From September to December families are busy at work in their farms harvesting coffee. They involve the entire family, before or after school to help out. This picture shows a family harvesting coffee. November 2010.
From September to December families are busy at work in their farms harvesting coffee. They involve the entire family, before or after school to help out. This picture shows the a family harvesting coffee. November 2010.
From September to December the families are busy at work in their farms harvesting coffee. They involve the entire family, before or after school to help out. This picture shows the a family harvesting coffee. November 2010.
I took this picture when I was helping my host family harvest rice last fall. The whole family helps with the harvest, even the little ones. The machinery for separating the rice from the stock is rented from farmers (as seen in the background)....
In this photo, I was cutting grapes with my host mother's father walking in the background. This was a late September day, and the grapes were ripe. A full morning was spent cutting them down, and they were soon processed into wine and rakia,...
This is a photo of an Easter basket in Ukraine about to be blessed by the priest. Early in the morning on Easter Sunday, people gather at the church with a basket that includes a traditional Easter bread called "paska," with a candle in it, as well...
This photograph was taken in Mata Grande, Dominican Republic where my husband Taylor Joyal and I worked on a organic pesticide project with local coffee farmers. Inthis particular shot, one of our best friends, Mecho Fernndez shows off her...
The entire family takes part in the annual corn harvest here in the highlands of Guatemala. When the corn fields are next to the house they are carried up on the roof where they are then shucked and left to dry out for several weeks. This photo was...