It has been a busy summer… more updates to come, but I wanted to post a few photos from our trip, share a few links and just let you know we are still here, working away. Stay tuned for the summer newsletter….

Dried okra is sold in the markets in long strands-- you can rehydrate it by adding it to soups!

Anna shows a rice farmer how he looks on film

The newest (and youngest) member of our crew!

One of the last rice farms in Iraqi Kurdistan

Also, an article about our trip was recently published in the summer edition of Soiled and Seeded. Check it out here: A Day Exploring the Origins of Agriculture in Iraqi Kurdistan

And in case you haven’t seen it, here is the interview we filmed for Kurdsat in June before leaving Sulaimaniyah: