Adam Forbes
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Watson Fellow 2008-2009 |
| Location | Hopewell, NJ, United States |
| Introduction | I just graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. I now begin my life as a wandering farmer and Seed Saver!! This blog is about my year around the world as a Watson Fellow. I was awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2008-2009 to study Seed Saving and the Preservation of Genetic Diversity in India, Italy, Thailand, Ethiopia, Canada, Mexico, and Peru. The Watson Fellowship is an award that "provides 50 college seniors of unusual promise funding for a year of research, independent exploration, and travel outside the United States." |
| Interests | Food, sustainable agriculture, preservation of agricultural diversity, baking bread, music, hiking/backpacking, dinners with friends, seed saving, poetry, etc. |
| Favorite movies | The Real Dirt on Farmer John, There will be blood, Into the Wild, Jeremiah Johnson, The Future of Food |
| Favorite music | Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, Taj Mahal, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Band, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, much more. |
| Favorite books | East of Eden (many more Steinbeck books), a lot of Wendell Berrys' Books, Saul Williams, Fields of Plenty by Michael Ableman, many more |