Today in the field I coordinated a harvest. A small one by all standards, but a harvest none the less.
It felt so good! To know to run things, and to be able to direct the class of 20 undergraduates who were out to learn. Topped beats, string beans, cucumbers- the icons of summer. It was empowering to feel like I had a solid grasp of field scale packing. How to pick, pack, and the post harvest handling information flowed from the nether regions of my brain almost unconsciously. It's amazing how teaching others allowed me to realize just how much I've learned in the last few months. I had yet another moment feeling as if I could actually do this- I could actually farm.
Whoa.
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