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Paid Internship at Manhattan Country School Farm
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Started this discussion. Last reply by april morris Aug 15, 2012.

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Paid Internship at Manhattan Country School Farm

The Farm-Based Education Internship is a one- or two-semester internship at the Manhattan Country School's award-winning sustainable farm in the Catskills Mountains. The Farm-Based Educational Intern works with students, ages 8-14, who raise and prepare their own food, learn to make cloth from the Farm's wool, and explore the natural world around the Farm. They also confront regional food and energy issues while learning to live together interdependently.The Intern works alongside visiting…See More

Aug 2, 2012

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Organization Name: Manhattan Country School Farm

City: Roxbury

State: NY

Zip Code: 12474

Current Position Title:: Farm Director

Website:: http://www.manhattancountryschool.org

Vision and hopes for the fast-growing movement of farm-based education?: That eventually the principles we espouse, of involving children in producing their own food, fuel and fiber, will become part of "Education" so that we will no longer have to call ourselves "farm-based."

What is your favorite childhood farm or garden memory?: Walking in a Missouri field with my great uncle Earl as he picked up a handful of soil and held it reverently and a little proudly in his hand.

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Agritourism/Farm-based Education Focus Group at Woodstock, VT

May 20, 2013 from 12:30pm to 3:30pm

Join a focus group conversation on the best practices in hosting visitors on Vermont farms. These conversations are kicking off a three-year project coordinated by the Vermont Farms Association and Shelburne Farms. With your help, the project will establish best practices for Vermont agritourism and will supply resources and technical assistance to farmers who are looking to offer…See More

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Grafting tomatoes plants for commercial growers

Skip and Silas Paul have been grafting tomatoes for over a decade years at Wishing Stone Farm in …See More

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Cultivating Joy & Wonder: an early childhood guidebook of activites for exploring the natural world

Cultivating Joy and Wonder Educating for Sustainability in Early Childhood Through Nature, Food, and Community is a Project Seasons for Early Learners publication of Shelburne Farms. Written by Emily Hoyler and Linda Wellings and designed by Holly Brough at Shelburne Farms, Cultivating Joy and Wonder brings Education for Sustainability into…See More

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Open Farm Sunday at The Wellbeing Farm

June 9, 2013 from 11am to 5pm

For the first time ever we are participating in Open Farm Sunday on Sunday 9th June - come along for cookery demos, craft stalls, sheep dog displays, meet the llamas and various other activities - more details to follow but please put the date in your diary! Open to all at no costs!A full day consisting of:a showcase of all our wonderful tutors and their courses,cookery demonstrations in our Cookery School,sheep dog trials,stalls selling local produce,animal petting,children's games and…See More

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Appetite for Adventure: Beekeeping Weekend Workshop at Red Bee Apiary

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