Ranching Between Ice and Sky

My Scholarship entry - Ranching in Patagonia: Between Ice and Sky

CHILE | Sunday, 26 October 2014 | Views [610] | View Larger Image

Meat and potatoes, a Patagonia staple of ranch life seen here on a plate, juxtaposed between the colorful lid of an old pot and the ranch laborers about to eat lunch.

In Patagonia, the distances from ranch to consumer are often so far that if the cattle are too wild and cannot be controlled by the working dogs, they are not even worth taking off the ranch for the 3+ day journey. The smoke in the photo is actually a small fire to keep the mosquitoes at bay, and this old and rank steer will be consumed as food.

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Ranching Between Ice and Sky

My Scholarship entry - Ranching in Patagonia: Between Ice and Sky

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