at the Center of Agroecology
Agency Sponsor: Ximena Moura, xmoura@ucsc.edu
# of Interns:
- Spring 2025: Sponsoring 2 interns enrolling in ENVS 84.
This is an unpaid internship.
Agency Description:
The Community Herb Garden (CHG) is a space within the Center for Agroecology, and located at the UCSC Farm. It is a healing space that centers Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students and provides meaningful opportunities to steward and connect with plants, while fostering a safe space for sharing culturally significant and ancestral plant knowledge. The CHG aims to continue its vital work in increasing access to important medicinal, cultural, and spiritual plants for the student community and beyond.
Intern Responsibilities:
Community Herb Garden Interns will support the growth and development of the Community Herb Garden. Interns will assist with a variety of stewardship care such as: developing signage and educational information for various plantings in the Community Herb Garden, research, community outreach and engagement, planting, weeding, watering, seed sovereignty work with the Demeter Seed Library and more. Since this space focuses on community building and engagement a large portion of this internship will take place during community workdays.
Location: The Community Herb Garden at the UCSC Farm
Key Words: Agroecology/Food Systems, Enviro Justice/Social Movements