Abaetetuba, Brazil. Maria Luisa (11), portrayed as soon as she got down from a palm tree where she was picking an acai branch. She has been working helping the family since she was 6 years old. In the background her cousin Joao Carlos (12) is at work on an acai palm. Child labor is a serious and increasingly widespread problem, encouraged by the increase in the demand for acai on the international market.

Belem, Brazil. The Ver-o-Peso, the world's largest acai market. Workers unload and transport throughout the night acai arriving in the city from all over the region and from the Marajò

Pergamino, Argentina. Paola Daniela Diaz shows photos of her daughter who died suddenly of fulminant leukemia at the age of 11 due to the fumigation of agrotoxins by the soya industries that border her home. In the neighborhood where she lives, there have been 54 reported cases of cancer in the four blocks and a significant increase in diseases, including spontaneous abortions, infant deaths, and congenital malformations. These families have never received financial aid from the state or any type of health care, forcing families to get into debt to seek an hour from illnesses. Currently, entire families live without drinking water or water for hygiene purposes, the streets of the neighborhood are not paved and in winter they flood to the point that ambulances cannot access the homes. The conditions in which they find themselves are dramatic. Paola is an integral part of "Las Madres de barrios fumigados de Pergamino", a group of mothers who fight against this situation. Paola has continuous physical problems and was recently hospitalized.

Aldao, Argentina. The inside of a grain silo full of soya belonging to the AFA (Agricultores Federados Argentinos) company. These structures are specifically designed for the bulk storage of agricultural products and are used to protect the grains from weather, pests, and other external factors.

La Ligua, Chile. Juliana, An ecofeminist activist spreads avocado pulp on her body during a ritual performance to spread an environmental message

Yagaré Xingu, Brazil. Neuza, 26 years old, observes the tall palm trees choosing which one to climb to pick branches laden with acai berries. She and her husband Almir are evangelicals, a minority in the predominantly Catholic community of Yagaré Xingu, they have 2 sons who help them in the work, he and a deacon. Both started working with families at age 10. They sell each 30-litre basket of acai for 28 Reals (5.50 euros) to shippers who in turn will sell them to exporters on the mainland.

Curucambaba, Brazil. A stevedore looks at freshly arrived crates of acai at M.A.'s private dock. Lopes de Melo specially built by local exporter Max Melo. The acai harvested during the day contained in heavy baskets is unloaded from boats coming from the surrounding islands, weighed, transferred into plastic crates and loaded onto trucks leaving for the port of Barcarena from where they will be exported to Europe and the United States. Other trucks are for the local market.

Yagaré Xingu, Brazil. Panoramic view of one of the many rivers that cross the island. Along which the Ribeirinhos of the community live. In Yagaré Xingu there are 186 families who live on acai and fishing. The community is Christian but there are Evangelicals, the great majority in the last elections voted for Lula. The Ribeirinhos, despite having lived on these lands for decades, are not the owners but only have a sales contract and could be expropriated at any time by the state.

San Lorenzo, Argentina. Horses graze on the banks of the Paraná River. In the background, some of the hundreds of ships waiting to dock in one of the many private ports belonging to exporting factories to be loaded and then leave to reach the whole world through the Paraná river estuary.

Pergamino, Argentina. Erika Andrea Diaz (47) shows some of the numerous skin rashes that she has all over her body. In particular, near the major glands, she continuously develops dermatitis and purulent cysts caused by the air and water contaminated by pesticides to which she has been subjected all her life and suffers from serious hormonal and bone dysfunctions. She has three children who have fallen ill due to the fumigation of agrotoxins by the soya industries that border her land. In particular, Joaquin and Aaron are now affected by hypothyroidism, Romina Alejandra has become deaf and Belen has undergone heart surgery for serious circulation problems, blood clots and slight malformations. Her granddaughter died suddenly. In the neighborhood where she lives, there have been 54 reported cases of cancer in only four blocks and a significant increase in diseases, including spontaneous abortions, infant deaths, and congenital malformations. These families have never received financial aid from the state or any type of health care, forcing families to get into debt to seek an hour from illnesses. Erika is an integral part of "Las Madres de barrios fumigados de Pergamino".

Pergamino, Argentina. Lorena Maldonado portrayed in the room where she sleeps in her husband's parents' house together with one of her children and her sister-in-law's son. In the neighborhood where she lives, there have been 54 reported cases of cancer in only four blocks and a significant increase in diseases, including spontaneous abortions, infant deaths, and congenital malformations. These families have never received financial aid from the state or any type of health care, forcing families to get into debt to seek an hour from illnesses. Currently, entire families live without drinking water or water for hygiene purposes, the streets of the neighborhood are not paved and in winter they flood to the point that ambulances cannot access the homes. The conditions in which they find themselves are dramatic. Lorena’s mother is an integral part of "Las Madres de barrios fumigados de Pergamino”.

Yagaré Xingu, Brazil. Period photo of Ribeirinhos sisters.

Sevaruyo, Bolivia. Silvia Veliz Huarachi, originally from Puqui, touches the quinoa plants in her field, checking for the presence of parasites dangerous for the harvest. She moved to Sevaruyo when she got married because it is traditional in Bolivia for women to leave their place and live in their husband's city. She lives alone in Sevaruyo cultivating quinoa and rearing merino sheep. This has always been her lifetime activity. She has 4 children. In the Oruro department people live mainly on cattle and quinoa. Quinoa is native to the Salinas region while it was brought later to the Uyuni region. Sevaruyo, being on the road to Challapata, is an important transit point for trucks full of quinoa collected in the adjacent regions to take it to where there is a large quinoa market and industries that process it.

Irpani, Bolivia. Juan Silvestre Panama (56) portrayed from behind as he goes towards the fields where he produces quinoa visible on the horizon on both sides of the road. Irpani is a small community where quinoa producers and llama breeders live located at the foot of the Tunupa volcano (5321 meters) near Salinas de Garci Mendoza, a city on the high plateau that Bolivians call "the world capital of real quinoa" for its large production and particular quality due to the climate favored by its proximity to the northern part of the Salar de Uyuni and the high altitude at the foot of the volcano.

Valle los Olmos, Chile. Gabriel Renato Castro, 46. Marine biologist, with a Master degree in Biotechnology, portrayed in the land where he built his laboratory in the middle of tank photobioreactors with the use of airlif to produce Spirulina mass that constitute the “Pilot” phase of his Spyral Blue project.

Igarapé Miri, Brazil. Production team at work within an acai fruit processing industry. It produces various types of acai formats which are then frozen and placed on the market. It also produces acai flavored ice cream. The industry processes about 10,000 tins a day, therefore about 5,000 baskets of acai from all the surrounding areas and from the Marajò. For national distribution they use trucks that arrive as far as Rio de Janeiro, while for exports they load the products on ships in the port of Conde (Barcarena). The acai waste becomes charcoal.

Pergamino, Argentina. Natalia Mancilla portrayed inside the house where she lives. She has three children who have fallen ill due to the fumigation of agrotoxins by the soya industries that border her land. In particular, her son Dante (15 years old) has suffered from various types of illnesses, intoxications and blood poisoning since the age of 8, ending up in hospital where they removed part of his intestine. Her granddaughter died suddenly. In the neighborhood where she lives, there have been 54 reported cases of cancer in only four blocks and a significant increase in diseases, including spontaneous abortions, infant deaths, and congenital malformations. These families have never received financial aid from the state or any type of health care, forcing families to get into debt to seek an hour from illnesses. Currently, entire families live without drinking water or water for hygiene purposes, the streets of the neighborhood are not paved and in winter they flood to the point that ambulances cannot access the homes. The conditions in which they find themselves are dramatic. Natalia is an integral part of "Las Madres de barrios fumigados de Pergamino".

Uyuni, Bolivia. Lightning strikes the plateau during a storm.

El Carmen, Chile. Eva Angelina Barrios Farfan, 37 years old, inside her home is preparing to wash the dishes with the same water she uses to cook for her family, wash clothes, sanitize the house and feed the animals. She buys it from a private truck at a price between 40,000 and 45,000 pesos and it lasts her about a week if she manages to recycle it several times with the consequent problems of contamination that the water suffers. She lives with her three daughters, the youngest of which is only 3 months old, and her husband in a shack immersed in completely dry earth.

Abaetetuba, Brazil. Ribeirinhos have just finished unloading the daily load of acai in the port of Bela Vista and are refueling with petrol to leave for the islands where they come from. They will return the next day with a new load. On the boat you can see the numerous baskets of acai sold and emptied

Pergamino, Argentina. Paola Daniela Diaz lost her daughter who died suddenly of fulminant leukemia at the age of 11 due to the fumigation of agrotoxins by the soya industries that border her home. In the neighborhood where she lives, there have been 54 reported cases of cancer in only four blocks and a significant increase in diseases, including spontaneous abortions, infant deaths, and congenital malformations. These families have never received financial aid from the state or any type of health care, forcing families to get into debt to seek an hour from illnesses. Currently, entire families live without drinking water or water for hygiene purposes, the streets of the neighborhood are not paved and in winter they flood to the point that ambulances cannot access the homes. The conditions in which they find themselves are dramatic. Paola is an integral part of "Las Madres de barrios fumigados de Pergamino", a group of mothers who fight against this situation. She has continuous physical problems and was recently hospitalized.

Calacoa, Bolivia. Brian Benitez walks through his family's quinoa field.

Calacoa, Bolivia. Cleto Benitez Lopez local quinoa producer, pictured with his eyes closed in a moment of relaxation while working in his quinoa fields. Calacoa is a community made up of 20 families who live from the cultivation of quinoa on the edge of the Salar, a location that is characterized by a particular climate and the wind that carries the salt from the Salar allows the development of real quinoa which has a greater size than that grown at other latitudes and a different flavor due to the salt and nutrient composition of the volcanic soil. The original quinoa grows precisely in this area between the departments of Oruro and Potosi near Salinas de Garci Mendoza, defined as “the world capital of real quinoa”.

Quebrada de Castro, Chile. Soila Quirollo observes the painting of the Petorca Valley as it once was in her dining room and calls it "My Nostalgia". She lives with her daughter and two granddaughters in a land that rises right on the border with that of a large company private farm that has installed an avocado monoculture that has dried up the river and the land of the surrounding farmers. She grew beans, lentils, potatoes, wheat, corn, tomatoes for her own consumption and sold dried figs, almonds, walnuts and peaches. She used to sell so many figs that they called her "The Queen of Figs" for the quantity she had and she sold, now they are almost all dry like all her land and she can no longer sell them. Water for her personal use is bought from private trucks for 50,000 pesos and stored in an accumulator.

Salinas de Garci Mendoza, Bolivia. Cracked earth due to extreme heat and climate change near Salinas de Garci Mendoza, a city on the high plateau that Bolivia calls "the world capital of real quinoa" for its large production and particular quality due to its proximity to the Salar de Uyuni and the high altitude at the foot of the Tunupa volcano (5321 meters)

Irpani, Bolivia. Benita Meda has been involved in the cultivation of quinoa with her family all her life. Due to the severe crisis in the price of quinoa in the markets caused by the overproduction of the food due to the increased demand for superfoods worldwide, she was forced to emigrate to Argentina, to Buenos Aires in a very humble neighborhood of the city working as a street vendor. She occasionally returns to visit what remains of her land and of a distant past.

El Pedernal, Chile. Marileu Avendaño, agroecologist, ecofeminist activist and president of Conaproch, observes a series of private water collection pools for irrigation of adjacent avocado monocultures belonging to a private farm. The appropriation of water from the river or directly from the aquifer below the mountain range for private use is a sadly widespread phenomenon which has caused drought in the whole area, the drying up of rivers and aquifers with consequent irreparable damage to the area, ecosystem and the inhabitants who do not have drinking water for everyday needs.

La Mora, Cabildo. Chile. Pablo Aracena, 62, is a farmer originally from the area. In 2019, 80% of the animals died due to lack of water and grass. The few remaining farmers have gathered together and own a few trees and a few animals. Most have left or live off something else.

Rosario, Argentina. Aerial view of the port area located north of the city of Rosario. In this area of ​​about 30 km that includes the cities of Capitan Bermudez, San Lorenzo and Timbues, the entire industrial hub is developed where the largest grain exporting industries in the country (Vicentin, Renova, AFA, Molinos, La Paloma, Cargill, COFCO, Viterra) have their processing factories and their private ports where every day hundreds of ships dock to be loaded and then leave to reach the whole world through the Rio Paraná estuary. Argentina is the second largest grain exporter in the world.