The students in the UW Anthropology department’s Culture and Politics of Food Program are currently spending 10 days on a farm stay through WOOF in Umbria.
Below is an update on their experience from Dafne Chanaz, the local coordinator for the program.
“In Trasimeno we felt the earthquake but mildly, we consulted maps and other sources and decided we were safe. So everybody slept well with no big scares.
Yesterday night we learned how to make pizza and made our pizzas in the wood fire oven. We have a kitchen to ourselves where we can make porridge and yogurt for breakfast. The weather as you say is being excellent.
The group is absolutely wonderful. They have fun together, go to bed early and do their laundry on sunny mornings. We have good wifi, and nobody seems to miss the city’s amenities.”
Every year, this program does a farm stay while in Italy and the students return home with unique educational hands on experiences tailored specifically to the food program.
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