Imagine a world of rolling green pastures illuminated by the golden rays of afternoon sunlight and lush fields of flowering crops as far as the eye can see, all sur-rounded by a comforting backdrop of towering mountain-tops in the distance. For Lorraine Cook, who spent her formative years on farmland in Africa, this was the life she knew best.
Lorraine, the youngest of four siblings, grew up on a 3,000-acre commercial farm. Her father cultivated food crops for both domestic and export consumption, and her closest neighbors were over 8 miles away. Lorraine and her siblings learned from an early age to appreciate all that they gained from the land on which they lived, and they enjoyed exploring the boundless wonder nature could bring.
But when Lorraine
