The Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship

True Leaf Market is proud to support the agricultural sciences. Each year, we offer two $1000 scholarships to college students involved in the agricultural sciences. We encourage students in both graduate and undergraduate programs to apply for this scholarship, which will allow them to showcase the skills and knowledge they’ve learned in their agriculture-related field. We want applicants to demonstrate their knowledge with confidence while fulfilling the requirements for this scholarship. Overall, our aim is to encourage students to exercise what they have learned while bettering the world around them. We offer scholarships to students in these plant science related disciplines:

• Horticulture
• Botany
• Agriculture
• Landscape Architecture
• All Other Plant Science related disciplines

Learn more and apply at https://www.trueleafmarket.com/pages/scholarships

Applications due by July 31, 2020

Lallemand Forward - Animal Nutrition Scholarship

Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America, is proud to announce for the fifth year, that it will provide the Lallemand Forward scholarship to help support future generations of animal agriculture.

Two, $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to fulltime undergraduate students in the United States, Mexico or Canada pursuing a degree in an agricultural field.

Undergraduate Guidelines:

• Must be a full-time student, pursuing a four-year degree in an agricultural program, including, but not limited to: Animal Science, Agribusiness, Crop Science, Livestock Management, Dairy Science, Ag Education, Agriculture Marketing, etc. 
• Must have a minimum of 60 credit hours (junior status) 
• Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (must provide official or unofficial transcripts) 
• Must complete and submit Lallemand Forward Scholarship application 
• All applications must be submitted in English 
• Must submit a 300 to 500 word essay answering ONE of the following questions: Essays will be assessed on grammar, creativity, originality and addressing the question completely. 
• Explain what you think is the importance of agriculture in today’s society. 
• Name one issue facing the production agriculture industry today and explain it’s effect on the industry. 
• What do you believe are the most significant changes agriculture producers must make in the next 5 years and why?

Due August 7, 2020. 

Click HERE to access the application PDF. 

Lemelson - MIT Student Prize

The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize honors promising collegiate inventors around the country. 

The Student Prize is open to teams of undergraduate students and individual graduate students who have technology-based inventions in categories that represent significant sectors of the economy: healthcare, food/water and agriculture, transportation and mobility, and consumer devices and products.

Initial Application Deadline: Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:59pm ET

The 2021 Student Prize application is now open. All updated details about the 2021 eligibility requirements and application process are listed at https://lemelson.mit.edu/studentprize

Volunteer with Crossroads Farmers Market

Crossroads Farmers Market in Takoma Park, Maryland, is a lively community gathering space for people of all backgrounds and incomes, where families, foodies, neighbors, gardeners, live-music fans, and coffee lovers meet every Wednesday afternoon to eat lunch and stock up on fresh ingredients for the week ahead. This producers-only farmers market features a range of vendors selling fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, honey, coffee, flowers and plants, Central American herbs like chipilín, and tasty prepared foods, as well as food demos and tastings, kids’ activities, live music, free health screenings, and other seasonal events like our annual Halloween Spooktacular and pre-Thanksgiving Fun Before the Feast. On average, produce travels just 72 miles from area farms to our market, and our vendors collectively cultivate 622 agricultural acres of fresh food.

Crossroads Farmers Market was founded in 2007 to make fresh, healthy food more affordable and more accessible to residents of the Takoma/Langley Crossroads community. To help increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables, we gladly accept all federal nutrition benefits: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps); Women, Infants, and Children Fruit and Vegetable Checks (WIC FVC); Senior/WIC FMNP (Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks); and DC WIC. Not only was Crossroads Farmers Market the first farmers market in Maryland to accept these benefits, but also it was the first farmers market in the country to launch a “double dollar” incentive program to match them.

They are currently looking for student volunteers. If interested, contact Robin Hernandez: Healthy Eating Program Manager rhernandez@crossroadscommunityfoodnetwork.org

Deadline Extension for Veterans Scholarship Application

"Due to the disruptions to the Spring semester caused by COVID-19, the Office of Veteran Student Life is extending the deadline to apply for UMD Veterans Scholarships until the end of June. If you have not submitted an application, please do so by this new deadline. If you have already submitted an application, you may use this extra time to review it and resubmit, if you desire. We strongly encourage all student veterans to apply. You may access the application here: go.umd.edu/VetScholarship The deadline to submit is Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 11:59 PM. Please email David Reese at dmreese@umd.edu if you have any questions."

Grateful Gardeners Internship

Grateful Gardeners Farm is a small organic cut flower farm in the AG reserve of Montgomery County. They are always looking for help on the farm with planting, irrigation, plant and pest management, harvesting and many other tasks. They are also running an aquaponics study and a double blind study on an algae based fertilizer that hasn’t hit the market yet. These would be additional opportunities for a student to learn beyond the day to day grind of flower farming, but to experience some floriculture research as well. 

Ideally the student can devote 10-20 hours per week. For more information and to apply, contact gratefulgardeners2018@gmail.com 

The Farm at Our House Internship

The Farm at Our House is a 12 acre, organically-certified vegetable farm in Brookeville, MD currently looking for interns. Summer interns work side by side with the Farm Manager and Apprentices in marketing, production and to a lesser degree administration. No previous farming experience is required, but a strong desire to learn is obligatory.  Interns receive free professional development opportunities in the form of farm visits and on the job tutorials.

Interested applicants should forward resume, cover letter, and two references to Marc
at thefarmatourhouse@gmail.com or call 202-412-5698 for more information.

Center for Growing Talent - Virtual Career Panel

Greetings!

As your spring semester winds down, please join the Center for Growing Talent for a Virtual Career Panel, where produce industry leaders will provide career search advice for this unusual “COVID -19 job market”. ALL graduates can benefit from this panel and the tips they will provide.

Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020Time: 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time/3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Panelists for this webinar will include:

• Satri Alpine, Director of Talent and Culture, The Oppenheimer Group
• Howard Nager, VP of Business Development/Marketing, Progressive Produce
• Javier Quintero, Early Career Programs Manager, Driscoll's
• Kori Tuggle, VP Marketing and Product Development, Braga Fresh Family Farms
• Tim Cunniff, Co-Founder/Executive VP Sales and Marketing, Little Leaf Farms

You must register in advance for this panel session:

https://pma.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sGhVBc9uTqyP5myZAhPVAA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Career Panel.

Soleado Lavender Farm Internship

Soleado Lavender Farm in Dickerson MD is hiring summer interns. If you are interested, contact soleado.lavender@gmail.com 

House in the Woods Farm Internship

House in the Woods Farm is an organic CSA (community supported agriculture) farm in Frederick County hiring interns for the summer.

• gain hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture strategies, crop rotations, drip irrigation, organic pest and weed control strategies, and hoophouse crops
• grow seedlings from seed and transplant into the garden and hoophouse
• help harvest and set up for CSA pickups
• help with environmental education events for members of the community, getting tots to grown-ups involved on the farm
• be part of an exciting summer harvest team
• learn the inner workings of CSA and organic farming

For more information and to apply, click here.

Chicken of the Woods Permaculture Farm Internship

Chicken of the Woods focuses on permaculture ethics of earth care, people care and closing waste loops on a 5 acre organic low-till suburban family farm in Darnestown, MD surrounded by Seneca Creek State Park. They operate a year-round hyperlocal Pastured Egg CSA, grow hemp and vegetables on biointensive raised beds and have nearly completed construction on a 30'x72' high tunnel for year-round use. Intern activities include organic market gardening, artisanal hemp production, composting, strawbale and other light construction and care of pastured chickens and goats. Additionally, opportunities are available to work with intermediate students on a nearby Montessori Student-run Organic Farm. For more information about this internship, click here.

Food Hub Assistant Position Opening

Dreaming Out Loud, Inc. is a DC-based nonprofit with a mission to create economic opportunities in low-income communities through the development of a healthy, equitable food system. They are currently hiring for a Food Hub assistant position and may have other positions available during the season. Please inquire about openings with opportunity@dreamingoutloud.org if you are interested. 

Bright Futures Scholarship - Summer 2020

The Bright Futures Initiative awards students with need-based scholarships ranging from $100-$1,000 to help offset expenses incurred during unpaid internships with non-profit organizations and government agencies.  

APP OPENING: Monday, April 6, 2020 at 5 p.m.
APP DEADLINE: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Access to the Application: go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

Eligible Candidates 

All registered University of Maryland, College Park undergraduate students returning to campus for the fall 2020 semester, who have an internship for summer 2020, are eligible to apply. Graduating seniors (May 2020 & August 2020) are not eligible. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors graduating in December 2020 and to those who have not previously received an award.  In order for a student's internship to qualify for funding support, it must satisfy the following criteria:

• Unpaid on-campus or off-campus internship with a non-profit organization or government agency
• Offered during the summer and completed by the start of fall semester
• Supervised by a professional in the field

To Apply:  go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

Submission Deadline: Monday, May 18 at 5 p.m.

Questions?

Visit go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

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If not addressed on the above website, contact:

Maddy McCaslinUniversity Career Center & The President's Promise
mmccasl1@umd.edu

The Bright Futures Initiative is generously funded by the Eisen Family, the University Career Center & The President's Promise, the University of Maryland Parent & Family Association, and individual donors through Maryland Giving Day

Farmers Market Helper Position

Good Dog Farm is hiring a helper for their farmers market stand at the Bel Air Farmers Market this year. The market runs from 7:00-11:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings starting May 16th. To apply, email them your resume at info@gooddogfarmmd.com. 

Hungry Harvest Job Openings

Hungry Harvest has about 30 positions currently open, with several in Baltimore and Jessup, MD. Click here to view their careers page, where job descriptions are constantly being updated.