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pre-LINK thoughts

WINTER: I am so excited that I get to do an internship! I have just decided that I want to work on a farm and I think that my project could be making something that we would sell at the farmers market with the produce. I am nervous about contacting mentors but I know it will work out.

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SPRING: I have secured my internship at Adobe House Farms, now I am just waiting to move back to Durango, CO. I am currently at my parent's house in Fayetteville, NC. I came back home to visit my family over spring break and have been stuck here for the remainder of the school year due to COVID-19. I am so eager to set foot on the farm and learn what it's all about!

LINK internship

Animas sends all of their Juniors out into the world for a 3-week 'leading internship for new knowledge' every year . For in depth information or to contact the LINK coordinator Janae Hunderman please visit ahsinternships.weebly.com We spend 90-120 hours at the internship we selected and secured.

 

I had the honor to work at an organic farm in Hermosa Colorado called Adobe House. I wanted to work outside for my internship because I found that I was really comfortable and inspired outside. I worked with the civilian conservation corps the previous summer and it clicked  that I am meant to work outside. I decided to apply at organic farms because we had just finished studying the ethics of food in Humanities. My worldview was changed by this class; I saw the absolute necessity of eating sustainably and locally when possible.

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Lindley, Reid, and Pete at Adobe House welcomed me so warmly, planting, weeding, or harvesting- toiling over the rows I became closer friends with the farmers than many of the people I have gone to school with for 3 years. It is a beautiful thing to go back to an ancient way of life: farming with your fellow man. I connected with the pace of work and lifestyle so deeply that I know I want to be a farmer. To learn more about the farm click this! https://www.adobehousefarm.com/  

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Reid and Tim planting a row!

Reid, Lindley, and an intern show off their kale

I loved working on the farm but seeing the scale at which we were operating made me realize the enormity of the task of ethically feeding the world. We worked round the clock to grow food and all we produced was a few meals for a handful of people. I want everyone to be able to eat locally and sustainably and preferably without waste! So I relalized that I have to think big- really big- think global and that I have a lot more to learn where it comes to organizing people and money.

 

This realization has made me consider sustainable civil engineering as an alternative career path because I feel that it may have more impact. I am reluctant to pursue this however because I do love farming so so much. I suppose I will have to find out where the world takes me!

Reid and Grace Ann prepare the south field for tilling

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