Sunday, October 15, 2017

Global Food and Agriculture Photos October 15, 2017

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

U.S.A.
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Smoke from the Partrick Fire rises behind a vineyard on October 12, 2017 west of Napa, California. Thousands of homes have burned, at least 31 people confirmed killed with hundreds still missing as California wildfires continue to spread out of control. Photo credit: David McNew / Getty Images.
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The body of a cow that died in the Atlas Fire is seen in Soda Canyon on October 11, 2017 near Napa, California. In one of the worst wildfires in state history, more than 2,000 homes have burned and at least 21 people have been killed as more than 14 wildfires continue to spread with little containment in eight Northern California counties. Photo credit: David McNew / Getty Images.
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A chicken that survived a firestorm in the area of Foxtail Court stands in its scorched cage, on October 10, 2017 in Santa Rosa, California. Photo credit: David McNew / Getty Images.
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A truck hauls a load of corn between grain bins on a farm during harvest in Walnut, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Corn futures for December delivery gained 0.1% a bushel on Chicago Board of Trade. Photo credit: Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images.

E.U.
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An aerial view shows the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lavaux with its terraced vineyards above Lake Geneva on October 11, 2017 near Chexbres, western Switzerland. Photo credit: AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / Getty Images.
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A picture taken on October 9, 2017, at the Reitzel plant, in Connerre, northwestern France shows gherkins (cornichons) on the line falling into jars. The French-Swiss company Reitzel has bet to revive the culture of gherkins in France, where it has almost disappeared for the benefit of Indian gherkins, contracting with the farmers who work with it. Today, 80% of the 60 million jars of pickles sold each year in France come from India, and 20% from the countries of the East. Photo credit: AFP / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / Getty Images.
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French breeders demonstrate with their animals in Lyon on October 9, 2017 to draw attention to rising wolf attacks on sheep herds and against the agriculture ministry's 2018-2023 "wolf plan". France's agriculture ministry has said it wants to stop the attacks, though it has not said how. Its new "wolf plan" is set to be negotiated and put into place from early 2018. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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General view of the Borough Market's groceries, cheese and street speciality food sellers, in London on October 7, 2017. The present-day market mainly sells speciality foods to the general public. However, in the 20th century, it was essentially a wholesale market, selling produce in quantity to greengrocers. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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Tom Hoggard harvests pumpkins at Howe Bridge Farm in Yorkshire, ahead of Halloween. Photo credit: Danny Lawson / PA Images / Getty Images.

OTHER
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Agricultural workers pick cotton from a field on October 8, 2017 in Hatay. Photo credit: AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN / Getty Images.
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The customers wearing beekeeper costumes harvest the honey that they bought from beekeeper Omer Akbulak in Turkey's Van province on October 10, 2017. Omer Akbulak hosts the customers at his home and gives chance to them to remove honey from the beehives. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.
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A drone photograph, taken from Hatay's Reyhanli district located in Turkish side of the Syrian border, shows Syrians work on a field, near the border line separating Turkey and Syria on October 14, 2017. Turkey has continued to deploy troops to Syria's Idlib province in order to set up observation posts to monitor the cease-fire, following up on an international agreement to establish de-escalation zones in the war-torn country. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.
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Members of the Mouride Brotherhood harvest a field on October 7, 2017 in Khelcom. Photo credit: AFP / SEYLLOU / Getty Images.
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Belarusians harvest cranberries at a farm in the village of Selishche, some 290 km south of Minsk, on October 9, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / Sergei GAPON / Getty Images.
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A Palestinian farmer picks olives at an olive orchard in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, October 8, 2017. October is the time for many Palestinian farmers to begin harvesting olives. The fruit is a staple for many local farmers who also make oil out of them. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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A Palestinian woman prepares traditional bread during the olive harvesting season in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / SAID KHATIB / Getty Images.
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Bangladeshi people gathered to buy egg for low price during an egg sale fair, to mark the World Egg Day at Dhaka in Bangladesh on October 13, 2017.Previously, the organizers announced that they would sell eggs at a special price of four for Tk12 to celebrate the World Egg Day. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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In this photograph taken on October 12, 2017 an Afghan girl harvest cotton on their family's farm on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Photo credit: AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / Getty Images.
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Emiratis arrange dates freshly picked from palm trees into boxes during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi on October 14, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / KARIM SAHIB/ Getty Images.

INDIA
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Indian labourers thresh rice in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar on October 14, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / NARINDER NANU / Getty Images.
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Vendors selling Dry Fruits in a market at Old Delhi, India, 8 October 2017. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.

RUSSIA
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Workers load harvested cabbages on a truck in a field of the Dary Ordynska vegetable farm in the village of Vagaitsevo, Odrynsky District. Photo credit: Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Getty Images.
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Sorting potatoes in a storehouse of the Dary Ordynska vegetable farm in the village of Vagaitsevo, Odrynsky District. Photo credit: Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Getty Images.