BEC Success Stories
Amazing Interns!
Intern: Denali Hill
Host: Elizabeth Powell, High Altitude Harvest
Project Facts:
50 hours invested in local small scale farm & community supported agriculture consortium
Crop data base created
Seeing Possibilities:
Taking Action:
Denali worked with founder of High Altitude Harvest, Elizabeth Powell, who a decade ago, was a farm intern herself. Denali learned the process of sustainable agriculture including composting, planting, harvesting and connecting to local communities. “I realized how much labor goes into creating food,” she confesses after a 50 hours spent on the farm. “The experience made me feel part of a bigger system.”
Denali’s main take-aways:
“After this experience I an thinking of becoming an activist and spreading the love of small agriculture.” Denali Hill
Intern: Denali Hill
Host: Elizabeth Powell, High Altitude Harvest
Project Facts:
50 hours invested in local small scale farm & community supported agriculture consortium
Crop data base created
Seeing Possibilities:
- Realized how much labor goes into creating food
- Appreciation for connection to community
- The host’s belief in growing the next generation of farmers
Taking Action:
Denali worked with founder of High Altitude Harvest, Elizabeth Powell, who a decade ago, was a farm intern herself. Denali learned the process of sustainable agriculture including composting, planting, harvesting and connecting to local communities. “I realized how much labor goes into creating food,” she confesses after a 50 hours spent on the farm. “The experience made me feel part of a bigger system.”
Denali’s main take-aways:
- Appreciation for food
- Connection to community
- Necessity for environmental stewards
“After this experience I an thinking of becoming an activist and spreading the love of small agriculture.” Denali Hill
“The experience of working on a farm really seemed to have a big impact on Denali and her understanding of food systems. That’s very gratifying, to see her get excited and to pass along an experience similar to those I had volunteering on my first farms.”
Elizabeth Powell
High Altitude Harvest
Elizabeth Powell
High Altitude Harvest