summer sprout! internship

with FRESH New London

Where?

• The most of the time is spent working with FRESH in New London and the surrounding community.
• When not working for them, time will be spent tending to the Sprout! Garden on campus

What will you do for FRESH?

• FRESH = Food Resources Education Security Health
• Possible positions: Assistant Manager under Laura Burfoot, farmer, and/or crew leader
• Learning: you will learn about the 5 issues that FRESH tackles and how to teach the skills you learn to high school age youth
• Do: farm, teach youths about the 5 issues that FRESH tackles, and how to apply them
• Participate in: public meals, cooking, and the mobile market

What will you do for Sprout!?

• Use the organic farming knowledge learned from FRESH and apply it to the garden
• Maintain the garden by weeding and watering
• Harvest vegetables and herbs
• Distribute vegetables to Dining Services and Fiddleheads
• Work with Jim Luce who would serve as an on-campus advisor for the garden

Typical week?

(Not less than 50% of time spent with FRESH will be working at their garden)

• 2 days at Waterford Country School “outdoor classroom” working with youths at the garden.
• 1 or 2 days harvesting
• 1 day Mobile Market
• 1 floating day
• Free time spent at Sprout! Garden
• Intern will be reporting to Arthur Lerner, Director of FRESH New London
• Intern will work a total of 320 hours.

Skills Learned:

• Organic agriculture
• The 5 issues important to FRESH and to Sprout!: Food Resources Education Security Health
• Teaching high school students
• Leadership

Additionally, the intern will complete a proposal prior to internship following CELS guidelines.

For more information, e-mail Cara Donovan or contact the CELS office.

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