Farmers around the world have relied on specific crops and earth-bound ways of life for centuries. In our increasingly globalized modern world, however, these traditions are in jeopardy. Factors like free-trade agreements, genetically modified seeds, government subsidized crops, debt, ethnic conflict, and environmental changes are having an irrevocable effect on peoples ability to sustain their lifestyles.

These five pieces serve as portraits of a small selection of peoples whose agricultural livelihoods are in danger.