The Sterling Farm is offering up to six 12 week, 32-hour per week, 6-credit internships focused on managing different aspects of our diversified farm. The internships begin on May 15 and end on Aug 14, with a one week break. All interns are eligible for free room and board at the Farm. Applications are accepted beginning February 15th.
Students in this internship will be engaged in all aspects of crop production on the Sterling Farm across the summer growing season. Activities will include soil preparation, fertility management, cultivation, weed/crop ecology, pest and disease management, crop, rotation, and harvest planning, and harvest, and post harvest handling.
Course Faculty
Gwyneth Harris
Gwyneth has been gardening for as long as she can remember, and got her first livestock (a goat named “Creamy”) at the age of 5. Thirty-five years later, she still finds…