Carrie Sullivan CMNS 150

This audio clip shares an example of my morning with a 15 year old daschund following me around like my shadow. Carrie's Morning and Her Little Shadow

Here's an interesting article by Modern Farmer about the life of North American, female farmers. Picturing Women Farmers

Below is an interesting article about a program China has implemented in Africa to improve agricultural conditions. Some small scale female farmers in Zambia feel excluded from training and resources - they make up the majority of farmers in the country. "We don't know what they do behind the wall": Zambian Women Miss Out on the Help

My photo essay of a day at Merridale's Cider Harvest Festival. Cider Harvest Festival 2017

I would agree with Sherry Turkle’s argument in Connected, But Alone . People are more disconnected because of the overuse of technology for quick, convenient and controlled communication. Personally, most of my 200 friends on Facebook are practically strangers. We share stories, links to recipes, cute animal videos, etc. Besides their individual political affiliations and food preferences, I don’t feel like I know them or have a deep connection with most of them. Furthermore, technology isn’t able to offer you that same personal connection that you get with a face-to-face conversation. Deep meaningful and fluid conversation is a rare occurrence.