Salt-pans dating back to Roman times on the west coast of the island of Gozo, Malta

Cheese factory, cattle farm of Pian Segno, Blenio valley, Canton Ticino, Switzerland

Tannery, Medina, Fes, UNESCO, Morocco

Kofar Mata Dye Pits, Kano, Nigeria

View of tomatoes in greenhouse in winter at Reykholt, Borgarfjorour, Western Region, Iceland

Fermenting soya sauce at Youbu Old Town, Lanxi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China

A view of salted herring in the small fishing town of Siglufjorour, Iceland

Glenmorangie Distillery, Tain, Ross-shire, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Manufacturing workshop of AFRA, female cooperative for crop harvesting of Argan oil, Tafraoute, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Tannery, Medina, UNESCO, Fes, Morocco

Tannery, Medina, Fes, UNESCO, Morocco

Tannery, Medina, Fes, UNESCO, Morocco

Men dyeing Indigo blue, Kofar Mata Dye Pits, Kano, Nigeria

Cod drying on racks temporarily built for that purpose in the small fishing town of A in the Lofoten Island Group, Norway

Watermelon crop on lands bought or rented by China for Chinese market, Nong Khiaw area, northern Laos

Sun drying of Kai Paen, dried river weed sheets sprinkled with sesame seeds, thinly sliced tomatoes and garlic, northern Laos

Tannery workers overseeing dye pits in a traditional leather tannery, below yellow walls, Fes, Morocco

Vibrant red dye in a traditional leather tannery pit, Fes, UNESCO, Morocco

Rows of dye-filled stone basins in a traditional leather tannery in Fes, Morocco

Manufacturing workshop of AFRA, female cooperative for crop harvesting of Argan oil, Tafraoute, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Woman making argan oil in the Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco

Peanut production factory, workers sorting peanuts by size and quality, Tan Chau, Vietnam

Skilled craftsman at work making Pietra Dura gem souvenirs using traditional old-fashioned methods in Agra, India

Hands of Caucasian woman photographing pottery with cell phone

Glowing metal manufactured pieces on conveyor belt

Glowing metal manufactured pieces on conveyor belt

Model of an offshore oil rig, Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Model of an offshore oil rig, Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Print of Stadtanzeiger magazine on Cortina printing machine by Koenig & Bauer at Badische Zeitung printing press, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Crop hands grinding coffee into portafilter

Pumpjack as memorial, Zistersdorf, Weinviertel quarter, Lower Austria, Europe

Biogas plant, biomass power plant, with combined heat and power unit, CHP, and an adjacent silo, maize silage

Pressure gauge, above 3000 bar, cold-cutting process with high pressure water jet technology, test series in the Underwater Technology Centre at the Leibniz University Hannover, manufacture of bone screws for medical applications, with over 3000 bar press

Schnapps distillery, Lychnostatis Open Air Museum, Museum of the traditional Cretan life, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, Europe

Empty and filled steel barrels for fermenting alcoholic beverages, Germany, Europe

Empty and filled steel barrels for fermenting alcoholic beverages, Germany, Europe

Fermentation tube on sealed steel barrels for fermentation of alcoholic beverages, Germany, Europe

Binding brewery, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Binding brewery, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Binding brewery, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Kazuko Uezu, age 65, makes tofu before dawn in her small shop in the village of Hedo. Despite 50 years of practice "every batch tastes slightly different" says Kazuko who rises at 4-am seven days a week to make tofu. Traditional methods and a small production produces subtle variations in every batch despite the fact that tofu has only two ingredients, salt water and soy beans. Kazuko get the salt water from the East China Sea (just down the road from her house) but the soybeans come from America. Okinawan centenarians eat tofu daily and it is believed the high flavanoid content in tofu contributes to their longevity. Flavanoids are known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease.

Kazuko Uezu, age 65, makes tofu before dawn in her small shop in the village of Hedo. Despite 50 years of practice "every batch tastes slightly different" says Kazuko who rises at 4-am seven days a week to make tofu. Traditional methods and a small production produces subtle variations in every batch despite the fact that tofu has only two ingredients, salt water and soy beans. Kazuko get the salt water from the East China Sea (just down the road from her house) but the soybeans come from America. Okinawan centenarians eat tofu daily and it is believed the high flavanoid content in tofu contributes to their longevity. Flavanoids are known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease.

Kazuko Uezu, age 65, makes tofu before dawn in her small shop in the village of Hedo. Despite 50 years of practice "every batch tastes slightly different" says Kazuko who rises at 4-am seven days a week to make tofu. Traditional methods and a small production produces subtle variations in every batch despite the fact that tofu has only two ingredients, salt water and soy beans. Kazuko get the salt water from the East China Sea (just down the road from her house) but the soybeans come from America. Okinawan centenarians eat tofu daily and it is believed the high flavanoid content in tofu contributes to their longevity. Flavanoids are known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease.