Shio Khidasheli is a camera operator for RFE/RL's Georgian Service in Tbilisi.
In the mountains of Georgia, workers risk their lives to collect cones that supply seeds to Christmas-tree farms in Europe. While millions of Christmas trees hail from the area, the people there get only a tiny portion of the proceeds from this multimillion-dollar seasonal industry.
Georgian scientists are researching how to one day grow wine grapes on Mars.
