I wanted to share some of these photos with you. These portraits are of survey participants, with each I have included their first name, age, acreage farmed and crops that they grow. I normally feel that pointing a camera in someone's face is very intrusive, but after talking with each participant on how they manage their crop, and of their concerns for their livelihoods, I asked for their photo to pair with their survey data. I'm thrilled with the results as I think each photo makes the data less abstract, giving it a very real, human connection. I think this subset of participants is fairly reflective of the entire group. Mostly men 50 and over planting small acreages to beans, maize and chile. A few plant cash crops, which in this region is garlic or tomatoes.
Santiago, 584 hectares of maize, beans and chile
Guajillo and Pasilla chiles
Alberto, 66
9 hectares of maize, beans, garlic and chile
Guajillo and Pasilla chiles
Baltazar, 54
4.5 hectares of maize, beans, garlic and chile
Guajillo and Pasilla chiles
Gelacio, 53
7 hectares of maiz, frijol and chile
Pasilla chiles
Ismael, 57
5 hectares of maize, beans and chile
Guajillo and Pasilla chiles
Israel, 36
25 hectares of garlic and chile
Pasilla chiles
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Kraig, thanks for posting. Being a Chile Farmer myself I can relate. I just wish you would post photos of there farms. I am also the friend of Bill Moran in San Diego, Texas
He sent me some bird Chile seed. I got about doz. plants growing. He said they were from some of the plants that you all found. Bill
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