Sunday, September 30, 2018

Global Food and Agriculture Photos September 30, 2018

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

E.U.
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People follow an ewes transhumance during a gathering organised by activists who call themselves 'zadistes', from the French phrase 'Zone a Defendre' (Zone to Defend), at the Bellevue farm of the ZAD in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France, on September 29, 2018. Photo credit: AFP / SEBASTIEN SALOM GOMIS / Getty Images.
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A worker harvests grapes in the vineyard of the Chateau Angelus 'Premier Grand Cru Classe' in Saint-Emilion, southwestern France, on September 27, 2018. (Photo by GEORGES GOBET / AFP) (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images) Photo credit: AFP / GEORGES GOBET / Getty Images.
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Mendip Ploughing Society Celebrates 160 Years. WELLS, ENGLAND. Competitors use tractors as they take part in the Mendip Ploughing Society's 160th anniversary competition at Franklyns Farm, Chewton Mendip, near Wells on September 26, 2018 ins Somerset, England. Established in 1858, and held on the last Wednesday of the month, the Mendip Ploughing Society's annual ploughing match attracts ploughing entries in a variety of classes from across the West Country using everything from steam engines, to tractors of all ages from vintage to the modern day. With 14 separate ploughing classes, 3 hedging laying and 2 dry stone walling, plus a variety of farm produce exhibition classes, the day allows competitors to display their skills, whilst celebrating years of agricultural tradition. Photo credit: Matt Cardy / Getty Images.
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Winemakers Harvest Grapes In Mosel Region. Workers of the winery Toni Treis harvest Riesling grapes on the Bremmer Calmont hillside above a bend of the Mosel River. on September 25, 2018 near Bremm, Germany. The Bremmer Calmont hosts the steepest vineyards in Europe. At 380 meters high the grapes grow on an incline that reaches 65 degrees steep, making harvests only possible by hand. Approximately 65 wineries grow grapes on small tracts along the Bremmer Calmont. Germany experienced an exceptionally long and hot summer this year that was devastating for many grain farmers but a boon to wineries, many of whom are expecting an exceptional vintage this year. Photo credit: Thomas Lohnes / Getty Images.

GAZA
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Date palm harvest in Gaza
DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - SEPTEMBER 25: A Palestinian farmer packs date palms after their harvest process in Deir al Balah, Gaza on September 25, 2018. Date palms are packed to be sold to the greengrocers after they were collected. Photo credit: Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

TURKEY
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Banana harvest in Turkey's Hatay. SEPTEMBER 26. A man carries a sack full of bananas at Arsuz district of Hatay, Turkey on September 26, 2018. Arsuz district is Turkey's one of the important banana production center where bananas are harvested and exported to Western Europe. Photo credit: Fikret Kavgali / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.
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Potholes in Turkey's Konya. A drone photo shows one of the potholes that increase in recent years at Karapinar district of Konya, Turkey on September 26, 2018. Consisting of decreased ground water level based on increasing of agricultural activities, concern residents in the area. Photo credit: Abdullah Dogan / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.
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Harvesting process of registered Karacadag rice. A drone photo shows workers as they harvest Karacadag rice, which was grown with natural spring water and registered by Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, at the mountainsides of Karacadag due to the immobility of combine harvesters in Diyarbakir, Turkey on September 21, 2018. Photo credit: Omer Yasin Ergin / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

RUSSIA
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Sovkhoz Imeni Lenina agricultural company in Moscow Region, Russia. SEPTEMBER 26, 2018. A view of the grounds of the Sovkhoz Imeni Lenina agricultural company. TT Development Company (controlled by Sovkhoz Imeni Lenina) sold a 12 hectare land plot near Moscow to IKEA company in 2016. The Moscow Region Arbitration Court has fulfilled the demand by Sovkhoz Imeni Lenina shareholders to declare the transfer of the agricultural company's land plots to TT Development illegal. Photo credit: TASS / Dmitry Serebryakov / Getty Images.
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WineFest grape harvest and winemaking festival in Balaklava, Crimea SEVASTOPOL, RUSSIA SEPTEMBER 29, 2018. Serving a watermelon during WineFest, an annual grape harvest and winemaking festival. Photo credit: TASS / Sergei Malgavko / Getty Images.