Early on a sunny December evening, the road to Mandeep Sekhon’s eight-hectare farm swings past continuous fields of winter wheat, the first shoots of green peeking from the stubble of last summer’s rice. Just over a year ago, after a short career in business management, 32-year-old Sekhon inherited the farm, which has been in his family for four generations. (Image © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue)

India Punjab Nawanshar Mandeep Sekhon family farm farming farmer Green Revolution winter wheat rice paddies harvest crop cropland tractor poplar aspen electricity electric groundwater well pump flood irrigation water food energy choke point circle of blue wilson center j. carl ganter

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