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| Tammy Blankenship '16 working on an organic blueberry farm in Kings Valley, Oregon |
Sophomore Tammy Blankenship ’16 discovered her passion for
organic food growth and sustainability
this past summer through a unique opportunity that took her across the U.S. to Kings
Valley, Oregon.
After toying with the idea of pursuing organic farming as a
future career, Tammy came across World Wide
Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), an organization that connects
volunteers with organic farms around the world.
WWOOF brought her to a small organic blueberry farm in Kings Valley,
Oregon where she spent her summer sleeping in a tent and working on the farm.
Tammy isn’t the only Baldwin Wallace connection to use WWOOF to travel and gain new experiences. Claire Macosko ’13 was recently featured
in Sun News for her post-graduation trip to Hawaii to work on an organic
coffee farm, and business professor Don Auble enjoyed a summer WWOOF exchange as a ranch hand in Wyoming.
