Field Notes (Blog)
Posts from February 2009
Noted on February 17, 2009 | By Natanya in
Kallari Chocolate Tour of the U.S. in February and March 2009: Ecuadorian chocolate maker to tour ten U.S. cities, educating about organic cacao from “bean to bar.”
- New York Times reporter Jill Santopietro compared eight organic, Fair Trade or Rainforest Alliance certified chocolate bars in November 2008 and rated Kallari Chocolate highest. -
Enrique Cerda, a member of the Kallari Association in Ecuador, whose Kallari Chocolate bars were recently launched at Whole Foods stores in the U.S., will be touring ten U.S. cities in February and March of 2009. Cerda will be traveling with a translator, Rebecca Roebber, an…
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Noted on February 14, 2009 | By Cynthia Engel in
Cynthia Engel, the IE3 Europe Director has been traveling throughout France visiting existing internship sites and establishing some new, exciting opportunities. It's been great to be back in France and to meet the organizations and businesses who have been incredibly supportive of our program and our students. Our existing sites are really quite amazing! Some sites that are still open for summer interns include the Chateau de Touffou and the Chateau de Veuil. The Chateau de Touffou is truly a once in a lifetime experience to live and work in a wonderfully, fully restored Chateau complete with museum works of…
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Noted on February 13, 2009 | By Natanya in
Lucas Wright-Moore from the University of Utah reports on his internship at the American Chamber of Commerce in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
Week 2: As only the second week comes to an end I feel like I've known the friendly people here in the office for much longer. I have worked on multiple different tasks here at work such as, setting up meetings with US companies that will be coming to Trinidad & Tobago to meet possible business partners, getting organizations to place ads in our quarterly publication called LINKAGE, data input from a member…
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Noted on February 11, 2009 | By Natanya in
Quathamer to be named Citizen of the Year By Liz Powell
After raising five children of her own, Donna Quathamer has added a few hundred more over the last eight years. On Tuesday, February 10, the founder of the two Casa de los Angeles Day Care Centers will become the second recipient of the Citizen of the Year Award from the Rotary Club of San Miguel–Midday.
The award is now annually presented to the “San Miguel resident who best exemplifies the ideals of service to the community.” Last…
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Noted on February 10, 2009 | By Natanya in
I threw up a giant meal of hamburger, ice cream and brownie then laid in bed all the next day. This happened on the night that all of the college-aged volunteers packed up and went back to the states, with the exception of Amanda. As I recovered I packed up to move into a different apartment that Amanda and I are renting together. With groups of short-term older volunteers moving in to the volunteer house we had to find someplace else to live.
Battling a cold, I took a crowded bus to the Tuesday market to find cheap…
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