My Time Spent Working at the Delano No-Till farm and How it has Changed my View of Biology and Life Itself
Abstract
I’ve always enjoyed gardening, so when I found an internship
on a No-till farm and read the description, it sounded like it
would be a fun, educational experience. While I was there, I
was able to enjoy nature, get in a satisfying day’s work, and
sometimes bring home farm fresh produce. I learned a lot
about No-till farming practices and the reasons behind them
and have fallen so in love I spent the winter thinking about
how to apply what I learned to my parents’ garden this
summer. This experience, along with a great book on getting
a farm started, was not purely academic in its teachings,
however. While at Delano farm, I realized that I was not
viewing nature as if I was a part of it, but instead as though I
was somehow separate, observing from above. This
realization led to me changing how I view nature and the
study of biology. That simple change in perspective has made
my studies more interesting, and the outdoors far more
beautiful, if not also a little scarier.