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  • Row irrigation of flower plants grown for seed in Gilroy, California.
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  • Aerial photograph of spinkler irrigation of fields in Stockton, California.
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  • Aerial photograph of the California aqueduct, which carries water from north to south through the middle of the state. San Joaquin Valley. Agricultural land is seen on both sides of the aqueduct. Kern County, CaliforniaThe California State Water Project is the nation's largest state-built water and power development and conveyance system. Planned, designed, constructed and now operated and maintained by the California Department of Water Resources, this unique facility provides water supplies for 23 million Californians and 755,000 acres of irrigated farmland.
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  • Aerial photograph of California Aqueduct that carries water to southern California from Northern California. Near Coalingua.
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  • An aerial photograph of J.R. Simplot cattle feedlot near the J.R. Simplot potato processing plant in Idaho. The cattle are fattened on grain and potato waste from processing. J.R. Simplot Company is the largest supplier of French fries to McDonald's fast food company. USA.
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  • An aerial photograph of the Harris Ranch cattle feed lot, the Harris Feeding Company, in Coalinga, California. California's largest feed lot with up to 100,000 head of cattle. Coalinga, California. San Joaquin Valley. USA [[From the company: THE HARRIS FARMS GROUP OF COMPANIES. Harris Farms, Inc. is one of the nation's largest, vertically integrated family owned agribusinesses]].
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  • Rice: Aerial photograph of rice fields near Yuba City, California, USA. 1984.
    USA_AG_RICE_12_xs.jpg
  • An aerial photograph of the Harris Ranch cattle feed lot, the Harris Feeding Company, in Coalinga, California. California's largest feed lot with up to 100,000 head of cattle. Coalinga, California. San Joaquin Valley. USA [[From the company: THE HARRIS FARMS GROUP OF COMPANIES. Harris Farms, Inc. is one of the nation's largest, vertically integrated family owned agribusinesses]].
    USA_AG_BEEF_15_xs.jpg
  • An aerial photograph of J.R. Simplot cattle feedlot near the J.R. Simplot potato processing plant in Idaho. The cattle are fattened on grain and potato waste from processing. J.R. Simplot Company is the largest supplier of French fries to McDonald's fast food company. USA.
    USA_AG_BEEF_27_xs.jpg
  • An aerial photograph of the Harris Ranch cattle feed lot, the Harris Feeding Company, in Coalinga, California. California's largest feed lot with up to 100,000 head of cattle. Coalinga, California. San Joaquin Valley. USA [[From the company: THE HARRIS FARMS GROUP OF COMPANIES. Harris Farms, Inc. is one of the nation's largest, vertically integrated family owned agribusinesses]].
    USA_AG_BEEF_01_xs.jpg
  • An aerial photograph of J.R. Simplot cattle feedlot near the J.R. Simplot potato processing plant in Idaho. The cattle are fattened on grain and potato waste from processing. J.R. Simplot Company is the largest supplier of French fries to McDonald's fast food company. USA.
    USA_AG_BEEF_28_xs.jpg
  • An aerial photograph of the Harris Ranch cattle feed lot, the Harris Feeding Company, in Coalinga, California. California's largest feed lot with up to 100,000 head of cattle. Coalinga, California. San Joaquin Valley. USA [[From the company: THE HARRIS FARMS GROUP OF COMPANIES. Harris Farms, Inc. is one of the nation's largest, vertically integrated family owned agribusinesses]].
    USA_AG_BEEF_15_xs.jpg
  • An aerial photograph of J.R. Simplot cattle feedlot near the J.R. Simplot potato processing plant in Idaho. The cattle are fattened on grain and potato waste from processing. J.R. Simplot Company is the largest supplier of French fries to McDonald's fast food company. USA.
    USA_AG_BEEF_28_xs.jpg
  • A farmer in her field with her water buffalo in Yangshuo, China.
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  • Rice: Aerial of flooded rice fields near Richvale, California, USA. 1980
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  • An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
    USA_AG_FLWR_07_xs.jpg
  • Crop dusting. Spraying cotton prior to harvest with defoliant (Paraquat) in Kern County, California, USA.
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  • Aerial photograph of track housing in the southern California desert. Cathedral City, California, between Palm Springs and Palm Desert.
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  • Napa Valley, California. Mustard grows in the early spring between the rows of vines as a ground covering for erosion control.
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Crop dusting. Spraying cotton prior to harvest with defoliant (Paraquat) in Kern County, California, USA.
    USA_AG_CRPD_02_xs.jpg
  • Rice: Aerial photograph of rice fields near Yuba City, California, USA. 1984.
    USA_AG_RICE_11_xs.jpg
  • Crop dusting. Spraying cotton prior to harvest with defoliant (Paraquat) in Kern County, California, USA.
    USA_AG_CRPD_03_xs.jpg
  • Napa Valley, California. Carneros region - rows of wine grapes.
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  • Napa Valley, California. Wine grape vineyards. Carneros region.
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
    USA_09112714_x.jpg
  • Crop dusting. Spraying cotton prior to harvest with defoliant (Paraquat) in Kern County, California, USA.
    USA_AG_CRPD_03_xs.jpg
  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Thanksgiving time, Napa CA
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  • Irrigation: drip irrigation better controls the amount of water fed to each plant. One Gallon per hour. Kiwi Fruit. Kern County, California. USA.
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  • Irrigation: California Agriculture, Kern County. Sprinkler irrigation. Imperial Valley, California. USA.
    USA_AG_IRR_03_xs.jpg
  • Irrigation: flood irrigation of flower fields grown for seed in Lompoc, California. USA.
    USA_AG_IRR_06_xs.jpg
  • Irrigation: Sprinkler irrigation of agricultural crops in Los Banos, California. USA.
    USA_AG_IRR_05_xs.jpg
  • Irrigation: portrait of a field worker with [strawberry] field behind. Sprinkler irrigation. He is wet because his job is to adjust the sprinkers while they are running. Kern County, California. USA.
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  • Irrigation: Tenneco West, Rosedale Ranch, Kern County, California.  The agricultural fields are irrigated as the automatic pumping and sprinkling machine rolls through the field drawing water from the small canal below. USA.
    USA_AG_IRR_02_xs.jpg
  • Irrigation: Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico. Halophyte SOS-7. First Harvest Party. Grain irrigated with salt water. A halophyte is a  plant capable of living under salty conditions (University of Arizona project in conjunction with Biosphere 2.). USA.
    USA_AG_IRR_08_xs.jpg
  • Irrigation: Cornfields are irrigated by water drawn from a small canal with siphon hoses. Kern county, California. USA.
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  • Bob Sorensen, an assistant golf course superintendent of The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa in Grand Junction, Colorado conducts maintenance work on the golf course.  (Bob Sorensen is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) He played football at Mesa State College in Grand Junction and graduated with a degree in criminal justice. Just before he took a job in his chosen profession he decided that he didn't want a desk job and found one that requires his constant attendance of the great outdoors, at a golf course at the foot of the majestic Colorado National Monument. Some of his work is physical, but technology makes his irrigation chores easier. From one of many rock outcrops overlooking the lush fairways and greens in the dry, high desert valley, he can control a matrix of sprinklers with a single radio controller.  He earned a second degree in turf management, supervises a small crew of greenskeepers, and coaches high school football at Palisade High School.
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  • Bob Sorensen, a golf course assistant superintendent, picks vegetables in his backyard garden at his home in Grand Junction, Colorado. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food on a day in the month of September was 3,600 kcals. He is 25 years of age; 5 feet,  11 inches tall and 175 pounds. Switching career paths from criminal justice to turf maintenance enabled Bob to escape a desk job and work outdoors in a picturesque Western landscape. Some of his work is physical, but technology makes his irrigation chores easier. From one of many rock outcrops overlooking the lush fairways and greens in the dry, high desert valley, he can control a matrix of sprinklers with a single radio controller. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Bob Sorensen, an assistant golf course superintendent of The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa in Grand Junction, Colorado stands at a vantage point during a routine inspection of the golf course. (Bob Sorensen is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) He played football at Mesa State College in Grand Junction and graduated with a degree in criminal justice. Just before he took a desk job in his chosen profession he decided that he didn't want a desk job and found one that requires his constant attendance of the great outdoors, at a golf course at the foot of the majestic Colorado National Monument. Some of his work is physical, but technology makes his irrigation chores easier. From one of many rock outcrops overlooking the lush fairways and greens in the dry, high desert valley, he can control a matrix of sprinklers with a single radio controller.  He earned a second degree in turf management, supervises a small crew of greenskeepers, and coaches high school football at Palisade High School.
    USA_080919_176_xw.jpg
  • Irrigation: pumping station at The Wind Gap Pumping Station lifts the California aqueduct water over the Tehachapi Mountains on its way toward Los Angeles. USA.
    USA_AG_IRR_09_xs.jpg
  • Row irrigation of flower plants grown for seed in Gilroy, California.
    USA_AG_FLWR_36_xs.jpg
  • Row irrigation of flower plants grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
    USA_AG_FLWR_28_xs.jpg
  • The family of Abdul Azziz's brother picks qat outside Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
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  • Flowers grown for seeds being irrigated. Gilroy, California.
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  • A girl leans on a qat tree in a qat orchard near the city of Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
    YEM_080404_286_xw.jpg
  • A boy with a bag of qat leaves from  street vendors in Sanaa, Yemen in the old city souk. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
    YEM_080328_069_xw.jpg
  • Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, a qat merchant, sits at a market in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, and sells qat leaves in plastic bags.  (Ahmed Ahmed Swaid is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Ahmed, who wears a jambiya dagger as many Yemeni men do, has been a qat dealer in the old city souk for eight years. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Qat leaves in a bag for sale on the streets of Sanaa, Yemen. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
    YEM_080329_165_xxw.jpg
  • Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, a qat merchant, sits at a market in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, and sells qat leaves in plastic bags.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Ahmed, who wears a jambiya dagger as many Yemeni men do, has been a qat dealer in the old city souk for eight years. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.  MODEL RELEASED.
    YEM_080327_026_xxw.jpg
  • Children stand in a qat orchard near the Rock Palace outside Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
    YEM_080404_148_xw.jpg
  • Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, a qat merchant, sits on a rooftop in the old Yemeni city of Sanaa. (Ahmed Ahmed Swaid is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of April was 3300 kcals. He is 50 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and 148 pounds. Ahmed, who wears a jambiya dagger as many Yemeni men do, has been a qat dealer in the old city souk for eight years. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports. MODEL RELEASED.
    YEM_080328_098_xw.jpg
  • Vegetable gardens in Kouakourou, Mali irrigated with Niger River water. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Ali, a qat grower, holds a bundle of qat leaves in a qat orchard near Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
    YEM_080404_313_xw.jpg
  • A close up of Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, a qat merchant in the old Yemeni city of Sanaa. (Ahmed Ahmed Swaid is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of April was 3300 kcals. He is 50 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and 148 pounds. Ahmed, who wears a jambiya dagger as many Yemeni men do, has been a qat dealer in the old city souk for eight years. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports. MODEL RELEASED.
    YEM_080327_241_xw.jpg
  • Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, a qat merchant, sits on a rooftop in the old Yemeni city of Sanaa with his typical day's worth of food. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of April was 3300 kcals. He is 50 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and 148 pounds. Ahmed, who wears a jambiya dagger as many Yemeni men do, has been a qat dealer in the old city souk for eight years. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports. MODEL RELEASED.
    YEM_080329_127_xxw.jpg

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