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Healthy Soil, Healthy Food, Healthy People
Rodale Institute
611 Siegfriedale Rd., Kutztown, PA 19530
Tel: (610) 683-1400 Fax: (610) 683-8548
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Promoting Organic Apple Production in Vermont
Position: Six month Internship
Merck Forest & Farmland Center is a nonprofit environmental education
organization on 2,800 acres in the Taconic Range in southwestern
Vermont. We are seeking an Intern for an Apple Project to research the
status of apple production in the region, develop a farmer to farmer
program to promote organic methods, plant an orchard and create
educational materials and programs.
The Intern will assist in: collecting and analyzing data from farmer and
other interviews, publicizing and coordinating on-farm field days and
demonstrations, conducting information searches, planning and planting
an on-site orchard, and developing educational materials.
Applicants should have a background in orchard management, with some
experience in apple production. Experience in journalism is desirable,
computer experience is required. $6.50/hour, full-time. Start date May
15-25, 1996. Send cover letter, resume, 3 references to:
Farm Coordinator
Merck Forest & Farmland Center
PO Box 86
Rte. 315
Rupert, VT 05768. (802) 394-7836