Fujian, China.
With 20% of the world's population but only 7% of the farmland, China makes intensive use of the sea for growing food. Here grids of rope fixed to bamboo poles support fields of purple seaweed that is dried and sold for use in soup.


Fujian, China.
With 20% of the world's population but only 7% of the farmland, China makes intensive use of the sea for growing food. Here grids of rope fixed to bamboo poles support fields of purple seaweed that is dried and sold for use in soup.
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