Even though there are lots of cities across the U.S., Minnesotans sometimes refer to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) as "the cities". Though I'm not currently living in either, I'm living in Robbinsdale, which is a small suburb right next to Minneapolis. Last summer I lived in Kansas City so living in a city isn't totally foreign to me anymore, but it still takes some time to get used to. At least being in the Twin Cities area I am close to drive home for a weekend if I just need to go to the farm.
I finally have my university laptop, which I now get to keep forever, back so I'll likely start to post a bit more regularly again. Last Monday I started my summer internship with Wilbur-Ellis Company as the Agribusiness Marketing Intern. I'm working half with the Nutrition Team and half with the Seed Technology Team. It's been very interesting so far, especially learning a lot about plant nutrition, seed and agronomy in general. For someone from a dairy farm with just enough acres to feed our cows, it's a lot to learn but I enjoy it. This week I took a trip down to Ames, Iowa to visit the Seed Technology office there and learn more about the seed business.
Living in the Twin Cities does have its advantages, including being able to walk to Cub Foods and really being able to walk to anything I might need, having access to anything I might want fairly close by, and that I have a lot of relatives in this area. I'm actually staying with one of my aunts so I have a 30-40 minute commute but I get to hang out with her. Like when I was in Kansas City, I do sometimes miss the fields and the open land so I was glad when I got to go to Ames and drive on the interstate for 3 hours through fields.
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