by Ava Klink | Nov 21, 2023 | Intern Stories, Student Stories
Hello! My name is Nicholas Hohn, and I am one of the for-credit interns with the Student Farm for this fall semester. I am a Supply Chain and Information Systems major with a minor in Sustainability Leadership. I am originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, and spent...
by Ava Klink | Jul 31, 2023 | Intern Stories, Student Stories
Hi everyone! My name is Awanti Desai and I am an intern at the student farm for summer 2023. I am an Economics major with a minor in Sustainability Leadership. I am from California and transferred from World Campus to University Park this past spring. Prior to...
by Ava Klink | May 8, 2023 | Intern Stories, Student Stories
Hey everyone, my name is Zach Raugh and I am an intern for the Student Farm for the 2023 growing season! I am currently a sophomore double majoring in Community, Environment, and Development & Political Science. I grew up in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, which is...
by Ava Klink | Jan 2, 2023 | Academics, Farm, Intern Stories, Student Farm Club, Student Stories
As a new growing season approaches, the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm is preparing for another year of supporting the campus food system. While the farm can produce over 16,000 pounds of produce each year, there is more to the four-acre farm than sustainable...
by Ava Klink | Jul 24, 2022 | Intern Stories, Student Stories
Hi everyone! My name is Hope Nicholson and I am a new 2022 intern at the Student Farm. I am a freshman majoring in Community, Environment, and Development. I am also planning to minor in Earth and Sustainability. Growing up, I was surrounded by nature. My family and I...
by Ava Klink | Jun 27, 2022 | Intern Stories
I knew it was time to get new work shoes when I almost tackled Hope. Hope was perched on a broadfork to my left, lifting and loosening the soil. A broadfork is simple, useful, and brutal. As soon as my fellow interns and I saw Darin Ripp, Farm Education &...
