Through Forests and Farmlands, Peruvian Sheep Herders of the Pacific Northwest – The New York Times

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Through Forests and Farmlands, Peruvian Sheep Herders of the Pacific Northwest

Sofia Jaramillo looks at the lives of Peruvian sheep herders who, isolated from their families, work in Washington State.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/lens/through-forests-and-farmlands-peruvian-sheep-herders-of-the-pacific-northwest.html

Sofia Jaramillo may have been mountain biking ahead of the pack, but as she soon found out, that was nothing compared to being behind the herd. Twelve years old at the time, she was attending her first mountain bike camp in her hometown, Ketchum, Idaho, riding on a bumpy forest road when her tire slid into a rut.