Returned AgriCorps Fellow: Ryan Tomlin Class: 4 (2017-2018) Placement: Mensah Dawa, Eastern Region, Ghana What are you up to now? Tell us about your day-to-day duties. I am the IPM Supervisor and a PCA (Pest Control Advisor) for Duncan Family Farms, based in Goodyear, Arizona. Between our winter and summer farms, we grow 8,000 acres of […]
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Returned AgriCorps Fellow: Lyndee Lum Placement: Akro Secondary Technical School, Odumase (Krobo), Eastern Region, Ghana Class: 2 (2015-2016) What are you up to now? Tell us about your day-to-day duties. I am currently an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Berthoud High School in Colorado. I teach around 75 students in classes that span 9th through 12th […]
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Returned AgriCorps Fellow: Carrie Stephens Class: 4 (2017-2018) Placement: Akwane Dobro Presbyterian JHS, Eastern Region, Ghana What are you up to now? Tell us about your day-to-day duties. I live in Arizona where I work as a Companion Animal Sales Representative. Each day looks different, but most days I spend visiting veterinary clinics discussing various disease […]
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Returned AgriCorps Fellow: Nathan Glenn Placement: Booker Washington Institute & Post-Secondary Professional Program, Kakata, Margibi County, Liberia Class: 3 (2016-17) What are you up to now? Tell us about your day to day duties. I am an agricultural missionary working for Hope in the Harvest Mission International. (HITH) I’m stationed in Ganta, Liberia at the […]
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In 2015, as a soon-to-be college graduate from Iowa State University, I distinctly remember wondering if putting my career on hold and moving halfway across the world to work in agricultural development was the right decision. After spending a year and a half in Ghana, West Africa with AgriCorps, I knew I had made the […]
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It has been three years since my team of AgriCorps Fellows set out for our training in Texas – a whirlwind of adventure ensued over the following year and has kept me swept up in travels since first being recruited to AgriCorps in the spring of 2014. After completing my year of service […]
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As I step into my Uber for my morning commute to work, I immediately recognize the accent of my driver, who is requesting my name. “Where are you from?”, I smile and ask. He proudly responded, “Ghana!” For the next twenty minutes, from Georgetown to Capitol Hill, we talked about our experiences in one of […]
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I wake up every morning with a similar routine not worrying about getting caught in a net of some sort. I stumble out of bed, I feel the soft carpet under my feet as I make my way to the kitchen. I turn on the lights without ever wondering if they will stay on. Fix […]
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I remember the first time I saw him, this tall, lanky student briskly across the Kumbungu High School campus. With over 2,000 students at the school in which I taught, I was unsure at first if our paths had crossed before. All students at my school were required to wear the school uniform. This meant […]
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Nearly one year ago, Nick and I were saying goodbye to Ghana. I remember it vividly. The AgriCorps crew was bunked up in the Sleepy Hippo Hotel in Accra, a musty haven for foreigners where the beer was cold and company exotic. Nick and I were spoiled with our own room, complete with a […]
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