A worker checks mushroom beds at a private farm located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4, 2012. The farm cultivates and sells about 10 tons of oyster mushrooms, or Veshenka mushrooms, each month in Belarus and neighboring countries. The mushrooms cost 23,000 Belarusian roubles ($2.70) per kilogram.

A worker gathers mushrooms from mushroom beds at a private farm located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4.

A worker pulls a palette stacked with mushroom beds at a private farm located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4.

A worker closes the door of a hangar at a private farm in a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4.

Farmers from the Brazilian northeast carry out a demonstration holding cattle skulls in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on Dec. 4.

Farmers from Brazil's northeast hold up oxen skulls, representing animals killed by the drought, outside Planalto presidential palace where security agents stand guard in Brasilia, Brazil, on Dec. 4. Brazilian farmers affected by the drought are asking the president to pardon their government bank debts.

Farmers from the Brazilian northeast carry out a demonstration holding cattle skulls in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia Dec. 4. The protesters are demanding the cancellation of their debts and help from the government to alleviate the effects of the drought that rages over the region this year.

Farmers spray water as they try and save around 18,000 empty fruit containers from burning after being set alight by farm workers in Wolseley, South Africa, on Nov. 14. Violent protests by farm workers have erupted in South Africa after weeks of unrest in the country's mining industry. The workers have been protesting their wages, saying they want a minimum wage of $17 a day. Currently, workers make about half that amount a day.

South African Police arrest farm workers after they went on a rampage in Wolseley, South Africa,on Nov. 14.

Members of the South African Police Services run after some people, during a farmworkers strike, on Nov. 14, in Wolesley, about north of Cape Town, South Africa. South African police on Wednesday said one person was killed and five others injured as protests by farm workers demanding higher pay descended into violence, prompting calls for the military to be deployed. A week-long protest by farm workers spilled over into bloodshed with chilling echoes of recent mining unrest that has claimed more than 50 lives. "We can confirm the death of a 28-year-old man in Wolseley and five others wounded," Lybey Swartz of the Western Cape police told AFP.

The remainder of 18,000 empty fruit containers after they were set alight by farm workers in Wolseley, South Africa, on Nov. 14.

A South African Police truck that was overturned by farm workers after they went on a rampage in Wolseley, South Africa, on Nov. 14.

Fruit bins burn at a packing store on Nov. 14, in Wolesley, South Africa. The fire, which burnt more than 15,000 wooden bins is thought to be connected to the farm workers strike.

Date picking season is underway in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 16.

A Palestinian picks dates from palm trees during the date picking season, in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 16.

Dates have been a staple food in the Middle East for thousands of years.

Dates have been a staple food in the Middle East for thousands of years.

Bavarian farmers transport their cows on a boat over the picturesque Lake Koenigssee early Oct. 3. Before the winter season approaches, the farmers have to drive their cattle down from their Alpine meadows to a narrow valley that can only be reached by boat.

A Bavarian herdsmen leads his beasts on a path to a boat that carry them across Lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Oct. 3. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead.

Bavarian herdsmen drive their cattle onto a boat that carries them across Lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Oct. 3.

Bavarian mountain farmers pass the chapel of St. Bartholomae on the lake Koenigssee while returning their cattle from summer pastures near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead.

Bavarian farmers transport their cows on a boat over the picturesque Lake Koenigssee early morning on Oct. 3.

Corn plants dry in a drought-stricken farm field on July 17, 2012 near Fritchton, Ind. The corn and soybean belt in the middle of the nation is experiencing one of the worst droughts in more than five decades.

Corn plants dry in a drought-stricken farm field near Shawneetown, Ill. According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture 48 percent of the state's corn crop is currently in poor to very poor condition.

Customers queue to buy cheap sacks of potatoes sold directly by farmers at cost price in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki on March 2. Farmers in northern Greece have joined forces with local residents to provide cheap produce to the people, who placed orders by email, and also to help producers who say they are being squeezed by middlemen. Similar 'solidarity' actions started to be organized in other Greek cities.

A man carries sack of potatoes sold directly by farmers at cost price in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki on March 2.

Woman pushes a cart with sacks of potatoes, sold directly by farmers at cost price in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki on March 2.