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Hill Farm Fruit and Vegetable Garden Internship

Kathryn Fontenot

Responsibilities/Duties:

  • Participate in data collection, installation and maintenance of the fruit and vegetable demonstration plots at the Hill Farm Teaching facility on LSU’s campus and other fruit and vegetable plots located at on farm trials and research stations throughout Louisiana.
    • Crops include but are not limited to blueberries, blackberries, figs, muscadines, tomatoes, cucurbits, peppers and cut flowers.
  • Assist with creating video content and extension publications for the LSU AgCenter’s vegetable web portal.
  • Assist with small workshops and programs related to fruit and vegetable extension activities such as 4H University programs, garden club and Master Gardener programs, etc.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience Needed:

  • A sincere interest in working in vegetable and fruit gardens and orchards.
  • The ability to work under hot conditions in the field.
  • The ability to upload photos and information to the webpage. Writing skills are a plus.
  • Communication skills. The person will be required to work in a team environment with peers and University faculty.
  • Work ethics is a must. Fruit and vegetable crops are very perishable. The selected candidate must prioritize this internship and be ready to work 40 hours a week with the fruit and vegetable team on the days and times needed to collect viable data. We work Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm.

Other Mentors:

The select interns may also work for a few days under the direction of Dr. Heather Kirk Ballard, Mr. Alessandro Holzapfel, Mr. Robert Mirabello, and Dr. David Picha as our fruit and vegetable research extends to these faculty.

Number of Interns Needed:

We would like to work with 1-3 interns.

Deliverables:

Student interns will help us collect data on ongoing fruit and vegetable trials. They will be co-authors on trial results papers. Students will also co-author extension publications related specifically to growing summer crops. Students will gain insight into how to set up field experiments, maintain plots, collect data, and publish research. We would like to teach students to use small equipment and even to drive a tractor. We will also have students assist graduate students with data collection on their projects so that the interns gain some insight into the life of a graduate student.

1/23/2024 2:59:39 PM
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