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.
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...
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,...
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...
Cotton is a major cash crop in Affem Kabye. Villagers transport their cotton on cattle carts to the village's market area and for the next 7-10 days, and weigh their cotton and load it onto enormous trucks. One year the truck laden with cotton,...
Cotton is a major cash crop in Affem Kabye. Villagers transport their cotton on cattle carts to the village's market area and for the next 7-10 days, weigh their cotton and load it onto enormous trucks. One year the truck laden with cotton, got...
Cotton is a major cash crop in Affem Kabye. Villagers transport their cotton on cattle carts to the village's market area and for the next 7-10 days, weigh their cotton and load it onto enormous trucks. One year the truck laden with cotton, got...