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Having the opportunity to tour all over Georgia and see a variety of operations has opened my eyes to the wide variety of agricultural businesses that Georgia has to offer. One of our most beautiful stops was in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Wolf Mountain Vineyard. Literally on the side of a mountain, this winery…
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We are getting close to time for my first trip out of the country. I’ve noticed over the past few days I’ve been becoming more nervous about the trip. I’m anxious to get there and learn more about the culture and more of the agriculture industry while abroad. I look forward to using the knowledge…
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I’m sitting here in my room with my bags packed and only 24 hours until I leave for Germany! For the next five months, I will be an exchange student at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, a diverse and modern city in southwest Germany. At the beginning of this school year I had no…
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286. I have spent the majority of my life in the same 286 square miles. My parents, sister, and I lived on 13 acres of land, surrounded by forest, pastures, and chicken houses. I thought the community was large growing up, but compared to what I know now, it is considered a small community. I graduated…
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An old fashioned coffee grinder [caption id="attachment_2214" align="alignnone" width="300"] The berries of a coffee tree. Ripe berries are red.[/caption]
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This program, Coffee: From Bean to Cup! , taught me many things about coffee. I learned the coffee production process in Costa Rica. From the very first step of farming coffee plants to coffee harvesting, coffee processing, coffee roasting and coffee sensory evaluation, this program gave me interesting and practical knowledge of coffee. I tried…
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The day is finally here, and I am going to Costa Rica! I found out that I was accepted into this program over the summer, which did not feel that long ago. Now fast forward five months and I am all packed and heading to the airport. Before I left Athens I was trying to…
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[caption id="attachment_2188" align="alignnone" width="300"] Coffee Beans after different processes[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2189" align="alignnone" width="168"] The view from the campus lounge[/caption]
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