We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us food was part of the fabric of our day.
In terms of the technology I use the most it's probably a tie between my Blackberry and my MacBook Pro laptop. That's how I communicate with the rest of the world and how I handle all the business I have to handle.
In America Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.
Technology is similarly just a catalyst at times for fundamental forces already present.