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  • Melba Barawid, a member of the "Women's Rural Improvement' group takes care of the strawberry plants on communal land in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Women in the group make use of a small piece of land which they use to grow new vegetables and crops before trying them at home in their own gardens. 
The women are currently growing their first strawberry crop which so far has been a success. 
All profits from the sale of the vegetables and fruits grown on the land goes back into a communal pot and is used to initiate the next crop.
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  • Growing strawberry plants on communal land in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Women in the Rural Women's Improvement group make use of a small piece of land which they use to grow new vegetables and crops before trying them at home in their own gardens. 
The women are currently growing their first strawberry crop which so far has been a success. 
All profits from the sale of the vegetables and fruits grown on the land goes back into a communal pot and is used to initiate the next crop.
    A0022173cc_1_1_1.jpg
  • A selection of vegetables in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority home in Ban Picherkao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. In addition to vegetables grown in the fields alongside the rice, subsistence farmers often have a garden nearby the house where they grow other edible greens such as beans, squashes, onion, garlic, ginger and aromatic herbs.
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  • Portrait of a Tai Yang ethnic minority subsistence farmer harvesting lemongrass from her garden, Ban Long Nai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. In addition to vegetables grown in the fields alongside the rice, subsistence farmers often have a garden nearby the house where they grow other edible greens such as beans, squashes, onion, garlic, ginger and aromatic herbs.
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  • Lemons grow on fertile soil on a smallholding located on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano, seen in the distance which last erupted in 1944. Growing on land near Somma Vesuviana, the family have owned for generations would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • Helen Jawil, a member of the "Women's Rural Improvement' group takes care of the strawberry plants on communal land in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Women in the group make use of a small piece of land which they use to grow new vegetables and crops before trying them at home in their own gardens. 
The women are currently growing their first strawberry crop which so far has been a success. 
All profits from the sale of the vegetables and fruits grown on the land goes back into a communal pot and is used to initiate the next crop.
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  • 72 year old Lilia Malinao runs the local Women's farmer group in Sitio Matinao, Alamada, Cotabato province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. She is also President of ‘Women’s Rural Improvement Group’ and has been involved in Oxfam’s BINDS project for 1 year and 8 months. 
Women in the group make use of a small piece of land which they use to grow new vegetables and crops before trying them at home in their own gardens. 
The women are currently growing their first strawberry crop which so far has been a success. 
All profits from the sale of the vegetables and fruits grown on the land goes back into a communal pot and is used to initiate the next crop.
    A0022124cc_1_1_1.jpg
  • Growing chillies for export to China in the Tai Lue ethnic minority village of Ban Nawai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • Growing chillies for export to China in the Tai Lue ethnic minority village of Ban Nawai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • Red eating apples grow in a garden orchard in Somerset. It is the month of August in the heat of a late summer in the countryside and the ripe apples are almost ready to pick from these trees in a private garden - a region known for cider industry fruit.
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  • Red eating apples grow in a garden orchard in Somerset. It is the month of August in the heat of a late summer in the countryside and the ripe apples are almost ready to pick from these trees in a private garden - a region known for cider industry fruit.
    apple_tree02-20-08-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A Tai Lue ethnic minority woman waters her pumpkin plants using an irrigation system from the Nam Boun river, the produce of which will be exported to China, Ban Kong village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • A Tai Lue ethnic minority woman takes a rest from preparing an irrigation system from the Nam Boun river for watering her pumpkin plants,  the produce of which will be exported to China, Ban Kong, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
    A0029103cc_1.jpg
  • With her young child asleep on her back, a Tai Lue ethnic minority woman plants out chilli seedlings for export to China, Ban Nawai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
    A0019637cc_1.jpg
  • Portrait of Chinese workers in a truck collecting pumpkins from the Khmu ethnic minority farmers in Ban Nam Khor, Oudomxay, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • Wearing a traditional bamboo basket for carrying her seeds, a Tai Dam ethnic minority woman plants maize, Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. Besides rice, Lao subsistence farmers also grow a variety of other food crops to supplement their diet. Maize is usually grown for feeding livestock or as a cash crop.
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  • A portrait of a young Khmu ethnic minority girl working on her family farm in Ban Nam Khor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • A young Khmu ethnic minority girl works on her family farm picking pumpkins in Ban Nam Khor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The scarcity of agricultural land in Southern Yunnan province is promoting Chinese farmers and small scale entrepreneurs to cross the international border between China and Lao PDR in order to invest in cash crops. The villagers are supplied with seeds, plastic and fertilisers to grow various crops which are then exported back to China on a vast scale.
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  • A young woman supplements the nutrient of a new-born lamb, by feeding this black-faced Spring lamb by bottle as adult ewes feed on fresh green grass in a smallholding field in Somerset, England. Instinctively, the young animal suckles on the teat and drinks copious amounts of milk to help it develop and grow into a strong sheep.
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  • Spindle for spinning cotton in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority village in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In some areas, Akha women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread and set up their looms outdoors for weaving cotton.  One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • Freshly picked cotton dries outside on a plastic sheet in an Akha Pouli ethnic minority village in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR. In some areas, Akha women still grow, gin and spin cotton into thread. One of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, Laos has 49 officially recognised ethnic groups although there are many more self-identified and sub groups. These groups are distinguished by their own customs, beliefs and rituals. Details down to the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt all help signify the wearer's ethnic and clan affiliations.
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  • A field of hemp growing in the Hmong village of Ban Tatong, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women make into skirts for their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north. The remote and roadless village of Ban Tatong is situated along the Nam Kang river (an offshoot of the Nam Ou) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7.
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  • A field of hemp growing in the Hmong village of Ban Tatong, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women make into skirts for their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north. The remote and roadless village of Ban Tatong is situated along the Nam Kang river (an offshoot of the Nam Ou) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7.
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  • A field of hemp growing in the Hmong village of Ban Long Kuang, Houaphan province, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women make into skirts, for their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north.
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  • Young grapes growing on vines for white wines in Langlade, Charente-Maritime region, France. Still green and growing well, the young grapes flourish in the soils of southwestern France, between the towns of Pons and Royan on the Gironde estuary. They ripen in afternoon July sunshine before harvesting in September.
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  • Young grapes growing on vines for white wines in Langlade, Charente-Maritime region, France. Still green and growing well, the young grapes flourish in the soils of southwestern France, between the towns of Pons and Royan on the Gironde estuary. They ripen in afternoon July sunshine before harvesting in September.
    france_vineyard01-02-07-2014_1.jpg
  • A field of hemp growing in the Hmong village of Ban Tatong, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women make into skirts for their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north. The remote and roadless village of Ban Tatong is situated along the Nam Kang river (an offshoot of the Nam Ou) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7.
    A0025912cc_1.jpg
  • A field of hemp growing in the Hmong village of Ban Tatong, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women make into skirts for their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north. The remote and roadless village of Ban Tatong is situated along the Nam Kang river (an offshoot of the Nam Ou) and will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 7.
    A0025910cc_1.jpg
  • Rhubarb growing in the forcing sheds in darkness, E. Oldroyd and sons Ltd, Carlton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. February is high season for the forced rhubarb of the so-called 'Rhubarb Triangle' formed by Wakefield, Rothwell and Morley. These intensely flavoured plants with pink stems and yellow leaves - grown by candlelight and tended by hand in huge, heated forcing sheds - are one of the first culinary delights of the British winter.
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  • Coffee plants leaves beans on the plant, green, detail shot. Coorg or Kadagu is the largest coffee growing region of India, in the state of Karnataka, the inhabitants - the Kodavas have been cultivating crops such as coffee, black pepper and cardamon for many generations.
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  • A woman smoking a homemade cigarette, clears land for growing banana trees in the recently temporarily relocated Laoseng ethnic minority village of Ban Phouxoum. Ban Phouxoum will be joined with three other Laoseng villages following the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Green beans. Growing communities is one of London's most important urban farms. They run an organic veg box delivery scheme in Hackney.
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  • A detail of a herb garden in the grounds of Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk. Shrubs of many varieties and species grown for medicinal purposes as well as lavender for its scent and remedial properties, are growing together in this generic garden within the land owned by the Norwich Anglican diocese.
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  • Seedlings growing in the prisoner run greenhouse at HMP Downview. HM Prison Downview is a women's closed category prison. Downview is located on the outskirts of Banstead in Surrey, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Downview Prison holds adult Sentenced Female prisoners and convicted and remanded female juveniles. The prison holds approximately 50% foreign nationals. Downview is divided into 4 Wings, A,B,C,D (D wing is a resettlement Wing), and the Juvenile Unit. All wings have single cell accommodation with in-cell electricity. The prison offers vocational training courses and NVQs for inmates. The resettlement wing provides opportunities for inmates to work and receive education outside the prison.
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  • Rice plants growing on the edge of a paddy field on the 2nd of October 2018 in Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Recently salt resistant paddy has been developed offering hope to farmers who’s crop is affected by climate change.  Satkhira is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River.
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  • Plants growing in a garden, on 22nd April 2017, in Wrington, North Somerset, England.
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  • Coffee plants leaves beans on the plant, green, detail shot. Coorg or Kadagu is the largest coffee growing region of India, in the state of Karnataka, the inhabitants - the Kodavas have been cultivating crops such as coffee, black pepper and cardamon for many generations.
    _MG_4967_1_1_1.jpg
  • Coffee plants leaves beans on the plant, green, detail shot. Coorg or Kadagu is the largest coffee growing region of India, in the state of Karnataka, the inhabitants - the Kodavas have been cultivating crops such as coffee, black pepper and cardamon for many generations.
    _MG_4966_1_1_1.jpg
  • Coffee plants leaves beans on the plant, green, detail shot. Coorg or Kadagu is the largest coffee growing region of India, in the state of Karnataka, the inhabitants - the Kodavas have been cultivating crops such as coffee, black pepper and cardamon for many generations.
    _MG_4958_1_1_1.jpg
  • Vineyardsin the Oltradige wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • Traditional rack method and vineyards in the Oltradige wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • South Tyrolean vineyard agriculture and distant farm, in the Oltradige wine growing region of South Tyrol. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • Detail of vineyards in the Oltradige wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • Detail of vineyards in the Oltradige wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
    appiano_italy07-11-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Detail of vineyards in the Oltradige wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
    appiano_italy06-11-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Spreading plant across an urban brick wall. Shoots and growing branches of the wildlife makes its way across the brick facade of this outbuilding in Brockwell Park in south London. The picture suggests growth and recovery, of spreading presence and influence.
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  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_9589.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_9574.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_9563.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_9550.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_9542.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_8907.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_8896.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
    _MG_8882.jpg
  • Rows of tomato plants growing hydroponically. The Cornerways tomato nursery is the largest greenhouse in the UK. It is attached to the British Sugar factory in Wissington, Norfolk. The project is a revolutionary CHP combined heat and power system that uses the heat produced by refining sugar beet into sugar, to heat the tomato plants that are grown hydroponically.
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  • Potatoes. Growing communities is one of London's most important urban farms. They run an organic veg box delivery scheme in Hackney.
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  • Woman cutting and selecting salad leaves for veg boxes. Growing communities is one of London's most important urban farms. They run an organic veg box delivery scheme in Hackney.
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  • As a mother and younger brother look on, a 4 year-old girl has her weight checked by a local health visitor on scales in a south London childrens' clinic. Looking over her shoulder, the girl notices the reading on the scales that tell us she is 17.36 kilos (38lbs US) which is a healthy weight for a young, growing body. As her mummy and young brother look on, the community health visitor writes this progress into the child's personal health book, updated with her vital statistics since the day of her birth.
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  • Apples behind screens on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • Freshly pulled rhubarb for the 82nd Annual Rhubarb Show, Caldergrove, Wakefield. February is high season for the forced rhubarb of the so-called 'Rhubarb Triangle' formed by Wakefield, Rothwell and Morley. These intensely flavoured plants with pink stems and yellow leaves - grown by candlelight and tended by hand in huge, heated forcing sheds - are one of the first culinary delights of the British winter.
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  • A local female farm worker carries bunches of daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • A hand of an Eastern European farm worker holding bunch of daffodils at the commercial flower grower, Walkers Bulbs At Taylors farm, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK
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  • An Eastern European farm worker holding bunches of daffodils picked in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • Graham Oldroyd pulling rhubarb by candlelight, E. Oldroyd and sons Ltd, Carlton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. February is high season for the forced rhubarb of the so-called 'Rhubarb Triangle' formed by Wakefield, Rothwell and Morley. These intensely flavoured plants with pink stems and yellow leaves - grown by candlelight and tended by hand in huge, heated forcing sheds - are one of the first culinary delights of the British winter.
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  • Portrait of Graham Oldroyd whilst pulling rhubarb in the forcing shed by candlelight, E. Oldroyd and sons Ltd, Carlton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. February is high season for the forced rhubarb of the so-called 'Rhubarb Triangle' formed by Wakefield, Rothwell and Morley. These intensely flavoured plants with pink stems and yellow leaves - grown by candlelight and tended by hand in huge, heated forcing sheds - are one of the first culinary delights of the British winter.
    Rhubarb 3-14_1.jpg
  • A local female farm worker carries bunches of daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • Bunches of daffodils waiting to be picked up after harvesting in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • A team of Eastern European farm workers picking daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • A team of Eastern European farm workers picking daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • An Eastern European farm worker picking daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • Bunches of daffodils in crates after harvesting in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • Rows of daffodils waiting to be picked in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK
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  • Bunches of daffodils waiting to be picked up after harvesting in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • An Eastern European farm worker picking daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • An Eastern European farm worker picking up bunches of daffodils in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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  • Packing bunches of daffodils into crates after harvesting in a field farmed by commercial bulb grower Walkers Bulbs At Taylors, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK
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  • A man stands chest deep in water fishing on the edge of a paddy field on the 2nd of October 2018 in Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Satkhira is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River.
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  • Woman holding her crop of home grown organic vegetables including garlic and onions on 4th July 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The home-grown crops that have been sown and nurtured from seed and grown until ready to harvest and eat.
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  • Woman holding her crop of home grown organic vegetables including garlic and onions on 4th July 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The home-grown crops that have been sown and nurtured from seed and grown until ready to harvest and eat.
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  • A banner on the balcony of a flat in Bowater House on the Golden Lane Estate protests about the 10-storey luxury apartment development called The Denizen, a controversial building by Taylor Wimpey that locals say will dominate their view and block their daylight, on 30th October 2017, in London, England. Residents on the Estate have erected banners by artists Jeremy Deller and Elizabeth Price to picket the developers. Despite this, Wimpey say, We are one of the UKs largest residential developers. As a responsible developer we are committed to working with local people and communities.
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  • Bounthit Inthavong, 59 in her vegetable garden in Tao Than village in the Laos province of Vientiane. This area has been hard hit by climate change over recent years and the farming-dependent family is feeling the effects. She and her husband Somvang Inthavong, 60, are farmers manage the farm alone and the children help at the weekends. They produce organic brown sticky rice, various kinds of bamboo, and fruit and vegetables including green beans, morning glory, lemons and mangos.
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  • Farmers Somvang and Bounthit Inthavong weeding their rice field in Tao Than village, Vientiane Lao PDR. They produce organic brown sticky rice, various kinds of bamboo, and fruit and vegetables including green beans, morning glory, lemons and mangos. This area has been hard hit by climate change over recent years and the farming-dependent family is feeling the effects.
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  • Bounthit Inthavong, 59 in her vegetable garden in Tao Than village in the Laos province of Vientiane. This area has been hard hit by climate change over recent years and the farming-dependent family is feeling the effects. She and her husband Somvang Inthavong, 60, are farmers manage the farm alone and the children help at the weekends. They produce organic brown sticky rice, various kinds of bamboo, and fruit and vegetables including green beans, morning glory, lemons and mangos.
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  • Vale are publicly making an attempt to regenerate the forest where the mine has been, here a planting programme with native species of plants is underway, but many say it is too little too late. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • Early morning spraying of apple crops on land south-west of Bolzano, northern Italy. Every tenth apple in Europe is grown in south Tyrol, making the region Europe's largest apple producer. The area produces 900,000 tons of apples per year on a fruit-growing area of 18,400 hectares. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). The municipalities of the Überetsch are Kaltern and Eppan.
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  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Local farmer tends crops in a fertile field on his smallholding, located on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano, seen in the distance which last erupted in 1944.   Tending his plants on land near Somma Vesuviana, his family have owned for generations, he and his elderly family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • A Hmong woman wearing her traditional clothing holds a bunch of freshly harvest hemp stalks, Ban Long Kuang, Houaphan, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women use to make their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north.
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  • Two Hmong girls carrying bundles of hemp (cannabis sativa) plant back from the field, Ban Long Kuang, Houaphan province, Lao PDR. Making hemp fabric is a long and laborious process; the end result is a strong durable cloth with qualities similar to linen which the Hmong women make into skirts, for their traditional clothing. In Lao PDR, hemp is now only cultivated in remote mountainous areas of the north.
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  • Seedlings in a greenhouse at Cherry Hill Nurseries, Brandsby, North Yorkshire, UK. The village of Brandsby is situated in the Howardian Hills AONB, a landscape with well-wooded rolling countryside, patchwork of arable and pasture fields, scenic villages and historic country houses with classic parkland landscapes.
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  • Sunflowers flourishing on land near Malle, Indre-et-Loire region, France. Sunflower plants are cultivated in Sunflower farms for their seeds. We look down from a high angle on the sea of yellow flowers prospering in summer sunshine and clouds suggest a landscape of growth and healthy crops. Refined Sunflower-seed oil is edible, sunflowers have 39 to 49% oil in the seed. Sunflower seed accounts for about 14% of the world production of seed oils (6.9 million metric tons in 1985-86) and about 7% of the oilcake and meal produced from oilseeds. Sunflower oil is generally considered a premium oil because of its light color, high level of unsaturated fatty acids and lack of linolenic acid, bland flavor and high smoke points.
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  • Sunflowers flourishing on land near Malle, Indre-et-Loire region, France. Sunflower plants are cultivated in Sunflower farms for their seeds. Summer sunshine and clouds suggest a landscape of growth and healthy crops. <br />
Refined Sunflower-seed oil is edible, sunflowers have 39 to 49% oil in the seed. Sunflower seed accounts for about 14% of the world production of seed oils (6.9 million metric tons in 1985-86) and about 7% of the oilcake and meal produced from oilseeds. Sunflower oil is generally considered a premium oil because of its light color, high level of unsaturated fatty acids and lack of linolenic acid, bland flavor and high smoke points.
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  • Farmer Gary Castanares hand mills SRI rice at home in Daguma village, Bagaubayan, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Gary attended Oxfam’s field school where he learnt about SRI (System of Rice Intensification) farming. Hand milling rice retains all of the vitamins and minerals and tastes better but it is very labour intensive.
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