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ATTRA Interns List 2000 now online



Greetings from ATTRA, on this Full Moon Winter Solstice! 

Since 1989, ATTRA has published an annual update to the 
Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships list. 

The Year 2000 edition is completed and now available in print 
and electronic formats.  

Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships
http://www.attra.org/attra-rl/intern.html

The ATTRA "Interns" list, as it is commonly known, is a popular 
networking tool for farmers and interns looking to make connections,
and should be especially helpful as people make plans for the upcoming
growing season in the new millenium. 

In this latest edition, roughly two dozen new farm listings have been
acquired from the "Educational and Training Opportunities in
Sustainable Agriculture" publication compiled by USDA's Alternative
Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC).  By cooperative agreement,
ATTRA will in the future maintain this list of farm-based internships
and AFSIC will focus on university-based programs. To contact AFSIC,
go to http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/index.html

The update is 71 pages long, with over 200 entries describing farms
and training centers offering internships and apprenticeships in
organic farming and sustainable agriculture.  

In addition, the Interns list provides an interesting glimpse into
farm work and characteristics of small farm agriculture in the United
States because the farm descriptions were written by the farmers
themselves. 

As an example, several dozen farms in the list are now organized as
CSA's.  You can also read about CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance
for Farmer Training), which is a collection of twelve farms in the
Northeastern states that offer fortnightly seminars accompanied by
farm tours in addition to on-farm training received by the apprentices
during the work week.  

Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships is compiled 
by Katherine Adam, ATTRA Information Specialist.

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
P.O. Box 3657 
Fayetteville, AR 72702
1-800-346-9140 
8:30am-4:30pm CST
http://www.attra.org