Submitted by Monica on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:59am.
The Agrarian Adventure is offering a currently seeking a school garden summer intern. This internship with The Agrarian Adventure is a great opportunity to get involved if you have a strong interest in helping youth learn about where their food comes from, through helping support hands-on learning experiences growing, tending, harvesting and eating fresh foods. This intern will be an important part of helping to integrate all that a school garden has to offer, by enriching and extending classroom learning, and helping to build strong community involvement in sustaining these efforts in schools.
We are ideally looking for someone with experience and background in youth education, volunteer coordination, and agriculture. However, a committed candidate with strong skills in some of these areas will be considered. This intern will participate on behalf of the organization in the newly developing Tappan Garden Committee, a joint committee of the Tappan PTSO and The Agrarian Adventure.
This is a paid opportunity with responsibilities in four primary project areas: