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Re: Farm Internships
Kirsten,
The Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) at the
National Agricultural Library (NAL) in Beltsville, MD, USA, compiles
*Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture*,
which contains internship opportunities as well as university-type
programs in sustainable agriculture. The most recent edition was
released in December 1996. You can request it in print, or it is posted
on the WWW (see information below).
Other lists of internships are maintained
by ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas)
1-800-346-9140; P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72702;
and by The Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association (610-935-7797);
P.O. Box 550, Kimberton, PA 19442.
Below is contact information for AFSIC (e-mail requests are encouraged):
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
This and other similar publications (See the List of Information Products
at any of these sites) are available free of charge from:
WWW: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/AltFarm
or http://www.nal.usda.gov
select Answers to Your Questions
select Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
Gopher gopher.nal.usda.gov
select NAL Information Centers
select Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
Orders for publications can be made by e-mail: afsic@nal.usda.gov
Phone : (301) 504-6559
FAX : (301) 504-6409
Snail-mail:
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
There's a wealth of information available at these sites!
Andy Clark
SAN Coordinator
san@nal.usda.gov
On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Nadace FOA wrote:
> I am looking for an internship on an organic farm in Europe or the
> United States. Ideally, the program would be about 6 months long,
> over the 1997 production season. I would like to be on a farm with
> diverse production, especially vegetables, which works with some
> direct marketing of their produce (such as a CSA, farm stand or
> farmers' market). If any of you have information on such a program, I
> would appreciate contacts. Thank you.
>
> Kirsten Szykitka
> Foundation for Organic Agriculture
> Kubatova 1
> 102 00 Praha 10
> Czech Republic
> Phone: (42 2) 75 10 46
> Fax: (42 2) 68 49 107
>
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