WANTING MORE

The slice of Tanzania I experienced exposed me to people who are industrious, constantly on the move, and quick to smile. I noticed how so much of life in this country happens along the road side: vendors selling their wares, produce for sale, people walking, children playing, herders guiding their animals and life moving along as it has for centuries - now a little faster with motorcycles and buses.

The landscape that acts as a backdrop to all the activity on the roads varies from dry savanna to humid mountains. Thankfully, there is a network of 21 national parks that are preserving an ecosystem covering over 99,000 square kilometers of this most amazing land.

SPECIAL PEOPLE

This memorable trip happened thanks to a group of special people. My deep appreciation to:

Cleopa, owner-operator of GFP Organics (on the left in the first photo below) who made my visit possible.
Neema, with IESC (the host organization), who expertly handled all the ground logistics.
GFP Team:
- Margaret, the general manager who facilitated everything.
- Eric, the Quality Control Manager who I worked most closely with, is super knowledgeable and a real pleasure to work with daily.
- Ramadhan, the intern, who did a spectacular job with the test plot map and laying out the random treatments on the plants.
Joerg, from Austria, who is at GFP for 6 months formalizing communication and transparency procedures for Sonnentor. He contributed invaluable information to our project.
Godfrey, my driver for the trip to Tanga and GFP every day who shared a lot of information about Tanzania.
The very committed and fantastic Organic Farmers!
Stephan, my driver for the ride to Mikumi, who was especially nice to share life stories with.
My hiking guides, Gerald and Isreal who gave me a much deeper appreciation of their country.
Saitoti, a Maasai, who I had fun doing a photo-op with at the Tan-Swiss Lodge in Mikumi.