2 photographs

Agricultural Innovation

Two farmers in matching plaid flannel shirts and work gloves make biochar on a rural property. The man on the right feeds a log into a large metal burn barrel with open flames, while the younger man on the left, wearing a straw cowboy hat, tends to a pile of logs on a trailer. A chainsaw rests on the trailer nearby. A barn, bare-limbed trees, and forested hills are visible in the background under an overcast sky. — ISO 160 · 50mm · f/2.8 · 1/750

Making Biochar

Gales Creek, Oregon

Farmers making biochar at Fraga Farmstead Creamery near Gales Creek, Oregon.

Dozens of large white wind turbines spread across rolling agricultural land near Moro, Oregon in Sherman County. In the foreground, alternating bands of dark freshly tilled soil and golden unharvested grain create a patchwork across gently undulating hills. A single turbine dominates the right side of the frame in sharp detail, its blades motion-blurred from rotation, while a long row of additional turbines recedes into the distance across the plateau. The sky is a soft layered blend of grey-blue overcast cloud with a pale pink and lavender glow near the horizon, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The overall mood is quiet and expansive, with muted, cool tones throughout. — ISO 400 · 250mm · f/11 · 1/60

Harvest of Wind, Sherman County

Wind turbines and wheat fields share the sweeping agricultural plateau of Sherman County near Moro, Oregon, at dusk.