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  • Assortment of the genetic varieties (hybrids) of corn produced for experimental cultivation. Different strains display variation in thickness, length and color of the cob, and the number of grains on the cob. Escagen Corporation, San Carlos, California.  [1987].
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  • USA_SCI_BIOSPH_69_xs <br />
Biosphere 2 Project undertaken by Space Biosphere Ventures, a private ecological research firm funded by Edward P. Bass of Texas.  ‘Biospherian’ Jayne Poynter harvesting potatoes inside Biosphere 2 in the intensive agriculture biome.  Biosphere 2 was a privately funded experiment, designed to investigate the way in which humans interact with a small self-sufficient ecological environment, and to look at possibilities for future planetary colonization. The $30 million Biosphere covers 2.5 acres near Tucson, Arizona, and was entirely self- contained. The eight ‘Biospherian’s’ shared their air- and water-tight world with 3,800 species of plant and animal life. The project had problems with oxygen levels and food supply, and has been criticized over its scientific validity. 1992
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  • Flowers grown for seeds being irrigated. Gilroy, California.
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  • Plant biotechnology research into the cultivation of disease-free potatoes, showing coated (white) & uncoated potato seeds. Scientists are working to provide growers with the ability to plant an acre with no more than one pound of seed, instead of the tons of tubers (seed potatoes) presently required to do the job. Seed also has the advantage that it is less likely to rot in storage: the resulting reduction in waste is projected to reduce growers' costs by $100 per acre. Photo taken at Escagen Corporation, San Carlos, California. .[1987].
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  • Genetically engineered tomato plants. Geneticist Dr Virginia Ursin examines cultures of Flavr Savr tomato plants; the first genetically engineered whole food. Each dish contains seedlings cultured from a single cell, grown on agarose medium. Flavr Savr tomatoes have a gene that allows the fruit to ripen on the vine without softening; so they are tastier, don't need ripening with ethylene gas, and are not damaged during shipping. Tomato softening occurs due to the enzyme polygalacturonase. Flavr Savr tomatoes contain an anti-sense gene that blocks the enzyme. This tomato entered American supermarkets in 1994 but was withdrawn from the marketplace by Monsanto (which bought Calgene in 1997). Research at Calgene, California, USA. MODEL RELEASED [1995]
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  • Genetically engineered tomato plants. Geneticist Dr. Virginia Ursin examines cultures of Flavr Savr tomato plants; the first genetically engineered whole food. Each dish contains seedlings cultured from a single cell, grown on agarose medium. Flavr Savr tomatoes have a gene that allows the fruit to ripen on the vine without softening; so they are tastier, don't need ripening with ethylene gas, and are not damaged during shipping. Tomato softening occurs due to the enzyme polygalacturonase. Flavr Savr tomatoes contain an anti-sense gene that blocks the enzyme. This tomato entered American supermarkets in 1994 but was withdrawn from the marketplace by Monsanto (which bought Calgene in 1997). Research at Calgene, California, USA. MODEL RELEASED [1995]
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  • Genetically engineered tomato plants. The petri dish contains cultures of Flavr Savr tomato plants; the first genetically engineered whole food. Each plantlet has been cultured from a single cell, grown on agarose medium. Flavr Savr tomatoes have a gene that allows the fruit to ripen on the vine without softening; so they are tastier, do not need ripening with ethylene gas, and are not damaged during shipping. Tomato softening occurs due to the enzyme polygalacturonase. Flavr Savr tomatoes contain an anti-sense gene that blocks the enzyme.   Research conducted at Calgene in California, USA. [1995].
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  • Biosphere 2 Project undertaken by Space Biosphere Ventures, a private ecological research firm funded by Edward P. Bass of Texas.  Inside the Biosphere 2 test greenhouses.  Biosphere 2 was a privately funded experiment, designed to investigate the way in which humans interact with a small self-sufficient ecological environment, and to look at possibilities for future planetary colonization. 1986
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  • Zaiger Tissue Culture Lab. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, was founded in 1958. Over the years, Zaiger has received numerous awards in the US and Europe. He has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium.  [1983]
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  • Genetically engineered tomato plants. Geneticist Dr Virginia Ursin examines cultures of Flavr Savr tomato plants; the first genetically engineered whole food. Each dish contains seedlings cultured from a single cell, grown on agarose medium. Flavr Savr tomatoes have a gene that allows the fruit to ripen on the vine without softening; so they are tastier, don't need ripening with ethylene gas, and are not damaged during shipping. Tomato softening occurs due to the enzyme polygalacturonase. Flavr Savr tomatoes contain an anti-sense gene that blocks the enzyme. This tomato entered American supermarkets in 1994 but was withdrawn from the marketplace by Monsanto (which bought Calgene in 1997). Research at Calgene, California, USA. MODEL RELEASED.[1995]
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  • Picking saffron crocus flowers growing in Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain. Saffron has been the world's most expensive spice by weight for decades. The flower has three stigmas, which are the distal ends of the plant's carpels. These are separated from the petals by hand and dried to make saffron spice.
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  • Picking saffron crocus flowers growing in Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain. Saffron has been the world's most expensive spice by weight for decades. The flower has three stigmas, which are the distal ends of the plant's carpels. These are separated from the petals by hand and dried to make saffron spice.
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  • Saffron crocus flowers growing in Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain. Saffron has been the world's most expensive spice by weight for decades. The flower has three stigmas, which are the distal ends of the plant's carpels. These are separated from the petals by hand and dried to make saffron spice.
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  • Poultry: Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms, Sonoma, California, USA.
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  • Rainbow on a winter afternoon over vineyards in the southern part of the Napa Valley, California.
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  • USA_SCI_BIOSPH_67_xs <br />
Biosphere 2 Project undertaken by Space Biosphere Ventures, a private ecological research firm funded by Edward P. Bass of Texas.  Hydroponic vegetable  research for Biosphere 2.  The experiment shown here was not used inside Biosphere 2.  Biosphere 2 was a privately funded experiment, designed to investigate the way in which humans interact with a small self-sufficient ecological environment, and to look at possibilities for future planetary colonization. The $30 million Biosphere covers 2.5 acres near Tucson, Arizona, and was entirely self- contained. The eight ‘Biospherian’s’ shared their air- and water-tight world with 3,800 species of plant and animal life. The project had problems with oxygen levels and food supply, and has been criticized over its scientific validity. 1986
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  • The Glad Ostensen family in Gjerdrum, Norway. Anders Ostensen's mother works in her garden behind the farmhouse.
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  • Castello di Amorosa Winery in Calistoga, Napa Valley, California. Dario Sattui's winery built to resemble a Tuscan castle.
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  • One of Floyd Zaiger's mature orchards of flowering fruit trees. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, USA, was founded in 1958. Zaiger has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium. Fruit trees in bloom - 1988.
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  • Floyd Zaiger under an aprium hybrid tree. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, USA, was founded in 1958. Zaiger has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium. Zaiger under an aprium (apricot & plum) tree- MODEL RELEASED. 1983.
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  • Zaiger Genetics: Apricots in test tubes in the tissue culture lab run by Grant Zaiger, Floyd's son. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, USA, was founded in 1958. Zaiger has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium. Tissue culture Lab. 1983.
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  • Pistachios harvested by machine.  The harvester machine passes through the pistachio orchard and shakes each tree so that the ripe pistachios fall into an apron. A conveyor at the bottom brings them up to a loading bin after they pass through a blower to remove leaves and debris. Kern County, California. USA.
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  • An aerial photograph of mounds of harvested almonds at sunrise.  The almonds must dry in the sun for a few days before they are ready for packaging and shipping. Kern County, California. USA.
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  • Aerial of harvesting lettuce at Harris Farms in San Joaquin Valley, California. Two large trucks pull conveyors with farm workers sitting low to the ground, enabling them to cut the lettuce as workers on the trucks pack it in crates as they move through the fields, harvesting 16 rows at a time. USA.
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  • Aerial of harvesting lettuce at Harris Farms in San Joaquin Valley, California. Two large trucks pull conveyors with farm workers sitting low to the ground, enabling them to cut the lettuce as workers on the trucks pack it in crates as they move through the fields, harvesting 16 rows at a time. USA.
    USA_AG_MISC_05_xs.jpg
  • 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: Sprinkler irrigation of agricultural crops in Los Banos, California. USA.
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  • 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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  • Farm workers cull variant marigold flower plants grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • A helicopter sprays flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California. USA.
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  • Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Farm worker in flower fields grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Aerial of a tractor cultivating rows of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Sweet Pea Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Poppy Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Delphinium Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • Carole Meredith with Cabernet Sauvignon wine grape seedlings, grown from tissue culture, UC Davis, California. Viticulture/Oenology. MODEL RELEASED. USA.
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  • Rainbow on a winter afternoon over vineyards in the southern part of the Napa Valley, California.
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  • Oak tree with Spanish moss in Skyline Park, Wilderness Park, Napa Valley, California, USA.
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  • Rosenborg Gardens. Copenhagen, Denmark.
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  • Poultry: Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms, Sonoma, California, USA.
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  • Poultry: Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms, Sonoma, California, USA.
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  • A helicopter sprays flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California. USA. The Lompoc Valley is said to have the most consistent temperate climate in the world, which is a critical factor in the cultivation of flowers.  The valley has been a flower seed-producing region for nearly 100 years. In the early 1980's, Lompoc Valley was producing one-third of the world's flower seeds.  Lompoc is a 12-mile-long, and 3-mile-wide valley, which lies just inland from the coast of California, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles. There are 1600 acres of 600 varieties of flowers from which they harvest approximately 400 tons of seeds each year. Crop dusting of flower fields (spraying pesticides).
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  • Tobacco - cultivating tobacco with a mule near Charlotte, Tennessee. The farmer's broken down tractor is in the foreground. USA.
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  • Pigs/Swine/Hog: Reading fat layers by sonogram at the Dee Brothers hog farm, State Center, Iowa. USA.
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  • A worker wearing heavy gloves picking the fruit of the Nopal cactus "Tunas". Near Puebla, Mexico.
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  • The small medieval village of Ujúe perches atop a hill in the province of Navarra. Constructed high up on the mountain range of the same name, the historic defensive town of Ujue preserves its medieval atmosphere with cobbled streets and stone houses clustered around the fortress-church of St. Mary (XII-XIV) where King Charles II's heart is kept.
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  • Aged wine in bottles at R. Lopez Heredia winery, Haro. The aging cellars are not dusted and the older sections have a tremendous buildup of mold, dust, and cobwebs that give the cellars the look of a horror movie La Rioja, Spain.
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  • Grapes ready for harvest near Autol, La Rioja Region, Spain.
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  • Rhine River, vineyards near Linz, Germany.
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  • Hollyhock flowers and blue shuttered window on old stone house in Talmont, on the Atlantic Coast near Royan, France.
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  • Faith D'Aluisio with umbrella on Walkway at Summer Palace, Beijing, China.
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  • Angkor Wat temple seen in the reflection of the moat. Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • A clump of floating water hyacinths in Lake Victoria near the Ssese Islands, Uganda. Thick mats of water hyacinths have curtailed fishing on the lake, creating a huge environmental problem for locals whose livelihood depends on fishing.
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  • Rice fields near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
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  • In a rice paddy near Ubud, Bali (Indonesia), a young boy catches dragonflies with a wand made from jackfruit palm frond stem tipped with sticky jackfruit sap. Past generation of Balinese kids routinely caught dragonflies this way, then dewinged, and stir-fried them: a crispy protein snack. This practice has mostly disappeared due to a more prosperous population that has ready access to chicken. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A farmer works in his terraced rice fields at Penatahan, near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
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  • Castello di Amorosa Winery in Calistoga, Napa Valley, California. Dario Sattui's winery built to resemble a Tuscan castle.
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  • Young Koi fish in a blue plastic tub at Koi show in California. Koi are a variety of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Today Koi are bred in nearly every country and considered to be the most popular fresh-water ornamental pond fish. They are often referred to as being "living jewels" or "swimming flowers". If kept properly, koi can live about 30-40 years. Some have been reportedly known to live up to 200 years. The Koi hobbyists have bred over 100 color varieties. Every Koi is unique, and the patterns that are seen on a specific Koi can never be exactly repeated. The judging of Koi at exhibitions has become a refined art, which requires many years of understanding the relationship between color, pattern, size and shape, presentation, and a number of other key traits. Prize Koi can cost several thousand dollars.
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  • Floyd Zaiger evaluates peaches in the field. He has his notebook with him that contains complete histories and periodic evaluations of every tree. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, USA, was founded in 1958. Zaiger has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium. Fruit trees in bloom - MODEL RELEASED. 1983.
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  • Gary and and his father Floyd Zaiger in one of their orchards. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, USA, was founded in 1958. Zaiger has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium. Zaiger with his son under an aprium (apricot & plum) tree. 1983. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A portion of a test block of Floyd Zaiger's young fruit trees in bloom at night with a near full moon. Floyd Zaiger (Born 1926) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. Zaiger Genetics, located in Modesto, California, USA, was founded in 1958. Zaiger has spent his life in pursuit of the perfect fruit, developing both cultivars of existing species and new hybrids such as the pluot and the aprium. 1983.
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  • Poultry: Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms, Sonoma, California, USA.
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  • Rice: Aerial photograph of rice fields near Yuba City, California, USA. 1984.
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  • Rice: Aerial photograph of rice fields near Yuba City, California, USA. 1984.
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  • Rice: rice fields near Richvale, Butte County, California, USA. 1990.
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  • Boxes of freshly harvested pistachios being loaded onto a truck-trailer prior to delivery to the production plant where they will be dried and packaged. Kern County, California. USA.
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  • Sunrise in an almond orchard in Kern County, California. Almonds lay on the ground after being shook from the tree by the machine harvester.  They will then be swept up into boxes and loaded on a flatbed trailer and delivered to the production facility for drying and packaging. USA.
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  • Aerial of harvesting lettuce at Harris Farms in San Joaquin Valley, California. Two large trucks pull conveyors with farm workers sitting low to the ground, enabling them to cut the lettuce as workers on the trucks pack it in crates as they move through the fields, harvesting 16 rows at a time. USA.
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  • Aerial of John Harris flying his Cessna over his fields where workers are harvesting lettuce at Harris Farms in San Joaquin Valley, California. Two large trucks pull conveyors with farm workers sitting low to the ground, enabling them to cut the lettuce as workers on the trucks pack it in crates as they move through the fields, harvesting 16 rows at a time. USA.
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  • Irrigation: flood irrigation of flower fields grown for seed in Lompoc, California. USA.
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  • Irrigation: Cornfields are irrigated by water drawn from a small canal with siphon hoses. Kern county, California. USA.
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  • Aerial of farm workers culling variant marigold flower plants grown for seed, the shadow of the photographer's plane is lower left: Lompoc, California.
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  • Rows of flower plants grown for seed in Gilroy, California.
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  • Farm workers cull variant marigold flower plants grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Farm workers cull variant marigold flower plants grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Farm workers cull variant marigold flower plants grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Eight farm workers cultivate and cull variant flower plants grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Delphinium Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Delphinium Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers grown for seed: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • Aerial view of a tractor cultivating rows of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • .An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • A tractor cultivating rows of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • Flowers: Lompoc, California.
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  • An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • An aerial view of flower beds in Lompoc, California.
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  • An aerial view of fields of flowers in Lompoc, California.
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  • In Exeter, California. Surplus whole naval oranges are fed to cattle. Other surplus oranges are chopped up and dried in the sun for cattle feed by Sungro Co. near Bakersfield, California. USA.
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