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  • A roadside stall selling mushrooms gathered from the forests in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Foraging for wild food is an important part of the subsistence farmers way of life and they know where to find different items in the fields and forests around the village.
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  • A peasant farmer feeds chickens outside her summer home in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A jar of pickled chillies and an enamel bowl and spoons on a wall of a basic stone built sheepfold at the Urdele Pass in a remote area of the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • Slices of traditional cake on a plate in a peasant farmer's kitchen in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A roadside stall selling blackberries gathered from the wild in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Foraging for wild food is an important part of the subsistence farmers way of life and they know where to find different items in the fields and forests around the village.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. His shepherd's hat and cloak, a handwoven checked woollen blanket are particular to the Brasov region. Shepherd’s hats are totally handmade. The interior should be white and it should hold water so that the shepherd can use it to collect water from streams to wash in when he’s up in the mountains.
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  • A skinned sheep hangs on a pole outside a basic stone built sheepfold on the Urdele Pass in the remote Carpathian Mountains, Romania. The shepherds spend the summer months living up in the mountains with the sheep moving when fresh grazing areas are needed.
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  • Portrait of Costica, a shepherd with his dog at his sheepfold on the Urdele pass in the remote Carpathian Mountains. He is wearing a traditional sheepskin cloak particular to shepherds in that region.
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  • A sieve and an enamel ladle hang on the kitchen wall of an interior of a sheepfold in the remote Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer feeds young ducks and chickens by hand at her smallholding in the Romanian Carpathians
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer hand milking a cow into a plastic blue bucket in the Romanian Carpathians, Romania
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  • A selection of homemade perserved vegetables ready for the winter months, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A Romanian woman wearing a headskarf holds a sheep's fleece after shearing, Poiana Sibiului, Romania. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A pair of hand knitted woollen mittens hanging on a wall at a sheepfold in Lunca Ilvei, Romania
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  • Charcoal burners sit outside their home where they stay during the summer to make charcoal, Viscri, Romania
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A shepherd lies on a fleece in front of his 'busca'. In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd and his wife at a stana/sheepfold in Dealui Daii, Romania
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  • A cauldron of sheep's milk for making cheese to make cheese at a sheepfold, Romania. Whereas in many countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A woollen sock or caltuni often worn with peasant sandals (opinci) by women in remote villages in rural Maramures. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A shepherd's wife stirring sheep's milk in a cauldron over the fire to make cheese at a sheepfold, Romania. Whereas in many countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A flock of sheep and the view from the Carbunele Pass towards Coasta Benghii and the Latorita Valley. Around 2000 metres or 6560 feet above sea level.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • Shepherd hand milking a sheep at a sheepfold in the Carpathian Mountains. Each flock of around 500 sheep is based at a stana or sheepfold, a very basic hut in a clearing with a strunga or milking enclosure of hurdles which is moved every few weeks in good weather or weekly in bad. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A roadside stall selling locally made cheese, sausage and fruit juices on the Rucar pass in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Some of the actual produce on this roadside stall is replaced by wooden replicas so they won't spoil in the sun.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd wearing plastic leggings and a traditional shepherd's hat in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Shepherd’s hats are totally handmade. The interior should be white and it should hold water so that the shepherd can use it to collect water from streams to wash in when he’s up in the mountains. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A shepherd wearing a sheepskin cloak carries a lamb at a sheepfold in the Carpathian mountains, Romania
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  • A farrier shoes a peasant farmer's horse, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Horse and carts are still an important form of transport in remote villages in the Carpathian Mountains.
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  • Snowy winter landscape view of Magura village in the remote Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A farrier shoes a peasant farmer's horse, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Horse and carts are still an important form of transport in remote villages in the Carpathian Mountains.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd and his flock of sheep in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • Portrait of Romanian peasant farmers returning from the fields with sacks of potatoes balanced on a bicycle in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • Winter agricultural landscape close by to the village of Botiza, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • A view of the village of Botiza and surrounding agricultural landscape, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • A typical strip farming landscape in Botiza, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • View of Botiza village, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • Typical pastoral landscape of the Maramures region near the village of Botiza, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • The agricultural landscape around the village of Botiza, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church near Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once here in Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
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  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church outside an abandoned industrial building on the outskirts of Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, <br />
near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once in nearby Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
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  • Silvia Afrim, a Romanian peasant farmer sells her bunches of spring onions at Bogdan Voda local market, Maramures, Romania.  90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Marin Morosan, a Romanian peasant farmer buys vegetable seedlings at Bogdan Voda local market, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Elderly Romanian peasant farmers hand shear a sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers in Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • A beekeeper and his wife stand amongst their beehives, Glod, Maramures, Romania
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  • Shepherds relaxing with a bottle of horinca at a sheepfold, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Each flock of around 500 sheep is based at a stana or sheepfold, a very basic hut in a clearing with a strunga or milking enclosure of hurdles which is moved every few weeks in good weather or weekly in bad.
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  • A jar of lettuce preserved in salt prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A peasant farmer holds organically grown onions at her smallholding, Sarbi, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A jar of preserved vegetables prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Margareta Babeti, a Romanian peasant farmer holds honeycomb from the beehives in her garden, Bunesti, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer holds a handful of walnuts, Viscri, Saxon Transylvania, Romania.
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  • An elderly woman wearing traditional footwear (opinci) spins wool by hand outside her home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • A shepherd makes cheese from sheep's milk at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • Embroidered cushions and net curtains at the window in the interior of a Romanian peasant farmer's home in the village of Desesti, Maramures, Romania.
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer prepares mushrooms she has collected from the forest, Glod, Maramures, Romania. Foraging for wild food is an important part of the subsistence farmers way of life and they know where to find different items in the fields and forests around the village.
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  • A peasant farmer holds a chicken, Botiza, Maramures, Romania.
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  • Wearing a traditional woollen woven apron (zadie), a peasant farmer collects sticks for growing beans up from the forest, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • The village priest blesses the shepherds at the Measurement of the Milk Festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • A peasant farmer picks up a piglet at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania.
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  • A peasant farmer holds organically grown vegetables for sale at the market in Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • An elderly Romanian peasant holds a spindle of wool spun from her own sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • An elderly Romanian peasant holds a bunch of organically grown garlic, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A woman wearing a fur-edged sheepskin waistcoat at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania
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  • A peasant farmer wearing a hand knitted woollen cardigan stands with two sheep at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A shepherd makes mamaliga whilst smoking a cigarette at a sheepfold in Lunca Ilvei, Romania. Shepherds live on ‘urda’ a kind of cottage cheese made from whey together with mamaliga or maize mush, made by cooking maize flour with water in a cauldron until it can be turned out into a board as a solid block and sliced like bread.
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  • Ioana Trifoi, a Romanian peasant farmer holds a pair of clippers used for hand shearing sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
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  • A subsistence farmer's hand holding freshly milled maize in Sieu, Maramures, Romania. The farmers bring their products to the village mill and pay the owner in kind with part of the produce.
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  • A peasant farmer holds her hand out to a sheep at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A man wearing a hand knitted woollen jumper holds a banner at a funeral, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A shepherd wearing a sheepskin cloak with a flock of sheep and lambs at a sheepfold, Lunca Ilvei, Romania. Each flock of around 500 sheep is based at a stana or sheepfold, a very basic hut in a clearing with a strunga or milking enclosure of hurdles which is moved every few weeks in good weather or weekly in bad.
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  • A china cup and an enamel saucepan hang on a piece of vinyl wallpaper in the kitchen of a sheepfold in Lunca Ilvei, Romania.  Each flock of around 500 sheep is based at a stana or sheepfold, a very basic hut in a clearing with a strunga or milking enclosure of hurdles which is moved every few weeks in good weather or weekly in bad.
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  • Vegetable seedlings for sale on the ground at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Ioana Rad, a Romanian peasant farmer carries a piglet at Bogdan Voda local market, Maramures, Romania.
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  • Elderly Romanian peasant farmers hand shear a sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers in Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • A newborn lamb lies on a woollen rug next to a shepherd's wife at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • A shepherd makes cheese from sheep's milk at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • An elderly Romanian peasant farmer carries tree branches home to use as firewood, Poienile Izei, Maramures, Romania
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  • A peasant farmer holds organically grown parsnips for sale at the market in Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A jar of preserved vegetables prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A jar of cauliflower preserved with various spices prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer collects apples in her apron from the orchard at her smallholding in the village of Valeni, Maramures, Romania. The majority of apples are used for distilling horinca, the local alcoholic drink.
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  • A roadside stall selling jars of honey, Vadu Izei, Maramures, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer wearing traditional footwear (opinci) worn with woollen felt foot wraps (obiele) at Ocna Sugatag market, Maramures, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer selling apples from her orchard at Ocna Sugatag market, Maramures, Romania
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  • Winter agricultural landscape in the village of Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Charcoal burners working in the village of Viscri, Saxon Transylvania, Romania.
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  • Portrait of Mihai Vlad, a shepherd in Soars village, Saxon Transylvania, Romania. His shepherds cloak, a handwoven checked woollen blanket is particular to this area. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • Traditional haymaking in Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Hay meadows that do not receive artificial fertilisers are very rich wildlife habitats especially for flowering plants, insects and birds but they have largely been lost in intensively farmed areas.
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  • A net curtain hangs at a farmhouse window, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • An elderly Romanian woman sits on a wooden bench outside her home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. She's wearing a hand knitted green cardigan, a flowery apron, traditional footwear (opinci) and woollen socks (caltuni).
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer shells beans from her garden into a metal bowl outside her home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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