Sunday, December 24, 2017

Global Food and Agriculture Photos December 24, 2017

This roundup of global food, farming, and agricultural photos appears every Sunday on Big Picture Agriculture. Today is Christmas Eve, so I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Tis the season to celebrate food and indulge in some sinful eating.

U.S.A.
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People take selfies in front of a Christmas tree at CityCenterDC in downtown Washington, DC on December 21, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / Eva HAMBACH / Getty Images.
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Roberto Marques carries a tree as he helps a customer shop for a Christmas tree on the sales lot of Holiday Sale on December 18, 2017 in Miami, Florida. The National Christmas Tree Association announced that there is a tree shortage this year which is driving up prices and causing people to have to shop around to find trees. Photo credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images.
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Fire on the Mountain fried pickles with chipotle mayo sauce December 20, 2017. Photo credit: Denver Post / Andy Cross / Getty Images.
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Aaron Vasholz works on raising plants and vegetables on December 20, 2017 in Walsenburg, Colorado. Vasholz and his wife moved to 160 acres outside of Walsenburg, in Southern Colorado, to get away from the hustle and bustle of Eagle County. Photo credit: Denver Post / RJ Sangosti / Getty Images.

E.U.
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Buyers and sellers attend the York Auction Centre's Christmas Poultry Auction of dressed poultry in York, northern England, on December 21, 2017. The annual sale of dressed poultry features over 800 birds including turkeys, geese, pheasants, partridge, ducks and chickens. Photo credit: AFP / OLI SCARFF / Getty Images.
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A customer carries home a suckling pig bought during the traditional pre-Chrismas meat sale at Smithfield market in the city of London on December 23, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / Daniel LEAL-Olivas / Getty Images.
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Orylag rabbits are seen in cages on December 19, 2017, in Vandre, western France, at the livestock farm of Jean Boutteaud, also President of the Orylag cooperative. The association L214, which fights for animal welfare, denounced on December 19, 2017, the treatment allegedly suffered by rabbits used for their fur by luxury brands, in three farms and a slaughterhouse in the south-west of France. Photo credit: Xavier Leoty / Getty Images.
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A street stand with branches of red winter berries mixed with pussy willow on display for sale on Grafton Street, in Dublin's city center. On Friday, 22 December 2017, in Dublin, Ireland. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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Pastries are seen ready for handing out during the Christmas Eve celebrations in Bydgoszcz, Poland on December 21, 2017. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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A man compares a photo to a coffee depicting his image, at The Tea Terrace in House of Fraser department store on December 21, 2017 in London, England. For £5.75, customers can send a photo to the barista, who then applies the image to the foam of the coffee using edible food dye, from a fine art printer. Photo credit: Leon Neal / Getty Images.
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A 'mariscadora' (shellfish catcher) walks out of the water after collecting clams at the Vigo bay in Arcade, some 20 km from Vigo, on December 20, 2017. 'Marisqueo' (shellfish gathering) activity increases these days in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia due to the big demand of shellfish for the Christmas banquets. Photo credit: AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA / Getty Images.
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General view of the Christmas tree decorations are seen at Galleria Alberto Sordi on December 21, 2017 in Rome, Italy. Photo credit: Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images.

INDIA
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Bangladeshi labourer Rahim Sheikh, 42, boils the sap of the date palm tree to prepare jaggery 'cane sugar' in Dodhiabari village near Gajoldoba, around 41 km from Siliguri on December 20, 2017. Rahim came to India along with his son Alamgir Sheikh, 21, to collect and prepare cane sugar. The traditional processing of jaggery, which is made from the sap of the date palm, is available only from November to January. With urbanisation of the rural areas the trees are being cut down and increasing pressure on the exitance of this industry and tradition making the product more pricy and less available. Photo credit: AFP / DIPTENDU DUTTA / Getty Images.
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Indian Mukesh Sharma (R) prepares prepare traditional winter delicacy 'Kachariyu' by grinding a mixture with the help of a bullock at Luharpur village, some 35 km from Ahmedabad on December 22, 2017. 'Kachariyu' which is made from sesame, til mixed with cane sugar is in great demand during winter season. Photo credit: AFP / SAM PANTHAKY / Getty Images.

CHINA
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A Chinese vendor (L) sells dog meat at a market in Guiyang in China's southern Guizhou province on December 22, 2017. Although heavily criticised, some locals eat dog meat during the winter solstice day, also known as the Dongzhi Festival, which starts on December 22. Photo credit: AFP / Getty Images.

AFRICA
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Chef of the Elysee presidential Palace Guillaume Gomez prepares cheese for a Christmas dinner with the French president and French troops participating in the France's Barkhane mission in Africa's Sahel, on the French Air Force base in Niamey, on December 22, 2017. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.

TURKEY
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Turkeys are seen at a farm in Antalya, Turkey on December 21, 2017. Turkish people consume 20% of total turkey meat consumption in new year. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

UKRAINE
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A seller shows a cookie in front of her candy court during the New Year's festival 'Ice Age' on the Pevcheskoye Field in Kiev, Ukraine, on December 21, 2017. The festival presents heroes of the 'Ice Age' cartoon serial made from snow for visitors, during the New Year's holidays. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.