Pete Oxford / Khasi woman, using special bamboo baskets to remove hairs from caterpillars to prepare them for food. Meghalaya, North East India.

Pete Oxford / Silkworm caterpillars (Bombyx mori) for sale as food, Sohra Market, Cherrapunji. Meghalaya, North East India.

Pete Oxford / Assamese woman peeling marrow, North East India. October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Mising woman pounding rice. Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River, Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Mising woman pounding rice. Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River, Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Mising woman winnowing rice. Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River, Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Mising tribe woman threshing rice by foot, Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River, Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Mising tribe woman threshing rice by foot, Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River, Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Ao Naga woman carrying rice basket, Mokokchung district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Tapioca stoed in baskets, Naga Tribel house, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Ao Naga house with cooking area, Mokokchung district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Corn drying in house, Chang Naga Tribe. Tuensang district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Rural vegetable market. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Chang Naga woman with baby, Chang Naga headhunting Tribe. Tuensang district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Chang Naga woman cooking, Tuensang district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Chang Naga family in house with cooking fire, Tuensang district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga woman pounding rice, Mon district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga woman and daughter pounding rice, Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga people pounding rice, Mon district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga boy pounding rice, in communal house with Buffalo skulls. Mon district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga girl carrying rice basket on her back, Mon district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga woman and children carrying rice baskets. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga rice terraces. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga winnowing rice in house, Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Roadside bakery, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Man making bread in roadside bakery, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga woman pounding rice. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga cat sleeping next to fire, Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga farming on steep slope. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga rice baskets. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Grain laid out to dry on mats, Adi Gallong Tribe. Arunachal Pradesh.North East India. October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong women harvesting rice, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong women harvesting rice, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong rice terraces, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong rice terraces, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Chilli peppers for sale in market, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Chilli peppers in market, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Rats for sale in market for food, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Rats for sale in market for food, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Rats for sale in market for food, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Squirrels for sale in market for food, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Puppies outside house, these animals are kept as pets but also sometime eaten in the Apatani Tribe. Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Rice in basket outside house, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Apatani winnowing rice using Yapyo made of bamboo, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Hornet nest with larvae, sold as food in market.Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India

Pete Oxford / Smoked rats on skewers for sale in market for food.Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs (/ Yapin Hulo) preparing food. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes but is now outlawed. Apatani Tri...

Pete Oxford / Chilli peppers for sale in market, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Nyshi rice paddies.Yazali Village, Nyshi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Nyshi rice paddies.Yazali Village, Nyshi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Colin Monteath / Tsataan men drinking tea and chating in winter camp, Hunkher Mountains, northern Mongolia

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Dayak womengrinding rice, in traditional longhouse, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. August 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Man dehusking rice, Dayak longhouse, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. August 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Dayak woman cooking, rehoused by government for dam building project. Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. July 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Woman washing rice, which will be cooked in bamboo leaves, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Woman washing rice, which will be cooked in bamboo leaves, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Woman wrapping rice in bamboo for cooking, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Woman wrapping rice in bamboo for cooking, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Dayak woman pounding rice, Central Kalimantan, Indoneisan Borneo. June 2010.

Colin Monteath / Wide grained wood used in flooring designed to squeak when there is an intruder, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan

Colin Monteath / Wood grain, Kyoto, Japan

Kirkendall-Spring / Bundels of rice outside the house of poet Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, near Paro, Bhutan, October 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Farmers threshing rice, Paro River Valley. Bhutan, October 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Making yak cheese by placing tree branches and yak milk in a bucket. Yak herders camp near the Soi Yaksa Valley, along the Jhomolhari trek. Bhutan, October 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Farm woman separating rice from the chaff, Paro River Valley along the Jhomolhari Trek. Bhutan, October 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Woman preparing food in boat at the Ladmayom Floating Market near Bangkok. Thailand, September 2014.

Suzi Eszterhas / Collected tea leaves, Kaziranga National Park, India

Suzi Eszterhas / Woman working in tea field surrounding protected area, Kaziranga National Park, India

Suzi Eszterhas / Women working in tea field surrounding protected area, Kaziranga National Park, India

Suzi Eszterhas / Women working in tea field surrounding protected area, Kaziranga National Park, India

Debapratim Saha / Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) male, Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus), Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Grey-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul) male, Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Long-tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) with caterpillar prey, Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes), Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon (Treron apicauda) pair taking flight, Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger), Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) male flying, Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Rufous-bellied Eagle (Hieraaetus kienerii) flying, Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus), Darjeeling, India

Debapratim Saha / Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus), Darjeeling, India

Axel Gomille / Villager putting food out for Demoiselle cranes with pigeons arriving first. Rajasthan, India. February 2012.

Chien Lee / Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), Danum Valley Field Centre, Borneo, Malaysia

Bernard Castelein / Vendor with Yak butter during the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Vender with Yak butter during the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Gavin Hellier / Live fish for sale at a street market, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong, China, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Woman rearranging stocks of fish for sale at a street market, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong, China, 2011.

Ammonite / Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) fishing and catching food in waterhole, showing nictitating membrane, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Sequence 3/3.

David Tipling / Sparrowhawk for sale in Beijing bird market. Bird still alive but wings broken. Sparrowhawk on sale as a food delicacy. China April 1992.

Anup Shah / Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) male trying to get food that has been stored in his pouches, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Anup Shah / Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) female disciplining a juvenile who tried to steal food, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Peter Waechtershaeuser / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) feeding chicks on nest, India

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman winnowing wheat from chaff, Ghandruk Village (at 1990m). Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman winnowing wheat from chaff. Ghandruk Village (at altitude of 1990m) Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Sandesh Kadur / Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) skin hanging inside a kitchen belonging to a Naga headman, with a woman cooking nearby, Shatuza, Nagaland, India, 2011.

Ernie Janes / Tea (Camellia sinensis) harvesting in Sri Lanka, March 2013