* “Goodbye” in Croatian
The 2012 Summer Sustainable Agriculture Internship Program has officially drawn to a close. This year’s group of 16 students hailed from North Carolina, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, Rhode Island, Oregon, and Michigan, as well as from Croatia and Honduras. They were one of our very best groups and it was difficult to say goodbye!
Interns participated in community activities around Goldsboro, worked side-by-side with the farm manager and apprentices on the Small Farm Unit, attended lectures and discussions on nearly every topic related to sustainable agriculture, and went on field trips to see examples of North Carolina’s thriving local and sustainable food movement.
Interns also participated in a diversity of faculty-mentored research experiences on topics including soil ecology, outdoor swine production, agroforestry, high tunnel production, cover crops, sunflower production, weed identification in the long-term systems unit, and community food systems development. Their final presentations will be available on the CEFS website soon.
For more information on next year’s internship program, please contact Lisa Forehand or keep an eye on our posted internships.
From the August 2012 E-Newsletter