Curious Beginnings
Eva Bonta, Spring 2018 The independent study I am taking under Leslie Pillen, and the project that I am helping advance had curious beginnings. In fall of 2017, I toured the Student Farm as part of a class I was taking on the global agri-food system, Geography 430. I...
Community: A Place and a Feeling
By: Tiana Williams, sophomore, Community, Environment, and Development Major My favorite thing about this internship so far is the way it has allowed me to connect to people. It gives me the chance to talk to people I normally would not come across and to connect with...
The Disconnect Between Consumers and Food
By: Alex Washesky, junior, Agribusiness Management Today, we live in a day and age where we don’t really think much about where the food that we eat comes from. Food is in abundance in all of our stores, it’s given away for free at events, it gets thrown away in...
Developing Leadership
By: Luther Coe, freshman, Agriculture, Penn State Altoona With acquiring this internship, I hope to obtain a greater understanding of the Student Farm and the process it takes for one to be successful. Thus, the production techniques, involvement with the CSA, and...