11-05-2022 - Elkton, USA-Pumping cow manure fertilizer onto a farm field. © Jim West

11-05-2022 - Michigan, USA-Tractor plowing a farm field © Jim West

28-04-2022 - Union Jack Flag, Empire Field Allotment, Ushaw Moor village, County Durham © Paul Mattsson

18-04-2022 - Irrigation of crops, Warwickshire. Sprays from a self-propelled crop sprayer in a field in spring © John Harris

18-04-2022 - Irrigation of crops, Warwickshire. Sprays from a self-propelled crop sprayer in a field in spring © John Harris

18-04-2022 - Irrigation of crops, Warwickshire. Sprays from a self-propelled crop sprayer in a field in spring © John Harris

18-04-2022 - Irrigation of crops, Warwickshire. Sprays from a self-propelled crop sprayer in a field in spring © John Harris

18-04-2022 - Irrigation of crops, Warwickshire. Sprays from a self-propelled crop sprayer in a field in spring © John Harris

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-Emerald Gardens. Indoor farm growing microgreens in a passive solar greenhouse. Microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs, are said to be especially nutritious. The farm produce is... © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado USA-Pink oyster mushrooms. Indoor farm growing a variety of mushrooms in shipping containers at Sugar Moon Mushrooms. Their mushrooms are distributed in the Denver area. © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado USA-Black Pearl mushrooms. Indoor farm growing a variety of mushrooms in shipping containers at Sugar Moon Mushrooms. Their mushrooms are distributed in the Denver area. © Jim West

23-12-2021 - Colorado,USA-Worker packing a growing medium for mushrooms at Sugar Moon Mushrooms. The indoor farm grows a variety of mushrooms in shipping containers. Their mushrooms are distributed in the Denver a... © Jim West

30-09-2021 - Pennsylvania, USA-Horseweed in a field of soybeans. Also known as marestail, the super weed is a problem for farmers and is often resistant to glyphosate and other herbicides. © Jim West

30-09-2021 - Pennsylvania, USA-Horseweed in a field of soybeans. Also known as marestail, the super weed is a problem for farmers and is often resistant to glyphosate and other herbicides. © Jim West

07-09-2021 - Michigan, USA: Driver loading corn from a grain storage silo onto his truck © Jim West

07-09-2021 - Michigan, USA: Driver loading corn from a grain storage silo onto his truck © Jim West

07-09-2021 - Michigan, USA: Driver loading corn from a grain storage silo onto his truck © Jim West

07-09-2021 - Michigan, USA: Driver loading corn from a grain storage silo onto his truck © Jim West

07-09-2021 - Michigan, USA: loading corn from a grain storage silo onto a truck © Jim West

07-09-2021 - Michigan, USA: Driver loading corn from a grain storage silo onto his truck © Jim West

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers uplanting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Ornamentals © David Bacon

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers taking a break from planting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Orname... © David Bacon

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers planting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Ornamentals. © David Bacon

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers planting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Ornamentals. © David Bacon

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers using the Cortito. Planting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Ornamen... © David Bacon

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers using the Cortito. Planting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Ornamen... © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-Irrigation of a Pine tree plantation © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant wokers harvesting hops, Crosby hops farm. Driving the harvesting machine A Zapotec migrant from Ocotlan, Oaxaca, walking beside the harvesting machine to help the driver © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant wokers harvesting hops, Crosby hops farm. Driving the harvesting machine © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant wokers harvesting hops, Crosby hops farm. Driving the harvesting machine © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant wokers harvesting hops, Crosby hops farm. Driving the harvesting machine © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant wokers harvesting hops, Crosby hops farm. Driving the harvesting machine © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant wokers harvesting hops, Crosby hops farm. Driving the harvesting machine © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant worker cutting a hop vine at the bottom to get it ready for the harvesting machine. He works for contractor Rene Sandoval © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant worker cutting a hop vine at the bottom to get it ready for the harvesting machine. He works for contractor Rene Sandoval © David Bacon

31-08-2021 - Woodburn, Oregon, USA-migrant worker cutting a hop vine at the bottom to get it ready for the harvesting machine. He works for contractor Rene Sandoval © David Bacon

22-08-2021 - Michigan USA: Glyphosate resistant weed Palmer amaranth growing in a soybean field at Three Oaks. The weed has developed resistance to glyphosate herbicides and is infesting fields of GMO soybeans and... © Jim West

22-08-2021 - Michigan USA: Glyphosate resistant weed Palmer amaranth growing in a soybean field at Three Oaks. The weed has developed resistance to glyphosate herbicides and is infesting fields of GMO soybeans and... © Jim West

18-08-2021 - Madera, California, USA-Migrant workers picking wine grapes, Mixteco migrants from Oaxaca. The temperature in the southern San Joaquin Valley can reach over 110 in the afternoon. © David Bacon

18-08-2021 - Madera, California, USA-Migrant workers picking wine grapes, Mixteco migrants from Oaxaca. The temperature in the southern San Joaquin Valley can reach over 110 in the afternoon. © David Bacon

18-08-2021 - Madera, California, USA-Migrant workers picking wine grapes, Mixteco migrants from Oaxaca. The temperature in the southern San Joaquin Valley can reach over 110 in the afternoon. © David Bacon

18-08-2021 - Madera, California, USA-Migrant workers picking wine grapes, Mixteco migrants from Oaxaca. The temperature in the southern San Joaquin Valley can reach over 110 in the afternoon. © David Bacon

18-08-2021 - Madera, California, USA-Migrant workers picking wine grapes, Mixteco migrants from Oaxaca. The temperature in the southern San Joaquin Valley can reach over 110 in the afternoon. © David Bacon

18-08-2021 - Madera, California, USA-Migrant workers picking wine grapes, Mixteco migrants from Oaxaca. The temperature in the southern San Joaquin Valley can reach over 110 in the afternoon. © David Bacon

28-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Pistachio nuts growing at Eagle Ranch, sold under the Heart of the Desert brand. Both male and female trees are needed, but only the female tree (R) produces nuts. The orchard is irri... © Jim West

28-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Pistachio nuts growing at Eagle Ranch, sold under the Heart of the Desert brand © Jim West

28-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: the World's Largest Pistachio. A Giant pistachio sculpture, McGinn's Pistachio Tree Ranch © Jim West

28-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Pistachios growing at McGinn's Pistachio Tree Ranch. As a desert plant, pistachios need much less water than pecans, which are also extensively grown in the New Mexico desert. The orc... © Jim West

28-06-2021 - Plains, Texas: Center pivot irrigation equipment on a farm © Jim West

28-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

26-06-2021 - Albuquerque, New Mexico: Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park. Vegetables are on sale at the booth of Los Jardines de Moktezuma, a farm south of Albuquerque. © Jim West

26-06-2021 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - The Downtown Growers' Market, held Saturdays in Robinson Park. Vegetables are on sale at the booth of Los Jardines de Moktezuma, a farm south of Albuquerque. © Jim West

26-06-2021 - Albuquerque, New Mexico: Downtown Growers' Market, Robinson Park. Vegetables are on sale at the booth of Los Jardines de Moktezuma, a farm south of Albuquerque. © Jim West

25-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Hemp plant on the Roots and Herbs Farm. Following legalisation of marijuana in New Mexico in April 2021, farmer Michael Nezi plans to convert to marijuana production next year © Jim West

25-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Grower tending hemp plants, Roots and Herbs Farm. Following legalization of marijuana in New Mexico April 2021 © Jim West

25-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Grower tending hemp plants, Roots and Herbs Farm. Following legalization of marijuana in New Mexico April 2021 © Jim West

23-06-2021 - Alamosa, Colorado: The Rio Grande Farm Park. Nonprofit farm family plots, where families raise food only for themselves. The farm is irrigated with water from the adjacent Rio Grande. © Jim West

23-06-2021 - Alamosa, Colorado: The Rio Grande Farm Park. Nonprofit farm family plots, where families raise food only for themselves. The farm is irrigated with water from the adjacent Rio Grande. © Jim West

23-06-2021 - Alamosa, Colorado: The Rio Grande Farm Park. Nonprofit farm family plots, where families raise food only for themselves. The farm is irrigated with water from the adjacent Rio Grande. © Jim West

25-04-2021 - Rockwood, Michigan, USA: Invasive species Phragmites growing Lake Erie Metropark. Phragmites is an invasive wetland grass that displaces native plants and is very difficult to eradicate. Grow Zone © Jim West

25-04-2021 - Rockwood, Michigan, USA: Invasive species Phragmites growing Lake Erie Metropark. Phragmites is an invasive wetland grass that displaces native plants and is very difficult to eradicate. Grow Zone © Jim West

25-04-2021 - Rockwood, Michigan, USA: Invasive species Phragmites growing Lake Erie Metropark. Phragmites is an invasive wetland grass that displaces native plants and is very difficult to eradicate. Grow Zone © Jim West

30-01-2021 - USA: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Orchard trees, Electricity pylon on farmland © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

21-11-2020 - California, USA-workers picking persimmons, San Joaquin Valley near Poplar, a crew of Mexican migrant workers. © David Bacon

31-10-2020 - Detroit, USA. Customers buying cider, Detroit Farm & Cider Mill. The urban farm has a four-acre orchard and vegetable garden © Jim West

28-10-2020 - USA Michigan-Harvesting Sugar Beet. Michigan Sugar Company - a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - USA Michigan-Harvesting Sugar Beet. Michigan Sugar Company - a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - USA Michigan-Harvesting Sugar Beet. Michigan Sugar Company - a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - Michigan USA. Tractor pulling an Art's Way 692-Z Sugar Beet Harvester on a Michigan farm. Michigan Sugar Company- a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - Michigan USA. Tractor pulling an Art's Way 692-Z Sugar Beet Harvester on a Michigan farm. Michigan Sugar Company- a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - Michigan USA. Tractor pulling an Art's Way 692-Z Sugar Beet Harvester on a Michigan farm. Michigan Sugar Company- a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - Michigan, USA Sugar beets growing in a field about to the harvested. The Michigan Sugar Company- a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - Michigan, USA Sugar beets growing in a field about to the harvested. The Michigan Sugar Company- a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - USA Michigan-Harvesting Sugar Beet. Michigan Sugar Company - a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

28-10-2020 - USA Michigan-Harvesting Sugar Beet. Michigan Sugar Company - a farmer owned cooperative- makes about 1.1 billion pounds of sugar each year. © Jim West

05-09-2020 - Detroit, USA Volunteers working in Grassroots Garden, a Morningside community garden in a low income area of Detroit. Vacant Lots into Gardens. MorningSide is a volunteer organization of residents © Jim West

05-09-2020 - Detroit, USA Putting up the sign, Grassroots Garden, a Morningside community garden in a low income area of Detroit. Vacant Lots into Gardens. MorningSide is a volunteer organization of residents © Jim West

05-09-2020 - Detroit, USA Putting up the sign, Grassroots Garden, a Morningside community garden in a low income area of Detroit. Vacant Lots into Gardens. MorningSide is a volunteer organization of residents © Jim West

05-09-2020 - Detroit, USA Volunteers working in Grassroots Garden, a Morningside community garden in a low income area of Detroit. Vacant Lots into Gardens. MorningSide is a volunteer organization of residents © Jim West

05-09-2020 - Detroit, USA Volunteers working in Grassroots Garden, a Morningside community garden in a low income area of Detroit. Vacant Lots into Gardens. MorningSide is a volunteer organization of residents © Jim West