The National Outdoor Leadership School seeks an on-site intern to help operate the Garden Project during the late spring and early summer of 2002. The intern must have an interest and experience in horticulture and ability to work with others. The intern will be working under and learning from the Garden Project Coordinator. Compensation to be arranged and personalized according to the applicant situation, such as room and board (tent housing), or a stipend for an in-town person, or specific arrangements through a university program for credit. In 1999, NOLS started The Garden Project to grow fresh produce for our students and staff, as well as flowers for the grounds. Since there is a great deal of expense and energy needed to ship items to Alaska, the purpose of the NOLS Garden Project is to grow our own greens, vegetables, and herbs. By growing them, we can maximize food nutrition and minimize energy costs of shipping, purchase, and packaging. The Garden Project aims to promote soil health for the long term, and raise food with optimum nutrition. Harvest is immediate for freshness and eliminates the packaging and shipping of an outside purchase. We use organic methods. Sustainability is the goal. Compost production on the site minimizes the need for outside inputs. 

INTERESTED? PLEASE CONTACT

Don Ford, Director
National Outdoor Leadership School, Alaska Branch
907-745-4047
don_ford@alaska.nols.edu

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