Photograph by @JohnStanmeyer In honor of #WorldFoodDay, respect to the farmers that feed us — Continuing a 2,000-year-old tradition, women harvest rice by hand on the #Banaue terraces in the #Philippines. Even record harvests haven't been able to support the nation's 90 million people, forcing it to become the leading rice importer. I took this photograph of young farmers learning to harvest rice from their grandmother for the @NatGeo magazine story, #EndofPlenty, a multi-country assignment looking at the rising costs of food and how we feed ourselves around the world. To review an in-depth photo essay of this story, copy/paste the following URL: http://bit.ly/EndofPlenty All my best, John Stanmeyer @natgeocreative @natgeofood @thephotosociety #rice #harvest #food #foodsupply by natgeo

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