Introduction

Introduction: As a farm girl from Minnesota, I have seen many aspects of North American Agriculture. I have ridden in the combine with my dad on late fall nights, and gotten up early on Christmas morning to milk cows. I feel that my background has given me a good background to understand agriculture. However, I have always felt that there was a much different side of agriculture that I have never experienced. So, I boarded a plane to Nicaragua. During the three months that I spend here, I hope to understand more about agriculture in a developing world and understand the challenges of agriculture in Central America.

 

Through this blog, I hope to communicate the information I learn in my classes, interaction with people, and farmers, and my business practicum to give readers in North America a new perspective on a side of agriculture that they may not have seen.

                              Nicaragua is located in Central America, about 3,400 miles from Minnesota.