Summer 2009

LGE held its 3rd annual Summer Internship from July 1 – August 13th. 15 students from our school-based program helped create what we feel has been our most productive summer to date. Over 6 weeks the interns learned public speaking, teaching, leadership and teamwork skills while leading over 200 youth through hands-on gardening activities and hosting nutrition education and food demonstration tables at farmers markets and an outdoor health fair. They learned organizational, marketing, and customer service skills at our profitable once per week farmers market. They also learned carpentry skills, honed their art skills and cooked for each other once per week. This year also featured once per week career building workshops for the participating interns.

As LGE evolves it branches more and more into the surrounding community all the while giving our youth the opportunity to develop an array of skills that they can take with them to college and the workplace.

As 2009 summer intern Ashley Rivera so succinctly puts it, “We learn as we teach.”

Harvesting in the Garden.

Group lunch featuring freshly picked vegetables.

Surveying at a Local Farmers Market.

Healthy Eating Workshops for Teen Groups.