Students: Apply Now for the 2018 NCGT Local Food Supply Chain Apprenticeship
Gain experience related to local food systems and supply chains while working with the organizations that are making food systems change happen in North Carolina!
NCGT Apprentices Have Real World Impact at Seal the Seasons
When Claire McLendon accepted NC Growing Together's summer Local Food Supply Chain Apprenticeship in 2016, she had no idea it would actually lead to a two-summer apprenticeship and then a full-time job.
NCGT Apprentice Katelyn Bailey, Small Business and Technology Development Center
August 2017 -- Katelyn Bailey is from Trinity, NC and is currently studying Horticulture at NC State University. Katelyn has brought her knowledge of the agriculture industry to her mentor organization, the Small Business and Technology Development Center at UNC-Pembroke, which focuses on business counseling services. As an apprentice, she has been helping to develop a [...]
NCGT Apprentice Ben Herndon, Foster-Caviness
August 2017 -- Ben Herndon grew up on his family's farm in Parkton, NC, and worked there until he started college at NC State. He is now a rising junior, majoring in Poultry Science and minoring in Music. He came to the apprenticeship with substantial production experience in raising poultry, sheep, and cows, and also [...]
NCGT Apprentice Maria Vollmer, FreshPoint
August 2017 -- Maria Vollmer recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Environmental Policy and Planning. She is interested in the intersection of food and sustainability, and especially in food waste reduction. She was excited to be placed with FreshPoint this summer because of her interest in corporate sustainability. Maria is passionate [...]
NCGT Apprentice Kate Ford, Polk County Agricultural Economic Development Center
August 2017 -- Kate is a rising senior at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, majoring in Environmental Science and Public Policy. She first became interested in agriculture while doing environmental conservation projects in South America during a gap year between high school and college. While in Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina, she worked on [...]
NCGT Apprentice Chase McCurry, Onslow County Cooperative Extension
August 2017 -- Chase is a rising sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill, studying business. He has lived most of his life in Jacksonville, NC, where both his parents retired from the military after being stationed at Camp Lejeune. He recognizes that most people with military affiliations live their lives moving from place to place, and [...]
NCGT Apprentice Casey Auch, Feast Down East
August 2017 -- Casey Auch is a rising senior at UNC-Wilmington, studying English and Professional Writing. Early in her college career Casey got involved in environmental activism, and soon turned her attention to local food because it unites her interests in community development and environmental protection. Last summer she interned with The Lord's Acre, a [...]
NCGT Apprentice Molly Riddle, TRACTOR Food and Farms
August 2017 -- Molly Riddle is a native of Burnsville, NC and currently attends Brevard College, where she is majoring in Environmental Studies with a focus on Sustainable Agriculture. Her interest in agriculture began when she participated in a 4-H program as a senior in high school. She recently started a student group at Brevard [...]
NCGT Apprentice Shannon Herlihy, TRACTOR Food and Farms
August 2017 -- Shannon Herlihy is a rising senior at UNC-Asheville. She is majoring in Environmental Studies, minoring in Health and Wellness, and has designed her own concentration focusing on Food, Land, and Community. Growing up outside of Baltimore, MD, Shannon was not exposed to farms or farmers, but developed an interest in agriculture after [...]