https://www.stephaniedparker.com/fiddler daily 0.75 2017-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807405846-9I0CWV0V6XBQEJ4V33I7/_DSC0859.jpg Fiddler Phil Fadely, 82, plays his fiddle at Missoula's Community Medical Center. He volunteers through Missoula Aging Services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807421691-97CKFWVRMY615YXIX7WU/_DSC0800.jpg Fiddler Fadely holds the hand of his partner Verna. Although they are not married, they've been companions for 20 years, and his children call her "Mom." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807446081-8KJZFRK0YP11NYLGAVAX/_DSC0909.jpg Fiddler Fadely came to Montana with his late wife when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She had 15 years in Montana before she died. "I don't think I could've gotten through it if I didn't have that fiddle." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807462971-62P4JMK8XR3V7H4W3F5A/_DSC0881.jpg Fiddler Fadely mostly plays in the waiting areas, although occasionally he will play for patients in their room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807428987-X81Q66M3VV2JVX01YGEV/_DSC0866.jpg Fiddler He once played for an eight-year-old girl who was dying. "It was a very emotional experience," he says. "She passed away as I was playing." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807394665-DI787GG0H1J6TRB81LJF/_DSC0835.jpg Fiddler Fadely plays in one of Community Medical Center's waiting areas. He writes down songs on index cards to help him remember what to play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807437552-Q8LB7WOUEWEB6ABC3SU4/_DSC0907.jpg Fiddler Fadely and Community Medical Center Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Martin walk to another wing of the hospital. She believes his music is very helpful to people in pain and grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807463160-Q2LBPTFJIV79LXK4PZBG/_DSC0999.jpg Fiddler Although Fadely has some of the physical problems, along with memory loss that comes with his age, he still knows a large catalog of songs by heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807498386-CNVJG671W1R67DV3CISL/_DSC1007.jpg Fiddler Fadely plays in another waiting room. The man waiting claps after he is done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807472548-TPLUS9G908GUUQEOCPRU/_DSC1036.jpg Fiddler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807482197-NKSBABP2O1GLISD686W6/_DSC1047.jpg Fiddler A family helps their grandmother walk out of a physical therapy appointment as Fadely plays one of his songs. The receptionists know him all over the hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807501858-TJHXHV7Y2WRI71ASRV1Q/_DSC1065.jpg Fiddler He puts a lot of effort and concentration into his playing. Nowadays, he generally gets very tired after a few hours of playing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807545193-QOM4J5AXEYDK33WWRY5K/_DSC1076.jpg Fiddler A patient's dog appreciates the music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807512507-SLTNGL3FC0JQHMNTFPXL/_DSC1079.jpg Fiddler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807564775-8VT5NWKUX8VZCP6D3NUS/_DSC1242.jpg Fiddler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807573946-IJWFZFB5TY7AB10RFID3/_DSC1234.jpg Fiddler Fadely no longer drives. A Mountain Line shuttle picks him up in the morning to take him to the hospital, and he takes the public bus home. https://www.stephaniedparker.com/laroya daily 0.75 2017-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489365894251-PQ0CMGCJSP3A4Z9UEWHO/_DSC1619.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Since late 2012, an epidemic of a fungus known as coffee rust, or la royal n Spanish, has ravaged Central America's coffee crop. In 2013 and 2014, I traveled to El Sontule, a small, rural, coffee growing community in the mountains of northern Nicaragua. There I spent time with the Pérez Villarreynas, a family who grows organic, shade coffee, to understand what it's like to grow coffee in Nicaragua and how the rust is affecting them. Clips: Modern Farmer Fresh Cup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489365894251-PQ0CMGCJSP3A4Z9UEWHO/_DSC1619.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Since late 2012, an epidemic of a fungus known as coffee rust, or la royal n Spanish, has ravaged Central America's coffee crop. In 2013 and 2014, I traveled to El Sontule, a small, rural, coffee growing community in the mountains of northern Nicaragua. There I spent time with the Pérez Villarreynas, a family who grows organic, shade coffee, to understand what it's like to grow coffee in Nicaragua and how the rust is affecting them. Clips: Modern Farmer Fresh Cup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371938475-1Q3AT3NWG49JTEC7OTWV/_DSC1719.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Marlon Villarreyna and his son, Marlon Jr., carry freshly picked coffee beans to be depulped and washed. Villarreyna’s haul was much smaller than normal during the harvest of 2014 due to the coffee rust epidemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606258539-GTRAQJN7DXHZ54H3QCBL/_DSC1448.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua A coffee grower takes a break to drink some of his own product during the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508957149421-FGAZB59UBKYGQO3MGUTR/_DSC1419.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua A coffee leaf badly affected by the rust. The rust fungus slowly suffocates the leaves, causing them to drop, and eventually leading the plant to die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371926955-RPTRESU5PBTSN36WLTKR/_DSC1796.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua A coffee grower carries his harvest to the washing and depulping station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606284203-I2OWMLL2774XB36L7ZPE/_DSC1779.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Another coffee grower loads his bags of freshly picked coffee onto a horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371936979-3DKBY8SSIDHMZUBZMJ9F/_DSC2050.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua eyson Pérez pours out washed and dried coffee beans to separate them from their parchment. Freyder Gámez, his half brother, blows on them to help the parchment fly away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606298790-Y09HDOIGYPT7748QJQ3S/_DSC2162.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Marvin Pérez waits for his coffee beans to be roasted at the local roaster's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371701582-6I4C1YBFH59PG8XKJ1J0/DSC_4887.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua A coffee plant with cherries that are starting to ripen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371947821-F02W4FFRE683JXLL5IIV/_DSC2547.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Due to the insecurity associated with growing coffee due to the rust and climate change, farmers are starting to diversify. Here, Wilder Pérez Villarreyna and his cousin Jeyson harvest black beans that Wilder will sell for additional income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606295448-27UXMYKYF3B8TCEQME2M/_DSC2251.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Freshly roasted beans taken out from the local roaster's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606257525-9JIS8UXK55ZH71P1JLIC/_DSC1366.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua In El Sontule, Nicaragua, Modesta Flores, sixty, takes a quick break from cooking in her daughter’s kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606278458-LL0NGGQU3CD9JF7IPWXX/_DSC1967.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Mefalia Villarreyna shows off another way to roast beans at home without a roaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606302412-LTOBTVSP68WROQ6H3DRT/_DSC2362.jpg Battling the Rust // Nicaragua Mefalia Villarreyna worships at 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Places Venice, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859945078-852SM7EPPUC6SXR010XT/DSC_0828.jpg Places Niamey, Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406667482020-O2WCU18ZQPO6XKFWV4RS/DSC_4831.JPG Places Finca Irlanda, Tapachula, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489770540113-XID3Q3TZNS3YJT1RHUD6/IMG_3569.jpg Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489770776039-A92DVJ2RS1CLCF9KEEHF/IMG_7065.jpg Places Chisapani, Nepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489770627591-6B15J85520V0OUENSUSV/IMG_2257.jpg Places Peschiera del Garda, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489369504486-UVTY42P17DBNLIVE1CBW/DSC_5268.jpg Places Missoula, Montana 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is native to the Americas. It is a voracious insect and feeds on 80 plant species including corn, rice, and millet and is an economically important pest of corn in particular. Depending on the degree of infestation, fall armyworm can cause huge losses in maize yield and in some cases, total crop loss. In January of 2016, the pest was first reported in Nigeria. It soon spread and is now in over 20 African countries. It is estimated that this pest could cause a three billion dollar loss of corn on the African continent. These photos shows some of the damage taking place in Ethiopia and Niger, two of the affected countries. Clip: Virginia Tech News   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859496326-KHOAAP31H0Q8ZPBQH296/DSC_0252+copy.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is native to the Americas. It is a voracious insect and feeds on 80 plant species including corn, rice, and millet and is an economically important pest of corn in particular. Depending on the degree of infestation, fall armyworm can cause huge losses in maize yield and in some cases, total crop loss. In January of 2016, the pest was first reported in Nigeria. It soon spread and is now in over 20 African countries. It is estimated that this pest could cause a three billion dollar loss of corn on the African continent. These photos shows some of the damage taking place in Ethiopia and Niger, two of the affected countries. Clip: Virginia Tech News   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859481384-1UZ7467ER362W5OJ2EQG/DSC_0296.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger Mohamud Abdu, a farmer in Halaba, Ethiopia, holds a fall armyworm between his fingers. They are easy to find in his field and are causing a lot of damage. Spraying pesticides do not deter the fall armyworm, but the chemicals do damage the maize plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859487573-RM46OUGF8AJ5VIYSMKSC/DSC_0301+copy.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859503624-1XJBJ1XGRFANT7ARN2DA/DSC_0320+copy.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859519940-SUZKDM3W93YGZU7YXW8N/DSC_0612.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger A farmer near Maradi, Niger is very worried about the fall armyworm. His maize field is infested and he has lost most of his crop. He says spraying pesticides does not have much affect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859518469-V2YLFSNJP7GJRG30OEGY/DSC_0619.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859533527-T67UIBWE03VIZU5XLK3U/DSC_0635.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859536328-M9G93LXUEKW3EGX63HQX/DSC_0652.jpg Fall Armyworm // Ethiopia & Niger https://www.stephaniedparker.com/ethiopia daily 0.75 2017-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859870957-ATFLGEZ8WWZB26XNU33K/DSC_0501+copy.jpg People Entomology students in Maradi, Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859870957-ATFLGEZ8WWZB26XNU33K/DSC_0501+copy.jpg People Entomology students in Maradi, Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489662689176-O0LPRPJKNZ0K5E1P4EWS/_DSC8166.jpg People A Sadhu in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sadhus are Hindu ascetics who wander throughout India and Nepal. They beg for food and money but are well-respected within their countries and religious communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508919531281-L7F0TW70QMH4JEZLPIWK/DSC_0242.jpg People A girl outside of Hawassa, Ethiopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489372019638-D1JN3BHPAPA6ED3KEFQU/_DSC8414.jpg People A boy peeks in on a farmer meeting in Puranchaur, Nepal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371543391-0DXLYBOOXX3WI007QUKT/_DSC6683.jpg People Gams, Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489372018733-GMEV9GZZXB7848YGBNNK/_DSC8373.jpg People A man selling street food near Pokhara, Nepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508919546656-27B4X3KA0DFHWZA20DVV/DSC_0351.jpg People Halaba, Ethiopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371832020-B3V7TKPIB0R2B043KKU1/DSC_5030.jpg People A coffee farmer in El Sontule, Nicaragua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508919522080-A3FUSPJKOXOOD4QN3Q7M/DSC_0229.jpg People A maize farmer outside of Hawassa, Ethiopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371806947-1KFK1S8OIL6SZ0RA1R7V/_DSC8402.jpg People A farmer in Puranchaur, Nepal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508961591006-WXXLKSVZ2IND584PO954/DSC_0708.jpg People Maradi, Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371821697-92ZT0KVWGWYJHSIDV1J0/_DSC8531.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406667503875-XBPNW675J4H5AKRS3M7B/DSC_4983.JPG People A girl in a market in Antigua, Guatemala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807405846-9I0CWV0V6XBQEJ4V33I7/_DSC0859.jpg People Phil Fadely, 82, plays his fiddle at Missoula's Community Medical Center. He volunteers through Missoula Aging Services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489770910335-QPJQN216O0MNG6J7E5JE/IMG_0881.jpg People Hiking in Missoula, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489662724860-5S6N3RPGEEPPVJFEGV43/_DSC8525.jpg People A group of farmers in Puranchaur, Nepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508961228637-0O777OHD1FY3BDCT3X8D/20170719_190352.jpg People Women selling moringa leaves in a market in Niamey, Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508919521088-U0PMJL2JQXWEDY0T6850/DSC_0162.jpg People A rearing facility for biocontrol agents in Wollenchiti, Ethiopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508961852769-BKJ1ZBFHWFHJ7YB9WLBF/FullSizeRender+5.jpg People A woman waits for a bus in Uganda. https://www.stephaniedparker.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2017-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960663711-R111IFV1S5EZ0FSDEB7A/_DSC9039+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina Roughly 80 percent of flowers sold in America are imported. These imported flowers are grown by underpaid laborers using heavy doses of synthetic pesticides, and carry a large carbon footprint given the many hundreds of miles each shipment must travel. Against this backdrop, U.S. growers have carved out a niche for sustainable, local flowers, and they’re finding that it is often more profitable than growing vegetables alone. Jonathan Leiss and Megan Cornett Leiss are small flower farmers near Durham, North Carolina. The couple has been cultivating flowers on Spring Forth Farm since 2014. They are part of a growing movement towards producing and selling local flowers. Clip: ivil Eats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960663711-R111IFV1S5EZ0FSDEB7A/_DSC9039+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina Roughly 80 percent of flowers sold in America are imported. These imported flowers are grown by underpaid laborers using heavy doses of synthetic pesticides, and carry a large carbon footprint given the many hundreds of miles each shipment must travel. Against this backdrop, U.S. growers have carved out a niche for sustainable, local flowers, and they’re finding that it is often more profitable than growing vegetables alone. Jonathan Leiss and Megan Cornett Leiss are small flower farmers near Durham, North Carolina. The couple has been cultivating flowers on Spring Forth Farm since 2014. They are part of a growing movement towards producing and selling local flowers. 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And, unlike with many food crops, growers are finding a market that’s ready to pay the true cost of growing them in a sustainable way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960732673-GTW5P6L0NR4GN1JAVD5W/_DSC9113+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960685238-8526W0MY5K7K5VA31WFK/_DSC9051+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960731165-Q1HTKVK7OHZCENEGSALS/_DSC9090+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960644981-S6WK9PSPRRHXOGNUE5MG/_DSC9021+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960687250-IUKRYPA0QCY1Q0KZZ8XA/_DSC9049+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508960704346-LOPOPIB447VBRGVT4G5L/_DSC9063+copy.jpg Local Flowers Make a Comeback // North Carolina https://www.stephaniedparker.com/battling-the-rust daily 0.75 2017-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415723086659-4BWM7LEXLGI63DKAYCB1/_DSC1619.jpg Battling the Rust Jeyson Pérez holds a handmade basket of coffee cherries. Coffee is harvested three times between December and February each year. When coffee is ready to be picked, it is usually bright red, or occasionally, yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743328734-4EAAELKXTRVYQCZQ09OH/_DSC1950.jpg Battling the Rust This old American school bus comes through El Sontule twice a day, leaving around 7:30am each morning and returning around 4:00pm in the afternoon. It takes members of El Sontule and the surrounding communities to Estelí, the nearest city and commercial center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743172076-SD3UDPJABTQR9IW2D6NH/_DSC1419.jpg Battling the Rust A grower displays a leaf with high levels of coffee rust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743156650-3K25ZN258IX54VFILQL3/_DSC1366.jpg Battling the Rust Modest Flores, 60, takes a quick break from cooking in her daughter Mefalia's kitchen. A mother of seven, she has lived in El Sontule her entire life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743259955-L0BU8L30ZM637RXBHH5A/_DSC1860.jpg Battling the Rust Marvin Pérez walks down from his house to his family’s garden where they grow a variety of fruits and vegetables. This plot of land ensures that despite having almost no coffee harvest this season, the Pérez Villarreyna family will not go hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743215502-UXY2P8AFNBXAZWSTWUG8/_DSC1393.jpg Battling the Rust Marvin Pérez and his nephew Freyder milk their cows every morning to make cheese, butter and cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744175645-266P08SNJ3GZOWFQNBPS/_DSC1700.jpg Battling the Rust Marlon Villarreyna and his family pick coffee cherries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744170661-S94JFVDKRS733L0TSRW6/_DSC1448.jpg Battling the Rust A coffee farmer takes a break from picking coffee by drinking a cup during the harvest of January 2014. Because of coffee rust, his family exported much less coffee this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744193236-IAW4G9C8MU2VEJR37LTM/_DSC1719.jpg Battling the Rust Marlon Villarreyna and his son, Marlon Jr., carry freshly picked coffee beans to be depulped and washed. Villarreyna’s haul was much smaller than normal during the harvest of 2014 due to the coffee rust epidemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743232557-G066KF3PARFZ5EQRZOQO/_DSC1752.jpg Battling the Rust Jeyson Pérez pours coffee cherries into a bag that will be weighed and taken to be washed and depulped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743240505-FQ7RH0Z5CNVHEMESTQN7/_DSC1796.jpg Battling the Rust Ronald Pérez carries coffee up to the washing station after being picked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744714268-15G5YW45W33XZGH7P8MC/_DSC1825.jpg Battling the Rust A machine removes the soft, red shells from coffee cherries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743276329-WG3U36HRNUEVQHXZAN7M/_DSC1915.jpg Battling the Rust Coffee beans are washed in a stone trough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743294789-NKBP2P2L81H56Z08OBMJ/_DSC1924.jpg Battling the Rust Two coffee growers wash their beans and separate them for quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743334691-956EKLRB92PC9CIXZYNL/_DSC1967.jpg Battling the Rust Mefalia Villarreyna dries washed and depulped coffee beans on the family’s stove. While the family does not have enough coffee to export this year, they do have enough to drink themselves, and this is how they dry the beans at home when there is not enough sun to do so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744715968-W3JL483GAOQ0WHTMBP6M/_DSC1999.jpg Battling the Rust Marvin Pérez separates the washed and dried coffee from its parchment. He begins the process by putting the coffee in a stone hole, then hitting it with a wooden stick. As the parchment separates from the coffee, he picks it up by the bowlful and pours it out slowly, letting the wind carry the parchment away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743351129-E88FNMAJHNLRTAGG1T4V/_DSC2037.jpg Battling the Rust As the parchment separates from the coffee, he picks it up by the bowlful and pours it out slowly, letting the wind carry the parchment away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744725095-JPL07LZRW7ZZ9KEM5K9U/_DSC2050.jpg Battling the Rust Jeyson Pérez pours out washed and dried coffee beans to separate them from their parchment. Freyder Gámez, his half brother, blows on them to help the parchment fly away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743400489-AZ77W13UGN9SV59ZZE8I/_DSC2185.jpg Battling the Rust Jackson Flores, left, Marvin Pérez and Freyder Gámez check the fire as they roast coffee beans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743384600-B6O17SOPB96VS52YEW7K/_DSC2162.jpg Battling the Rust Jackson Flores roasts the Pérez Villarreynas coffee beans that they will drink at home. He turns the machines slowly so the beans roast evenly over the wood fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743448705-X52C2WGJ6PS1EJN3BUO8/_DSC2251.jpg Battling the Rust The Pérez Villarreyna’s coffee is done roasting and ready to be ground and consumed. Their exported coffee remains unroasted until it gets to its final destination, but for the coffee that they will consume at home, they roast it the old-fashioned way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743517331-9LSEB4ZOH46JV06NJOUH/_DSC2547.jpg Battling the Rust Jeyson Pérez takes a break while his cousin Wilder collects black beans. With the spread of the coffee rust, members of the community of El Sontule are focusing on growing other crops, like beans, both to sell and to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743509192-7UJLPLRLLH80RFSC8L7H/_DSC2478.jpg Battling the Rust Wilder Pérez Villarreyna hits pods of black beans to free them for collection and consumption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743552659-3YOTVXGV50AXQVRFYY1H/_DSC2619.jpg Battling the Rust Marvin helps a fellow grower carry his coffee to the bus to go to the PRODECOOP processing plant in Palacaguina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743582993-BNZ7AAZ6V4JXDGL6L52S/_DSC2622.jpg Battling the Rust A grower loads his sack of coffee onto the top of the bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406744722791-C49IUX78XQI5ZYVN2CA6/_DSC2669.jpg Battling the Rust Workers at the PRODECOOP processing plant put coffee ready for export on a truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743488145-HFOWME2GCTR0ET6R1OIS/_DSC2362.jpg Battling the Rust Mefalia Villarreyna is a member of the Evangelical Church right next to the Pérez Villarreyna’s house. Her religion means she doesn’t drink, dance, or wear pants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1406743464450-TKG4ZPY8ECQUV7ASNUIX/_DSC2288.jpg Battling the Rust A view of the community of El Sontule on a sunny day. https://www.stephaniedparker.com/the-walking-of-the-cows daily 0.75 2015-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582134425-AUWCBGXSGAM749TKH8SP/_DSC6531.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582130430-8FPQP2NQUA50ODTNM5B8/_DSC6544.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582159282-LAWOSHSIX6PZHP1O2XWR/_DSC6569.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582190355-6GMNEDS35T42CXDWRBN7/_DSC6621.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582164914-3C804EIHXDFDI253OIT7/_DSC6617.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582210642-QIF6R25GPJBU9HFNERH4/_DSC6646.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582238130-KW66MC2M24GP6LC196Q8/_DSC6652.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582279395-W1D3L3G4DXCF3AVHC8Q0/_DSC6673.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582377758-PW638MKCFB7265PQI98L/_DSC6736.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582334551-O1S6G031L7EH44O2NC25/_DSC6721.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582372629-KPXM74QLUNKRJL2PL6RJ/_DSC6750.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1440582262528-H6NVOD7R9KTDC8YJI2WL/_DSC6670.jpg The Walking of the Cows https://www.stephaniedparker.com/the-fiddler-in-the-waiting-room daily 0.75 2014-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807421691-97CKFWVRMY615YXIX7WU/_DSC0800.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely holds the hand of his partner Verna. Although they are not married, they've been companions for 20 years, and his children call her "Mom." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807446081-8KJZFRK0YP11NYLGAVAX/_DSC0909.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely came to Montana with his late wife when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She had 15 years in Montana before she died. "I don't think I could've gotten through it if I didn't have that fiddle." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807462971-62P4JMK8XR3V7H4W3F5A/_DSC0881.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely mostly plays in the waiting areas, although occasionally he will play for patients in their room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807428987-X81Q66M3VV2JVX01YGEV/_DSC0866.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room He once played for an eight-year-old girl who was dying. "It was a very emotional experience," he says. "She passed away as I was playing." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807394665-DI787GG0H1J6TRB81LJF/_DSC0835.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely plays in one of Community Medical Center's waiting areas. He writes down songs on index cards to help him remember what to play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807437552-Q8LB7WOUEWEB6ABC3SU4/_DSC0907.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely and Community Medical Center Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Martin walk to another wing of the hospital. She believes his music is very helpful to people in pain and grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807463160-Q2LBPTFJIV79LXK4PZBG/_DSC0999.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Although Fadely has some of the physical problems, along with memory loss that comes with his age, he still knows a large catalog of songs by heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807498386-CNVJG671W1R67DV3CISL/_DSC1007.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely plays in another waiting room. The man waiting claps after he is done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807472548-TPLUS9G908GUUQEOCPRU/_DSC1036.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807482197-NKSBABP2O1GLISD686W6/_DSC1047.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room A family helps their grandmother walk out of a physical therapy appointment as Fadely plays one of his songs. The receptionists know him all over the hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807501858-TJHXHV7Y2WRI71ASRV1Q/_DSC1065.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room He puts a lot of effort and concentration into his playing. Nowadays, he generally gets very tired after a few hours of playing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807545193-QOM4J5AXEYDK33WWRY5K/_DSC1076.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room A patient's dog appreciates the music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807512507-SLTNGL3FC0JQHMNTFPXL/_DSC1079.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807564775-8VT5NWKUX8VZCP6D3NUS/_DSC1242.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1415807573946-IJWFZFB5TY7AB10RFID3/_DSC1234.jpg The Fiddler in the Waiting Room Fadely no longer drives. A Mountain Line shuttle picks him up in the morning to take him to the hospital, and he takes the public bus home. https://www.stephaniedparker.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2018-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1511297557489-VEDZRCSVTB38MNDZE7F4/DSC00567.jpg About https://www.stephaniedparker.com/written daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1528482756146-9C6S7SG2HP414QZXIGAF/_DSC1417.jpg Written https://www.stephaniedparker.com/translation daily 0.75 2019-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1560969643455-0R9WBJFQZ4WDVRHLRCYC/IMG_4647.jpg Translation St. Moritz Summer Travel Guide // Summer 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1560969552940-LOYANCRQ6FCBT1NZ7NND/IMG_7724.jpg Translation St. Moritz Winter Travel Guide // Winter 2018-2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1540634823552-LV3J6YGOSFPA2GAMECFX/Screen+Shot+2018-10-27+at+11.50.12+AM+copy.jpg Translation St. Moritz portion of the Programme for the Sailings Champions League // Summer 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1540634787207-SQ8QYJN7C0XASJWPG94V/Screen+Shot+2018-10-27+at+11.52.53+AM+copy.jpg Translation St. Moritz tourism map with town history // Summer 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1544025061402-65PSLBF6L463XI8YQOMX/Screen+Shot+2018-12-05+at+4.47.11+PM.png Translation Mulets Restorant English Menu (German at end for reference) // Winter 2018 https://www.stephaniedparker.com/about daily 0.75 2018-09-17 https://www.stephaniedparker.com/photography daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489365894251-PQ0CMGCJSP3A4Z9UEWHO/_DSC1619.jpg Photography Since late 2012, an epidemic of a fungus known as coffee rust, or la royal n Spanish, has ravaged Central America's coffee crop. In 2013 and 2014, I traveled to El Sontule, a small, rural, coffee growing community in the mountains of northern Nicaragua. There I spent time with the Pérez Villarreynas, a family who grows organic, shade coffee, to understand what it's like to grow coffee in Nicaragua and how the rust is affecting them. Clips: Modern Farmer Fresh Cup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371938475-1Q3AT3NWG49JTEC7OTWV/_DSC1719.jpg Photography Marlon Villarreyna and his son, Marlon Jr., carry freshly picked coffee beans to be depulped and washed. Villarreyna’s haul was much smaller than normal during the harvest of 2014 due to the coffee rust epidemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606258539-GTRAQJN7DXHZ54H3QCBL/_DSC1448.jpg Photography A coffee grower takes a break to drink some of his own product during the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508957149421-FGAZB59UBKYGQO3MGUTR/_DSC1419.jpg Photography A coffee leaf badly affected by the rust. The rust fungus slowly suffocates the leaves, causing them to drop, and eventually leading the plant to die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371926955-RPTRESU5PBTSN36WLTKR/_DSC1796.jpg Photography A coffee grower carries his harvest to the washing and depulping station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606284203-I2OWMLL2774XB36L7ZPE/_DSC1779.jpg Photography Another coffee grower loads his bags of freshly picked coffee onto a horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371936979-3DKBY8SSIDHMZUBZMJ9F/_DSC2050.jpg Photography eyson Pérez pours out washed and dried coffee beans to separate them from their parchment. Freyder Gámez, his half brother, blows on them to help the parchment fly away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606298790-Y09HDOIGYPT7748QJQ3S/_DSC2162.jpg Photography Marvin Pérez waits for his coffee beans to be roasted at the local roaster's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371701582-6I4C1YBFH59PG8XKJ1J0/DSC_4887.jpg Photography A coffee plant with cherries that are starting to ripen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1489371947821-F02W4FFRE683JXLL5IIV/_DSC2547.jpg Photography Due to the insecurity associated with growing coffee due to the rust and climate change, farmers are starting to diversify. Here, Wilder Pérez Villarreyna and his cousin Jeyson harvest black beans that Wilder will sell for additional income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606295448-27UXMYKYF3B8TCEQME2M/_DSC2251.jpg Photography Freshly roasted beans taken out from the local roaster's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606257525-9JIS8UXK55ZH71P1JLIC/_DSC1366.jpg Photography In El Sontule, Nicaragua, Modesta Flores, sixty, takes a quick break from cooking in her daughter’s kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606278458-LL0NGGQU3CD9JF7IPWXX/_DSC1967.jpg Photography Mefalia Villarreyna shows off another way to roast beans at home without a roaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1491606302412-LTOBTVSP68WROQ6H3DRT/_DSC2362.jpg Photography Mefalia Villarreyna worships at the local evangelical church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508959514383-AHULXEUJPGGHMA3B07J7/_DSC1860.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859496326-KHOAAP31H0Q8ZPBQH296/DSC_0252+copy.jpg Photography The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is native to the Americas. It is a voracious insect and feeds on 80 plant species including corn, rice, and millet and is an economically important pest of corn in particular. Depending on the degree of infestation, fall armyworm can cause huge losses in maize yield and in some cases, total crop loss. In January of 2016, the pest was first reported in Nigeria. It soon spread and is now in over 20 African countries. It is estimated that this pest could cause a three billion dollar loss of corn on the African continent. These photos shows some of the damage taking place in Ethiopia and Niger, two of the affected countries. Clip: Virginia Tech News   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538ca382e4b046a057b8050a/1508859481384-1UZ7467ER362W5OJ2EQG/DSC_0296.jpg Photography Mohamud Abdu, a farmer in Halaba, Ethiopia, holds a fall armyworm between his fingers. They are easy to find in his field and are causing a lot of damage. 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