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Back “home”

Posted on by under ECHO

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.

ECHO graduate

Posted on by under Thailand, Thoughts + Musings

I’ve been chatting with some friends of mine from my time at ECHO, prostate and we’ve been musing on how different it is to no longer be an intern on the farm.  From my time at ECHO, my friends have spread across the globe.  AI is in Mozambique, JB is finishing up in Tanzania, I’m in Thailand, EA left for the Democratic Republic of Congo today, MC is heading to Ethiopia next year, and DH is heading on a six month journey through Europe and then into French Africa to check out projects there.

Today, I was studying up on Zanthoxylem rhetsa, a tree native to northern Thailand which UHDP and Floresta are hoping to learn how to propagate in large numbers.  We’ve been studying it for the past 3 years, and I’ve inherited various research projects on the tree.  I had sent out some emails to past ECHO interns (and fellow co-workers) asking for their advice on how to approach some issues and realized, Hey!  I’m a true ECHO grad now!  In the field, getting my hands dirty and always learning.  It felt very satisfying.