Huertas is seeking motivated students to help coordinate and develop the program for the 2016 season!
https://huertas.w3.uvm.edu/
https://www.facebook.com/HuertasVT
About
Huertas works with Mexican and Guatemalan farm workers living and working on rural dairy farms in Vermont to plant and maintain kitchen gardens to produce culturally familiar vegetables and herbs. Through the gardens and related activities, Huertas builds connections between community volunteers and Vermont’s Latino/a farmworkers, addressing issues of food security and access, while also building cross-cultural relationships.
This year, we are looking for two Field Interns and one Communications and Information Technology Intern for the Spring Semester!
Huertas is seeking motivated students to help coordinate and develop the program for the 2016 season!
About
Huertas works with Mexican and Guatemalan farm workers living and working on rural dairy farms in Vermont to plant and maintain kitchen gardens to produce culturally familiar vegetables and herbs. Through the gardens and related activities, Huertas builds connections between community volunteers and Vermont’s Latino/a farmworkers, addressing issues of food security and access, while also building cross-
cultural relationships. This year, we are looking for two Field Interns and one Communications and Information Technology Intern! With support and guidance, Field Interns will develop, coordinate and plant gardens together with participating migrant farmworkers. The student will commit to the full Spring semester, completing a variety of activities, including but not limited to: contacting former and potential participants to identify what they want to grow, coordinating donations through greenhouses and community volunteers, making field visits and doing outreach projects with farmworkers, and supporting the distribution and planting of starts and seeds. The ideal candidate has garden experience, is proficient in Spanish and English, has a car with Vermont plates, and is interested in a unique opportunity to create positive change. The Communications and Information Technology Intern will help with publicity for the project, including maintaining the blog and website, helping develop outreach materials, assisting with maintaining information and data systems, and entering gardener survey data. This is a great opportunity for someone to develop skills in communications and data management!
The students selected for this project can earn independent study credit in Anthropology or work study hours. Interested students should send a letter of interest and resume to huertas@uvm.edu
https://www.facebook.com/HuertasVT
Internship Information Session:
Tuesday, November 17th at 5pm, Williams Hall #511
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Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland
Migrant Health Coordinator
Bridges to Health/Puentes a la Salud
Office: 802-524-6501 x 447
Fax: 802-524-6062
Email: nwolcott@uvm.edu
Address: 278 South Main Street, Suite 2
St. Albans, Vermont 05478-1866
https://www.uvm.edu/extension/
https://www.uvm.edu/extension/agriculture/faccp/