Day Four

Today we started at the university again. We had lectures about culture again- this time focusing on the 

business culture and music. The business culture is pretty interesting. For instance Chileans typically 

never outright say no. They also don't like uncertainty so they like to have a very set plan that they know

will work, even if it's not the most efficient. While women in business are most common in Chile 

compared to all other South American countries, they still face a lot of challenges in the work place.  They

are often seen as less capable and make less money than  men. I was surprised that these inequalities still

existed to such an extent. 

After we had lunch at the cafeteria again we went to Nature's Farms. At Nature's Farms they grow white 

mushrooms. Once you got over the smell, it was a really good visit. We got to go much more in depth here

than we did at LAN. We saw every step of the process starting with making the mulch to grow the 

mushrooms.  We saw the spawning mushrooms and mushrooms that were growing and we even got to see 

the workers packaging the mushrooms for retail sale.  It was really cool that we got to see the whole 

process from start to end.   We also got to see the cannery, however there was no 

The growing mushrooms at Nature's Farms

canning going on.