Piles of straw bales and a trailer outside a farm house on an afternoon in autumn near Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cork bark for bottle corks stacked to dry near Tempio Pausania, island of Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Pa-O women working in fields, road to Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Harvesting sugar cane, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Team of women harvesting crops, Soddo, Ethiopia, Africa

Tractor collecting hay bales at harvest time, seen from the Cotswolds Way footpath, The Coltswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Harvesting olives in grove, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Picking grapes at Villa di Vetrice, Chianti Rufina, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Gathering Sangiovese grapes at Grati, Villa di Vetrice, Rufina, Chianti Rufina, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Orange harvest, Taroudan, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Young vines in vineyard at St Emilion in Bordeaux wine region of France

Barley field in Norfolk, United Kingdom

Sorting freshly harvested grapes at a winery in the Alto Douro region of Portugal, Europe

Painting by Pina Monne on side of house, evoking nostalgia for harvests in the rural past, Tinnura village, near Bosa, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Harvested grapes, St. Joseph, Ardeche, Rhone Alpes, France, Europe

Man working at the vineyard during the harvest time, Mendoza, Argentina, South America

Rice farming, Bignola, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Wine bottling truck with mobile bottling line at Chateau Fontcaille Bellevue vineyard in Bordeaux region of France

A woman harvests rice in Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Grape harvest, Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Sugar cane harvest, south coast, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Rice being cut and threshed, Guizhou province, China, Asia

Harvesting grapes, St. Joseph, Ardeche, Rhone Alpes, France, Europe

Hay bales, seen from the Cotswolds Way footpath, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Harvesting cork, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

People harvesting grapes at a vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina, South America

Ripe Merlot grapes on an ancient vine at Chateau Fontcaille Bellevue, in Bordeaux region of France

Apple thrashing, Auge region, Normandy, France, Europe

Telgruc-sur-Mer, Crozon peninsula, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

Cutting wheat with sickle and then stooking, Pakistan, Asia

Harvesting grapes near Tournon, Rhone Alpes, France, Europe

Kyrgyz man on his way to harvest, Torugat Pass, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Grapes in a vineyard near Treiso, Langhe, Cuneo district, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Rice farming, Bignola, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Merlot grapes ripe for harvesting from the vine in Bordeaux region of France

Tractor harvesting near Chipping Campden, along the Cotswolds Way footpath, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Water chestnut harvest, near Nanking, China, Asia

Close-up of chillies, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Man working at the vineyard during harvest time, Mendoza, Argentina, South America

Typical stone barn in wheat field in the Dordogne, France

Pile of salt, Bangkok, Thailand

Grape harvesting overlooking Mosel valley at Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

View from the South Downs Way footpath, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Grape harvest, Saar Valley near Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Women harvesting rice in a field in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Michele Galantino gathering olives for fine extra virgin oil on his estate, Bisceglie, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Bales of hay with Chipping Campden beyond, from the Cotswolds Way footpath, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Harvesting grapes in the Chianti Classico region, Castelo Brolio Estate, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Chateau Palmer, Bordeaux, Gironde, France, Europe

Tibetan Harvest Festival, Qinghai, China, Asia

Carrying a load of cork during harvest, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Strawberry pickers, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Picking peppers, The Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Gathering apples, Auge region, Normandy, France, Europe

Grape harvest, Mosel Valley, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe

People harvesting grapes at a vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina, South America

Onion harvest in Furano valley, central Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Rice being harvested by hand, Sajpur Ras, Gujarat, India, Asia

Nets under olive trees, Corsica, France, Europe

Grape harvest in vineyards, near Macon, Burgundy, France, Europe

Woman harvesting crops by hand, Soddo, Ethiopia, Africa

Klosters - Amongst the Silvretta group of the Swiss Alps.Tools for summer hay harvest stored on the side of traditional wooden barn.

Claas combine harvester harvesting wheat grown on the downs in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Muscadet grapes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Apple orchard, Michigan, United States of America, North America

Strawberry picking, England, UK

Harvesting tomatoes, Cetate, Romania, Europe

Team of men harvesting crops, Adi Godum, Ethiopia, Africa

Cook picking fresh onions and spring onions from a garden Jutland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Chillies, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Palm tree near Lake Sandoval, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Rice harvest, Denpasar area, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Vineyards at Lucignano, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Harvesting near Bigbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Olive picking, Italy, Europe

Grape pickers, Quinta do Vesuvio, Douro Valley, Portugal, Europe

Seaweed farming, Rebun Island, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

A woman picking Damsons growing in an orchard near Pershore, Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, UK.

Wheat stubble in a field on Yorkshire's East Coast, UK, with high voltage power lines from a coal fired power station.

A farmer harvesting wheat on a farm near Barmston, East Coast, Yorkshire, UK.

India - women - labour: woman grinding chillis, tamil nadu

Guatemala woman and children with cabbage harvest, quetzaltenango

India - food: man and woman grinding herbs, pinkulam village, kerala

Cutting and harvesting sugar cane in the Fall at plantation along the Mississippi at Baldwin, Louisiana, USA

Cutting and harvesting sugarcane in the Fall at plantation along the Mississippi at Baldwin, Louisiana, USA

Sugarcane production factory St Mary Sugar Cooperative Sugar Mill processing raw sugar at Jeanerette, Louisiana, USA

The Berryman, Autumn Harvest Festival Parade, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Berryman, Autumn Harvest Festival Parade, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Berryman, Autumn Harvest Festival Parade, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sugarcane production factory St Mary Sugar Cooperative Sugar Mill processing raw sugar at Jeanerette, Louisiana, USA

Venezuela man harvesting coffee beans, buenavista, lara

Fiji pio buisena, 23, with taro harvest, lavena village, taveuni photo by sean sprague

India - farming - health: man harvesting wild succulent plant for herbal medicine

Zambia sesame seed, edible, used for making tahini and oil

India - farming: threshing rice, andhra pradesh

Bangladesh ajizul hoque and his grandmother shahera khatun with their harvest of okra, or ladies fingers kumargati village, mymensingh region

Zambia kaunga mashi village, shangombo district (near the angolan border). Pounding grain

South sudan cleaning grain, toposa tribals at nanyangacor

Tanzanian women pounding cassava and dried banana in a wooden mortar and pestle in the traditional way. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro