I’m back “home” at the ECHO farm in Florida where my agriculture journey truly started in 2006.

Some things have changed – staff members I remember have come and gone; the nursery is now where the parking lot used to be; and, anesthetist the duplex kitchen (fondly known as the “married” house) is being painted robin’s egg blue.

Some things remain the same – Lollie and George Peckham (he’s 90 and still sits in the library looking up chicken production info); the interns are busy with seminars, sick hacking at weeds, feeding animals; and, I have a meeting with Lindsay in the seed bank tomorrow morning (she trained and managed me the year I worked at ECHO).

I’m looking forward to this week at ECHO and in Fort Myers.