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my name is as Ozzie Abaye. I teach this particular course,

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it's called World Crops and Cropping Systems. The

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theme of the course is uh from field to fork. Basically that

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we talk about each crops, world crops, the

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top 10 20 crops that are grown all over the

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world and we want to take it from the field

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to fork. In class, we talk about where the

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crop is originated and where it is produced and its

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importance on a global scale and also nationally and then

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in the lab we actually explore the preparation of that

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food, the consumption of the consumption of the food.

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And, what is it like when we talk about lentils?

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Lentil is not heavily consumed in the U.S.

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but India it is a number one crop.

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So we just wanted to connect with that population

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of India and with through the crop so that's what

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we do in the lab. A) the professors really awesome

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and she gets really excited about agriculture. Um she

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cares a lot about focusing on smaller parts of agriculture

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like the grains and stuff and here in North America

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we kind of focus on meat and so she really

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encourages us to look beyond that. For me it was

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really exciting to learn about because there are geographic areas

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of our world where certain grains grow more prolifically and

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that's why certain cultures eat the way that they do

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right? And it's really great to see the different cultures

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and bring it all together and we also get to

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cook everything we learn about and how often do you

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get to cooking college in school? So far my

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favorite recipe that we've done is humus because it's one

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of my favorite things to eat at home and I

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always buy it from the store and it's actually really

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simple to make, so now that I've gotten to

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apply my knowledge of how to make it, I

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can make it at home now. But being able

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to kind of understand and appreciate cultures around the world

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through their food um and through the grains that

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are so important for me as an agriculturalist is

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incredibly exciting. But also then to for I think

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our our students that you know maybe don't study agriculture,

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learning and appreciating how important food is uh to

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culture is key.

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