2. Sugar and salt
• Although modern techniques often bring sugar and salt to our tables,
these two simple treats for the palate are still harvested and
processed in traditional, if not ancient methods the world over. Over
160 million tons of sugar is produced annually in well over 100
countries, most of it processed from cane in tropical countries. The
world uses 240 million tons of salt every year in everything from food
to industrial applications. Gathered here are images of the toils that
result in two of our favorite flavors. - Lane Turner (32 photos total)
• www.boston.com
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3. A cut stem of sugar cane stands in a field in Saraburi
province, Thailand on May 9, 2012. Thailand is the world's
second-biggest exporter. (Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg)
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4. Indian salt pan worker Bhartiben
Rameshbhai breaks up the mineral from a
flooded salt pan near Odu village in the
Little Rann of Kutch region in India on
May 1, 2013. Recent unseasonal rains in
the region have washed away tons of
precious salt there, ruining the
livelihoods of hundreds. (Sam
Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)#
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5. A visitor walks past the Chamber of the Mirrors in
the Nemocon salt mine on September 26, 2012. The
mine is one of Colombia's most popular tourist
attractions. (Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters) #
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6. Antonio Noguera boils the water extracted from
mangrove swamps at a pool to process kitchen salt
in a salt mine in Colorado de Abangares,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica on April 11, 2013. People
work in temperatures between 35 and 40 Celsius
for 122 dollars a month. (Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA) #
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7. The salt field at Palibelo village on the
outskirts of Bima, Indonesia lies tranquil on
November 22, 2012. (Beawiharta/Reuters) #
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8. A man prays in a Mosque made up of salt rock at the world's second
largest salt mine in Khewra, Pakistan on April 20, 2013. The mine is
Pakistan's oldest salt mine and a major tourist attraction, drawing up to
250,000 visitors a year. Its history dates to 320 BC following its discovery
by Alexander's troops, but trading began in the Mughal era. The main
tunnel was developed during British rule in 1872. The mine produces more
than 350,000 tons a year. (Omer Saleem/EPA) #
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9. A worker shows flower of salt, also known as
the caviar of salt, in the saltworks near Nin,
Croatia on August 24, 2012. It appears at the
sea surface as a thin layer of salt flakes, like
flower petals, which are collected manually
with micron sieves. Price for this kind of salt
reaches 50 euros per kilogram. (Hrvoje
Polan/AFP/GettyImages) #
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10. Smoke rises from the chimney of the sugar factory in
Plattling, Germany on October 9, 2012. (Armin
Weigel/AFP/GettyImages) #
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11. An Afghan worker prepares traditional sweets at
a factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad on
November 25, 2012. (Noorullah
Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images) #
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12. A worker burns sugar cane waste, part of
the process in making biochar, at the Eco
Fuel Africa factory in Lugazi, Uganda on
January 29, 2013. The process produces
a powder which can be used as an
organic fertilizer or compressed for use
as a bio fuel which burns longer than
charcoal. (Michele Sibiloni/AFP/Getty
Images) #
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13. A man works on salt beds in Pangasinan province,
Philippines on May 6, 2013. Salt-making is a major
source of livelihood for the province's coastal
towns. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press) #
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14. A woman throws out soil after collecting salt from it in
Djegbadji, Benin on January 11, 2013. Artisanal salt
farmers here dig off the top layer of soil near their
homes then filter water through the dirt to draw out
salt. They later boil the water to collect the salt.
(Sunday Alamba/Associated Press) #
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15. A worker tests the quality of ethanol samples at a
processing facility near Sertaozinho, Brazil on August
24, 2012. Some 48.5 percent of all the cane processed
will be directed to sugar at the expense of ethanol.
(Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg) #
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16. A Cambodian man carries palm juice for
making sugar during harvesting season in
Tuol, Cambodia on December 13, 2012.
(Heng Sinith/Associated Press) #
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17. Local farmers cut sugar cane at Chea Khlang
commune's field in Prey Veng, Cambodia on
September 1, 2012. (Heng Sinith/Associated Press) #
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18. A worker pushes a wagon full of salt at the Ston Saltworks in
Ston, Croatia on July 31, 2012. The Ston Saltworks are the
oldest and best preserved salt works from Mediterranean
history, with technique dating from the time of the Republic of
Dubrovnik. (Antonio Bronic/Reuters) #
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19. Guillermo Castillo, 60, works on a valve that
regulates the passage of sugar cane juice at a
processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba on September
8, 2012. (Franklin Reyes/Associated Press) #
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20. Workers collect salt in a pool at the salt mine in Salinas,
Dominican Republic on July 28, 2012. The Salinas mines
have been a source of salt since the time of the conquest.
Workers earn about $150 for a month's work. (Ricardo
Rojas/Reuters) #
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21. A worker walks in a salt field in Palibelo village, Indonesia
on November 22, 2012. (Beawiharta/Reuters) #
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22. Men work at a sugar cane plantation in
Siribala, Mali on January 24, 2013. (Joe
Penney/Reuters) #
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23. A farmer from the Nueva Jerusalen sect rides his
donkey through a sugar cane field in Nueva
Jerusalen, Mexico on September 26, 2012. (Alan
Ortega/Reuters) #
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24. A woman harvests sugarcane at the Montelimar
sugar mill on the outskirts of Managua on
December 31, 2012. Nicaragua plans to produce
some 1.5 million short tons of sugar. (Oswaldo
Rivas/Reuters) #
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25. A man makes brown sugar at his house on the
outskirts of Peshawar on November 6, 2012.
(Fayaz Aziz/Reuters) #
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26. Blocks of panela, solid chunks of unrefined whole cane
sugar obtained from the boiling and evaporation of
sugarcane juice, sit in a barrel at a sugar mill in
Tepetitan, El Salvador on February 26, 2012. (Juan
Carlos/Bloomberg) #
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27. Pools of salt form patterns at the Maras mines in
Cuzco, Peru on August 29, 2012. (Janine
Costa/Reuters) #
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28. A worker carries a bag of salt through pools of salt at the Maras
mines in Cuzco, Peru on August 29, 2012. The Maras mines have
been a source of salt since ancient pre-Incan civilizations and
now comprise about 3,000 small pools constructed on the slope
of a mountain in the Urubamba valley in the Andean region of
Cuzco. (Janine Costa/Reuters) #
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29. Roads intersect at a Rio Tinto Group salt
operation in Dampier, Australia on August
20, 2012. (Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg) #
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30. Farmers harvest sugarcane in a field in Yomitan
Village, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on February
24, 2012. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg) #
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31. A worker drinks water from a kettle as he harvests
sugar cane in Sidoarjo, Indonesia on September 19,
2012. (Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters) #
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32. Mine operational manager Arnaud
Tamborini takes a sample of salt for
analysis on the trolley in the salt mine
in Bex, Switzerland on December 4,
2012. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) #
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33. A man uses wooden rafts to transport pieces
of salt rock after extracting them from the
bed of Lake Katwe in Uganda on January 29,
2013. The rock is extracted three times a
week, usually by men who work from dusk to
dawn, paid two dollars for every 220 pounds
of salt rock sold. (James Akena/Reuters) #
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34. A man smiles as he extracts salt rock
from the bed of Lake Katwe in Uganda
on January 29, 2013. (James
Akena/Reuters) #
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