Seed Saving Internship in India
Name: Anelyse Weiler
Region and Resource Specializations: South Asia (India) and sustainable agriculture.
International Experience: I visited South India with my Mum when I was 15 and have been planning my return ever since.
Where: For my GRS exchange, I plan to complete a seed saving internship with a small-scale farmer’s collective in India’s Western Ghats. The internship position might also entail working with an forest garden educational project in Goa.
When: January 2011
Length of Placement: 4 months
Organization or School: Vanastree
Description: A small-scale farmer’s collective in the northern Karnataka, India: http://ie3global.ous.edu/positions/vanastree/
Recommended courses: APBI 200, Introduction to Soil Science with Dr. Maja Krzic; Permaculture Design Certificate (based at the UBC Farm) with James Richardson (in the fall 2010, this is intended to be offered as a university credit course, and you can also gain credit for it as a Directed Studies course).
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