Urban Agriculture Initiatives

These images focus on urban agriculture, featuring individuals working in gardens, promoting sustainability, and engaging in hands-on gardening activities.

Team of Farmers Mowing Grass Around Raspberry and Blueberry Seedlings to Maintain Their Small Farm. A dedicated team of farmers carefully mows the grass surrounding raspberry and blueberry seedlings, ensuring the health and upkeep of their small farm. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/benisxarapovicx 22306540 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-06-23. The citizen's movement of the shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. The objective is not only productive, because behind this movement, there is a real social and educational interest. It is now spreading all over the world and not only in big cities like here, in Dinan, a small town of 11000 inhabitants in Brittany, documented through the large Jardin Convivial du Val de Rance of 2600 m2. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-06-23. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique. Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme ici, à Dinan, une petite commune de 11000 habitants en Bretagne docu

Man holding bucket in field, mid section, rear view

Woman scratching the earth around perennials in winter

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee inspects invasive species, Buffle Grass. Subjects: Biological control; Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Coastal zone management; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Grasses; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Invasive species; Landscape conservation; La. Location: Texas. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Soil Testing - 26-HK-203-21. Hurricane Katrina

Plastic tunnel over cabbages to fight against cabbage fly

Mowing down new bamboo shoots in an organic garden

FRA - ILLUSTRATIONIllustration quotidienne réalisée en France.FRA - ILLUSTRATIONDaily illustration made in France.

Team of Farmers Mowing Grass Around Raspberry and Blueberry Seedlings to Maintain Their Small Farm. A dedicated team of farmers carefully mows the grass surrounding raspberry and blueberry seedlings, ensuring the health and upkeep of their small farm. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/benisxarapovicx 22306540 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Reportage on organic producers working using a community-shared agriculture model in Haute-Savoie, France. Rémi has been an organic fruit and vegetable grower since 2011. In 2013 he was contacted by some consumers to create a community-supported agriculture model. He grows 35 types of vegetables throughout the year and only works with a local distribution network: selling directly to consumers. As well as working with organic agriculture, he is setting up a permaculture system. Permaculture is a set of practices aimed at creating low-energy consumption agriculture, which respects living beings and their relationships, by leaving as much space as possible for "wild" nature. Rémi picks leeks.

Volunteers restore parkland by planting native plants.

Ireland, Traditional Farming, Applying Fertiliser

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee inspects invasive species, Buffle Grass. Subjects: Biological control; Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Coastal zone management; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Grasses; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Invasive species; Landscape conservation; La. Location: Texas. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Mowing down in an organic garden

Man doing yardwork, putting weeds into compost pile

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

Man planting tree

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-09-15. The citizen movement of the shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. The objective is not only productive, because behind this movement, there is a real social and educational interest. It is now spreading all over the world and not only in big cities like here, in Dinan, a small town of 11000 inhabitants in Brittany documented through the vegetable garden of Graines en Folies also located in the priority district of Cite Lecuyer. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-09-15. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique. Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme ici, à Dinan, une petite comm

Hampshire, England, UK. 2022. Tree surgeon clearing cut branches from a Scots Pine tree which is being felled in a UK garden.

Mowing down in an organic garden

Farm Boys helping in vegetable garden Farm boys working in the vegetable garden ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 8048529 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Transplanting Rice; Battambang, Cambodia

picking blueberries Man picking blueberries in the forest ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7928378 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Man Planting Trees

Man Planting Trees

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Dynegy - 26-HK-238-25. Hurricane Katrina

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-09-22. The citizen's movement of shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. In addition, the objective is not only productive because, behind this movement, we find a real social and educational interest. It is now spreading all over the world and not only in big cities like here, in Dinan, a small town of 11000 inhabitants in Brittany documented through a large collective garden at the foot of the medieval city walls where each person rents his or her own large plot. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-09-22. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique. Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme

David Burger and Larry Nussbaum of Stewardship Partners Assess Efforts to Eradicate Invasive Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) along the banks of the Snoqualmie River at Full Circle Farm, Carnation, WA.

Man Planting Trees

Close up of beekeeper's hands lighting a smoker.

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee takes a closer look at a Prairie White-Fringed Orchid in the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge located in Valentine, Nebraska. Subjects: Employees (USFWS); Flowering plants; Prairies; Wildlife refuges; history; uniforms; service patch. Location: Nebraska. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

A man holds soil in a drought stricken field, Tiger Hills, Manitoba, Canada

Chickens were brought in to rid garden of snails, but they also supply fresh eggs and compost. The We Can Foundation Community Learning Center in South Central Los Angeles utilized permaculture to design their learning garden for the students that visit the Center.

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

Man Planting Trees

Scientist measuring environmental water quality in a wetland

Researcher with butterfly net at Whistler BioBlitz event, Whistler, British Columbia

Plantation of a smoketree in a big pot

Man mowing tall grass with petrol lawn trimmer in the garden or backyard. Process of lawn trimming with hand mower Worker man mowing tall grass with petrol lawn trimmer in the garden or backyard. Process of lawn trimming ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalinaxKondratenkox 18795141 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

woman putting food scraps into compost

Reportage on organic producers working using a community-shared agriculture model in Haute-Savoie, France. Rémi has been an organic fruit and vegetable grower since 2011. In 2013 he was contacted by some consumers to create a community-supported agriculture model. He grows 35 types of vegetables throughout the year and only works with a local distribution network: selling directly to consumers. As well as working with organic agriculture, he is setting up a permaculture system. Permaculture is a set of practices aimed at creating low-energy consumption agriculture, which respects living beings and their relationships, by leaving as much space as possible for wild nature. Rémi picks Jerusalem artichokes.

USA, KANSAS, MANHATTAN, KONZA PRAIRIE RESEARCH NATURAL AREA, ENTOMOLOGIST MATT WHILES

A participant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska Districts Regulatory Division's wetland training holds moist soil in Klatt Bog on June 27, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. When squished, the soil sounds much like a sponge due to the amount of water in it. The interagency class taught wetland characteristics along with office and field wetland delineation methods and procedures. And, participants conducted hands-on exercises on wetland delineation procedures to test their skills. The Alaska District is responsible for one of the largest regulatory programs in the nation and processes more than 1,500 permit actions annually. Wetland delineations help specialists determine the presence of areas covered by water or that have waterlogged soil for long periods during the growing season.

Newly planted date palms are watered at the organic date plantation on Kibbutz Samar, Israel.

Glencolumbkille, Co Donegal, Ireland, Turf cutting

Organic farming

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Farmer. Hoeing the ground. Baie Topaze. Rodrigues Island

Lavender against the treatment of tomato stolburProvence

Tree with a 'built in water tap' at kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, and was initially named Tel HaTzofim. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months.

Sampling of land for soil testFrance

water users

Gardener is liming of trunks, fruit trees in the orchard, disinfecting and protection against sun heat, sunburn and pests Farmer use brush, whitewashing fruit trunk as method of heat protection of Sun, slows down vegetation, blooming at early spring. Painting lime against diseases, fungus, or damage bark by rodents. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/RomanxKadarjanx 21150337 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) near biologist Mark Hayes who is checking on released frogs that were raised by inmates as part of sustainability in prison program, Washington

Alternative person digs a fire pit riverside

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

The Netherlands, Dordrecht on 2022-04-12. Report on the National Park De Biesbosch through its ranger Staatsbosbeheer. De Biesbosch National Park, one of the largest national parks in the country, is unique in that it is partly man-made. As a Ramsar site, it is a wetland of continental importance in Europe. Home to a rich biodiversity, including birds and beavers, it is also a Natura 2000 site. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, Dordrecht le 2022-04-12. Reportage sur le Parc National De Biesbosch a travers son garde forestier de Staatsbosbeheer. Le parc national De Biesbosch, l'un des plus grands parcs nationaux du pays, a pour originalite d'etre en partie cree par la main de l'homme. En tant que site Ramsar, il s'agit d'une zone humide ayant une importance continentale en Europe. Habitant une riche biodiversité, nottament des oiseaux mais aussi de castors, il s'agit egalement d'un site Natura 2000. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Replanting trees, Russia

Farmer in a Protective Mask Inspecting Blueberry Quality and Checking for Pests on His Small Farm. A farmer wearing a protective mask carefully inspects the quality of blueberries, ensuring they are free from pests while tending to his small, health focused farm. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/benisxarapovicx 22306565 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

FRA - ILLUSTRATIONIllustration quotidienne réalisée en France.FRA - ILLUSTRATIONDaily illustration made in France.

Educational progamme at Midway Atoll. Tourists and volunteers help pull invasive plant species not native of Midway and re-plant native species.

Landscape gardeners turfing new neighbourhood housing development, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Environmental issues and lack of water

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

Dave Nolin, retired director of Five Rivers MetroParks, collects seeds Sept. 15, 2022, in Huffman Prairie at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Huffman Prairie is the largest in Ohio, and its 109 acres are home to more than 300 species of wildflowers.

Jaden McDaniel, Barksdale resident, collects trash in the housing area at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, April 22, 2022. The Earth Day clean-up effort focused on loose trash that had accumulated by roadsides and playgrounds.

Region Altmark in Saxony-Anhalt, Region Altmark, Deutschla, A drone with a thermal imaging camera is used to track fawns in the morning between 4 and 7 am on meadows that are to be mown during the day. The fawns usually do not run away and are secured with baskets in the field, around which mowing can then take place. After mowing, the fawns are carried to the sheltered meadow edges where the doe can find them again. On average, 1 fawn is thus saved from death for every 10 hectares of hay harvested. Place

Men preparing chemical injection of fungicide into Elm (Ulmus sp.) tree, England

Scientist measuring environmental water quality in a wetland

Matthew Wallrath of Washington Conservation Corp Crew Plants Native Evergreen Tree at Blue Dog Farm, Carnation, Washington, USA

VIETNAM - MEKONG DELTA - THE SUSPENSION OF THE NINE DRAGONS. Portrait of the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam and many environmental issues.VIETNAM - DELTA DU MÉKONG - LE SURSIS DES NEUF DRAGONS. Portrait de la région du Delta du Mekong au Vietnam et des nombreuses problématiques environnementales.

Ancient collecting resin with a scarf over her head in the town of Cobeta. nature reserve Alto Tajo, Guadalajara. Spain

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Soil Testing - 26-HK-203-17. Hurricane Katrina

Rescue team removing hidden roe deer fawn, found in tall grass with drone equipped with thermal imaging camera, before mowing grassland in spring

Gardens in the Fenway , Parks, Community gardens, Gardening. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

A man holds top soil in a drought stricken field, Tiger Hills, Manitoba, Canada

Margit cleaning down from Common eider (Somateria mollissima) with traditional harp tool whilst some dries in the sun, Lanan Island, Vega Archipelago, Norway June

strimming invasive plant tree mallow to reclaim puffin burrows. craigleith island, firth of forth, scotland date: 10.12.2008 ref: zb486_126123_0004 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot

Covering of Onion plants with earth with a motocultor

USFWS biologist Bill Bridgeland taking measurements on a Surface Elevation Table (SET) installed last year in cooperation with USGS. SETs will allow us to detect changes in the elevation of the marsh surface in response to the marsh restoration as well as. Subjects: Structures; Riparian environments; Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Biologists (USFWS); Monitoring. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BANDON MARSH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Senior man on zero turn lawnmower in meadow Senior retired male cutting very deep grass in a meadow or field after leaving it to grow for far too long before cutting using yellow zero-turn lawn mower ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 5983545 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Environmental issues and lack of water

Iceland archeology

Fish and Wildlife Service employee standing at edge of wetland area being taken over by invasive species water hyacinth and holding two plant specimens to show leaves and root systems. Vertical. Subjects: Biological control; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Invasive species; Maintenance; Plants; Refuges; Wildlife refuges. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ARTHUR R. MARSHALL LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. Collection: Wildlife Refuges.

Kawika Lauriano, Kalaeloa Heritage Park manager, removes invasive plants from Kalaeloa Heritage Park during a Weed Warriors event held in Kapolei, HI, Feb. 23, 2024. The Kalaeloa Heritage Park site is a relatively undisturbed, 11-acre parcel with over 177 recorded cultural sites that consist of a heiau and other habitation sites. Marine Corps Base Hawaiis Environmental Compliance and Protection Division established the Weed Warriors program to aid in the management of invasive plant species with the support from community members.

Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.

Plant out of cabbages and field mustard Kachoubia Poland

Barley harvest Ladakh Himalayas India

ESAT of the ADAGES association. Work Assistance Establishment and Services. Disabled workers during green space maintenance workshops. Clearing and maintenance work on the fitness trail in the town of Perol on the edge of the Thau pond.

Gamekeeper starting a fire on grouse moor in spring. Yorkshire Dales, UK.

Young woman beekeeper at work in a nature

Randolph Johnson, Jr., Louisiana Assistant State Conservationist for the USDA (foreground), shows visiting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, Jay Williams, dead soybeans pods hanging from the unharvested crops of farmer Ricky Roussel in Paulina, La. Roussel estimates almost 500 of his 854 acres of soybean crops were lost to the 2016 historic flooding in Louisiana.. Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hungary. Kiskunsagi Nemzeti Park. Kelemen Szek Lake Area. Cutting the Wood.

Senner bei der Heuernte auf der Almwiese der Ebenfort im Nationalpark Kalkalpen Senner bei der Heuernte auf der Almwiese der Ebenfort im Nationalpark Kalkalpen ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxAichingerx 708919 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Indigenous Extinction

Volunteers clearing and burning vegetation, Vange Marsh RSPB reserve, Essex, England, UK, November. Model released.

SPAIN - Alt Penedés (district) - Catalonia - Barcelona. Torreramona; anciano campesino haciendo la poda de la vid (cuando ya ha caído la hoja)

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