Before Devconnect, most of my Ethereum story lived in places that felt far from La Rural: our pilot coffee farm in Kenya, WhatsApp farmer groups, web3 community events in Kenya, early morning and late‑night meetings on Project Mocha, our attempt to turn smallholder coffee trees into digital assets and direct relationships with buyers. When the invitation arrived on August 25 inviting me, Peter Maina, to join the Devconnect ARG Scholars Program, it felt like an unlikely bridge between those fa...