As an African American I do not often see people who look like me in the field of agriculture. None of my agricultural professors at Cornell University have been from the …show more content…
During the spring of my junior year I studied abroad for six months in Copenhagen, Denmark I was able to observe their agriculture which relies heavily on organic techniques. The value of this experience came when I was able to compare production techniques from the United States to Denmark. I was able to see the pros and cons of using both methods of production, which gave me a more in-depth understanding of both. Also I took a study trip to Thailand and observed their production in a rural village as well. While Denmark’s production vastly differed from America’s one thing they had in common that Thailand did not was their reliance on heavy inputs especially in the form of machinery. Observing the agriculture in that rural village was eye opening because people were still able to survive and be moderately food secure with barely any inputs of machinery, fertilizer etc. By going to these other countries I understand a more about American agriculture and agricultural production as a