New Adventures

I'm glad I've chosen this title for my blog, as it's very appropriate for my upcoming journey to Europe. For those of you I missed telling during the whirlwind of graduation, I applied for and received a rather generous scholarship to study sustainable agriculture and food systems in Europe.

The scholarship is rather vague, and it's up to me to decide what I'll be doing for the time I'm there, from August to October. I've got some concrete plans, as well as some leeway to improvise and follow any suggestions I might get on the way. So far, I will be farming on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia, doing some as-yet-to-be-determined travel(l)ing in Ireland and the UK, working at a Scottish brewery, participating in a Heifer International study tour of Poland, and staying at an estate in Poland, which appears to be the only bison farm in the country.

The goal of my trip is to study and observe the ways that Europeans approach sustainable food and agriculture, and maybe bring some new insights back to the US. What that means exactly will be a bit clearer as I start to actually study and observe.

I'm a'leaving in less than a week. I'm not entirely sure what to expect, but I want to get as much out of this as possible! I don't know how often I'll update, or if my posts will be particularly profound, but I'll try to keep up. Happy reading!