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Indigo Farming in El Salvador

© Maxine C. Schnitzer

Indigo Farming in El Salvador

Uploaded: March 13, 2011 07:26:24

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This is a scene from the San Juan Buena Vista Indigo Finca in El Salvador. This plantation grows mainly indigo plants, which is the source of the blue dye used in making jeans. The stone structures shown here are vats used to process the Indigo. Indigo has been almost entirely replaced by chemically produced dyes, but this farm continues its 500 year old tradition. The plantation is owned by one of the founding families of El Salvador. During the civil war, the farm was taken from the family and the family fled to the USA for safety. Thirty years later one of the daughters came back to El Salvador to reclaim her family's land and has restored the property into a fully working farm.

Exif: F Number: 18, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 18.00 mm, Model: NIKON D80

Comments

Michelle Alton March 14, 2011

A wonderful image and story, Maxine. #1360691

Maxine C. Schnitzer March 14, 2011

Thanks so much Michelle! It was such a wonderful experience for me and my family to visit with Grace, the owner of the farm, and to learn her story. #9290141

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