Charles Mitchell doesn’t do vacations. He would rather go on a 60-mile bike ride than lounge on a beach. Mitchell inspects and certifies organic farms for his day job, runs his own 50-acre organic homestead on the side and recently returned from a three-week trip to Myanmar, where he chewed betel leaf for the first time and helped show fellow farmers how to make bio-fungicides with locally available ingredients.
David Henzler’s own children aren’t sure what he does for a living, though they know he flies to places like Kenya and Kyrgyzstan to help veterinarians prevent the spread of avian influenza and other animal-borne diseases.
“They call me ‘the chicken healer,’” said Henzler, a published research scientist who holds a doctorate in veterinary science.
About the author
Timothy May
Timothy D. May is a journalist who has worked for the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times; his recent work has been published in Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor magazine and The Washington Post, among other news outlets. He has worked as a human rights researcher for the Enough Project and communications director and consultant for Winrock International in South Sudan.
