 26, 2017. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. Photo credit: AFP / RIZWAN TABASSUM / Getty Images.
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Pakistani livestock traders bring cattle to drink water at an animal market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Peshawar on August 23, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / ABDUL MAJEED / Getty Images.
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A Pakistani breeder use crane to carry his animals down from the roof for transporting them to the livestock market for the Muslim's Eid al-Adha in Karachi, Pakistan on August 20, 2017. Due to the crowded population, agricultural land scarcity and irregular urbanization in Karachi, people sometimes keep their animals on their roofs. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

PALESTINE
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People buy sacrificial animals at a livestock market as the preparations continue for the upcoming Muslim sacrificial festival 'Eid al-Adha in Shujaiyyah neighborhood of Gaza City on August 25, 2017. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.
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A Palestinian man picks Mango at his field during the harvest season in the center of Gaza strip, on August 22, 2017. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.

EGYPT
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Camels wait to be sold at a livestock market at Birgash neighborhood, as the preparations continue for the upcoming Muslim sacrificial festival 'Eid al-Adha in Giza, Egypt on August 25, 2017. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

VIET NAM
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This picture taken on August 21, 2017 shows someone grilling rice crackers at home in Tho Ha village, northern province of Bac Giang. Photo credit: AFP / HOANG DINH NAM / Getty Images.

INDIA
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Indian dispersed villagers queue to collect food aid after their homes were flooded in Malda in the West Bengal state of West Bengal on August 24, 2017. The death toll from floods sweeping South Asia has climbed above 1,000, officials said August 24, as rescue teams try to reach millions stranded by the region's worst monsoon disaster in recent years. Photo credit: AFP / DIPTENDU DUTTA / Getty Images.

BONUS
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Deanna Salamanca prepares food for cats in the kitchen at The Cat House on the Kings on August 25, 2017 in Parlier, California. The Cat House on the Kings is California's largest cat sanctuary and adoption center that currently houses nearly 1,000 adult cats and kittens. The cats live in a house on 12 acres of land that used to be occupied by founder Lynea Lattanzio. Over 24,000 cats have been saved since The Cat House on the Kings was founded 25 years ago. Photo credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images