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Big Red Farm Assistant

The Lawrenceville School

Date Posted February 21, 2023
Location Lawrenceville, NJ
Category Agriculture / Education
Job type Part-Time

Company description

Founded in 1810, The Lawrenceville School, one of the country’s premier independent schools, is located in central New Jersey, five miles south of Princeton, 55 miles south of New York City, and 40 miles north of Philadelphia. A welcoming community with students from more than 30 states and nearly 40 countries, the School serves students in grades nine through post-graduate. Lawrenceville employs the Harkness method of learning, stimulating thoughtful inquiry and debate. Across academic, residential, and co-curricular settings, Lawrenceville challenges a diverse community to lead lives of learning, integrity, and high purpose, inspiring the best in each to seek the best for all.

Internship description

The mission of the Lawrenceville School's Big Red Farm is to enrich our community by growing nutritious food that connects hands, heads, and hearts to the land. In the words of Lawrenceville alumnus Aldo Leopold (class of 1905), we seek to instill in students a Land Ethic that "enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land."

The Big Red Farm helps ensure that the School meets the experiential learning goals of our strategic plan. Led by dedicated faculty and staff with experience in farming, gardening, and experiential education, the Big Red Farm empowers students to make sense of outdoor learning by turning the Farm into another Lawrenceville classroom. Opportunities abound for gaining a deep understanding of sustainable agriculture through participation, dialogue, and reflection.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $20/hr +

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