Comments on: Senegal/urban ag. http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/ Peace Corps Stories and Photos Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:17:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: claire http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/#comment-13301 claire Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:05:45 +0000 http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/#comment-13301 <p>is your real last name the same as the username on here? just with an extra letter........ i know yoooooou</p> is your real last name the same as the username on here? just with an extra letter…….. i know yoooooou

]]> By: snowy http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/#comment-2037 snowy Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:05:58 +0000 http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/#comment-2037 <p>Thanks so much for your response, you've helped set my mind at ease about my extreme lack of experience. I'll check out the website too.</p> Thanks so much for your response, you’ve helped set my mind at ease about my extreme lack of experience. I’ll check out the website too.

]]> By: wlerik http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/#comment-2008 wlerik Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:00:24 +0000 http://www.thirdgoal.com/snowy/2007/01/27/senegalurban-ag/#comment-2008 <p>I wouldn't worry too much about your lack of experience. You can learn what you need to know. I taught people how to build stoves. I knew nothing about that before I got there. However, you could contact your nearnest land grant college and find an extension agent that can send you some information about agriculture: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html</p> <p>You can also get some good contatcs and inspiration from www.foodsecurity.org Where do you live? Even if you are in an urban environment, you can get involved in a community gardening project. You will not learn more than the locals in the areea where you are going about the type of agriculture that works best there, but you have other skills that will not be obvious to you until you get there.</p> I wouldn’t worry too much about your lack of experience. You can learn what you need to know. I taught people how to build stoves. I knew nothing about that before I got there. However, you could contact your nearnest land grant college and find an extension agent that can send you some information about agriculture: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html

You can also get some good contatcs and inspiration from http://www.foodsecurity.org
Where do you live? Even if you are in an urban environment, you can get involved in a community gardening project. You will not learn more than the locals in the areea where you are going about the type of agriculture that works best there, but you have other skills that will not be obvious to you until you get there.

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