A buffalo, some ants, and very little dignity.
A fishing trip, a nest of safari ants, and a buffalo blocking the way out.
Read the excerpt · 2 minAuthor · Agriculturalist · Traveler
Ridley Nelson.
An agriculturalist by training.
A storyteller by inclination.
Sheep stations, small farms, and a working passage across the ocean. The life behind Echoes From Far Lands.
The person behind the pages
A life in the field.
An eye for a story.
British and Australian by citizenship, Ridley has made his home in England, Egypt, Australia, Kenya, Tanzania, India, and the United States. His working life began on Australian sheep properties, followed by a working passage to England aboard a merchant ship.
As an agriculturalist and agricultural economist, he worked with commercial companies, a British overseas aid program, and the World Bank. His work brought him into the lives of smallholder farmers, pastoralists, and rural communities.
Away from work, there have been boats, fishing rods, poems, elephants, and a vegetable garden with demands of its own.
“I have travelled not so much to reach a destination as to explore a trail.”From Echoes From Far Lands
Stories from the book
Start with a story.
Why not plant in rows?
A visitor sees untidy crops. An agriculturalist sees a farmer managing risk.
Read the excerpt · 2 minEven from buying a cauliflower.
In the book’s closing chapter, Ridley considers what an ordinary trip to the grocer might teach us.
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