I realize that a great deal of my life here looks like some repetition of my business school days many years ago. There are a lot of paper work to do, business conceptualization to think about, professional development plans to make and various academic-related deadlines to beat. I actually find it invigorating (if this is the perfect term) to go back to blogging again after many, many months of hibernation. At least, while resting from all these brain-drain work, I have another outlet for my thoughts.
I try to spend only 3 hours every day in front of the computer - everything I needed to type are already pre-written long hand and the maximum minutes spent on school-work is an hour. Letters to loved ones average to 30 minutes... hence, not much time for staring on Facebook except when I want to see pictures of my daughter from my sister's album.
So, quick! This blog post must be finished in 15 minutes.
I decided to feature here my visit to VSU's Randolph Farm. Since I am majoring in Organizational Leadership, much of my work here is related to business leadership as well. Say, for example, as a project manager of my company's food service program back home, I was inclined to design yet another support program that would further enhance and sustain it in the future. I tagged along with some key staff of the university's agriculture department and they guided me to the farm.
I love farms. As a former culinary professional, I'm used to visiting farms before and I admit that they do fascinate me. But Randolph Farm is really impressive.
Wouldn't it be inspiring if our food service department grow its own produce? If it uses hundreds of kilos of vegetables a week, doesn't it make perfect sense that they'd save money on their raw materials by growing everything in their backyard? I recall that the available resources we have back home are: land, labor, capital. It only needs some detailed planning and collaborative work with all those involved.
Peppers! As far as the eyes could see...
More peppers for the school children's pasta primavera, pizza, salads...
Some vegetable varieties in heated greenhouses. This is to bring the "temperature" of the tropics ideal for growing certain vegetable species.
Grapes! When are we gonna make some wine? :)
Raspberries. I actually felt like a kid when I saw these raspberries. I stared and stared. :)
Don't you just love farms? I even saw a papaya growing in one of those sheds. Back in the Philippines, papaya trees grow in everyone's backyard. You have to watch out, though, because sometimes, you wouldn't know that your friendly neighbor has taken a fruit and cooked it. The next thing that would surprise you is that your neighbor is handing you a bowl of cooked papaya (which you'd think was given to you out of your neighbor's goodness), which in fact, came from your own tree.
Total time of writing this post: 20 minutes
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