Lessons from Afar

Photo by Katie Chriest
Father and daughter walk along the Jadar River, which runs along their family’s land in western Serbia. A proposed lithium mine in the Jadar River valley has made the future of farmland in the region uncertain.
Photo by Katie Chriest
Photo by Katie Chriest
Photo by Katie Chriest
Photo by Katie Chriest
Photo by Katie Chriest
Warm lepinja awaits adornment by fresh kajmak.
Photo by Katie Chriest
Gornje Nedeljice, Serbia, is surrounded by vital, productive land, where polyculture growing of everything from peppers to plums has sustained families for generations.
Photo by Katie Chriest
Houses surrounded by food crops create a typical scene in western Serbia, seen here from atop a grain tower.