Local farmers harvest rice from a field in Ratchaburi province 80 kilometers West of Bangkok, where Greenpeace “Rice Art” depicting farmers harvesting the staple was planted 3 months ago. The farmers harvest only the green variety as harvest time for the black rice variety is a few weeks later. Greenpeace is calling on the Thai Government to ban genetically modified (GMO) rice. The rice art celebrates Southeast Asia's long heritage of rice cultivation, and raises awareness about the importance of this staple crop, on which so many of the world's population depend.