Last Day of the Long Trip

We spent the evening in Pouso Alegre/MG. The last visit was a tomato and corn farm in Turvolandia/MG. Lucas Muraoka and his father presented the tour. Lucas is a student at ESALQ. This was different in that all the crops produced were for human consumption only. The prices are up right now for corn and tomatoes. The production of tomatoes and corn for human consumption is different than that of producing for exporting. These crops went to the local community and Rio. There were 40 hectares of tomatoes and several acres of corn. You can see by the pictures that the crops looked excellent. Twenty-one sharecroppers are hired for the maintenance of tomatoes.





You can see the students took a little time to play around in a tree doing an upside down O-H-I-O and Chris hanging like a sloth.

Mr. Muraoka treated us to a wonderful lunch in a fancy restaurant and the students slept most of the way home. Thank you Mr. Muraoka. We presented the bus drivers with OSU hats. Two bus drivers are with us for the trip and they swap driving. They get us in and out of tight spots throughout the trip. Each year I am amazed at their driving skills. One of the drivers has been doing this long trip each year I have done the program. Thanks to the bus drivers and to Shirota, Ana and Andres for making all the arrangements. It takes time and organization to make this work.

There probably will be one more blog before we leave. Take care, AZP Partners Class 13