This past summer, we were privileged to spend a month in Egypt. Our tr
ip was sponsored by the Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance
who had us working for the Agricultural Cooperative Development Intern
ational. These are both international foundations sponsored for the mo
st part by our federal government, and each year they send over 1,000
American agricultural experts to help the farmers in underdeveloped co
untries. Within one year, these organizations will be combined into on
e.