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Pump Repair

The farmer’s work is never done. This pump needs repairing. It pumps the water from the river into the reservoir.

Farmer

As oppose to rice, this farmer is planting crops. Farmers plant intermediary crops to off-set the rice crop.

Insecticide

It surprised me that to protect their crops all farmers use insecticide.

Snack Shack Woman On Roof

At the school entrance was this snack shack.

Woman In Field

Holding her bags, a woman waits her turn.

Stick Stick Man

Stick-Stick men hang around shopping malls, train stations and bus depots. In this case, a funeral.

Planting Rice

It takes a village to plant a rice field. China has one-eighth the arable land that the United States has. It also has 1,373+ million people while the…

Drying Grain

After the floods, mattress and rice is spread across the drive way to dry.

Harvest, Hauling Rice

Dirt Village

People come to Taishan for economic benefits. They live in humble conditions, raise chickens and pigs, and prepare to return home better than they came.

Cross Stitching

Cross stitching is another way of earning extra money.

Black Mushrooms

Black mushrooms are grown in a darkroom. They feed on ‘special’ sawdust.

Man Harvesting Mushroom

Mushroom grow in the dark on small cylinder stuff with a specific type of wood chip.

Rice Paddies

Rice is being planted. While, off in the distance, a pagoda reminds us of the sacrifices made by others.

Gai Shui Wu Bin

This little village is where my mom lived for age 3 to 10.

Fertilizing Rice Paddy

In China, any farmer’s still use organic fertilizer in their rice paddies. However, 80% of farmers use chemical fertilizers because they can raise more crops in the same amount…

Farmer’s Feet

Combine in the Field

The combine harvests one mu at a time. They get paid by the mu.

Combine Can’t Get It All

This woman follows the combine on the field. She cuts the grains that the combine can’t reach and throws them into the combine.

Harvesting Rice

This combine reaps, winnows, and bags the rice.

Rooster

This farm rooster eats left over and whatever it finds. They keep the insect population down.