This family spent over an hour with me teaching me everything about growing quinua, harvesting, and cooking. They prepared an excellent Quinua lunch for me with onions, and their own cheese and milk spread on top.
At the end the joyfully handed me a large bag of their best seeds to use in the States. I now have a permit to bring back a small amount of seeds! Yeah!
Every country or region I visit, I think I have found the most kind and hospitable people in the world. However, I am continually amazed at how kind farmers are to me when I walk up to their house and say I want to studied their seeds. For over 9 months now, farming families have fed me, housed me, healed me, and taught me an immense amount about farming and how to live a decent life. I wish there was someway I could repay them and often feel guilty for taking so much from these kind people. They have given me hope, knowledge, and shown me who I really am and what my purpose is in this crazy world. For that I cant thank them enough!!
I am sad to leave the Peruvian people!
About Me
- Adam Forbes
- I just graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. I now begin my life as a wandering farmer and Seed Saver!! This blog is about my year around the world as a Watson Fellow. I was awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2008-2009 to study Seed Saving and the Preservation of Genetic Diversity in India, Italy, Thailand, Ethiopia, Canada, Mexico, and Peru. The Watson Fellowship is an award that "provides 50 college seniors of unusual promise funding for a year of research, independent exploration, and travel outside the United States."
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