Farmers around the globe prepare their crops for market
Bringing in a Staple
Iranian workers harvest rice in Rajaie Dasht village, west of Tehran.Mohammad Keirkhah / UPI / Landov
Leafy Greens
A peasant farmer stands by his harvest of bok choy in Hubei Province, China.China Photos / Getty
Berry Delicious
Cranberries are gathered at a farm 300 kilometers southwest of Minsk in the town of Selishche, Belarus.Alexey Gromov / AFP / Getty
Ready for Carving
Farm workers use a forklift to unload boxes of pumpkins from the fields at the Will-O-Bett Farm in East Berwick, Pennsylvania.Jimmy May / Bloomsburg Press Enterprise / AP
Harvest Moon
A farmer harvests corn near Mason City, Iowa.Arian Schuessler / The Globe Gazette / AP
In Formation
Brazilian combines harvest soybeans at the Fartura Farm in Campo Verde, March 2, 2008.Paulo Fridman / Bloomberg News / Landov
Kernels
Corn is penned in Hebei Province, China.Nelson Ching / Bloomberg News / Landov
On Tapenade
A Palestinian woman sorts olives beside Israel's separation barrier near the West Bank village of Abu Dis, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.Ashraf Abu Turk / AP
Crisp and Juicy
This year, China witnessed a bumper harvest of apples in Shanxi Province, where more than 17,000 hectares of apple trees are planted.Xinhua / Landov
Ripe for the Picking
Farmers harvest grapes near the Georgian town of Sagarejo.David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters
Unsweetened
A worker displays cocoa beans to be dried and stored in Makassar, Indonesia.Yusuf Ahmad / Reuters
Pillow Soft
Women laborers rest on a pile of cotton in a warehouse in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Over a million migrant pickers gather cotton between September and October every year. Each worker picks an average of 2,500 kilograms of cotton in the two months, earning about 300 euros for their labors.Zhou Chao / EPA
Hot Commodity
A worker carries a bag of milled rice in Suphan Buri province, Thailand. Thai farmers are trying to take advantage of this season's high prices by squeezing a third crop from their land.Sukree Sukplang / Reuters
