Below is a listing of available internships. For more information please contact Lisa Forehand at: 919-513-0954 of lisa_forehand@ncsu.edu.

Because of the nature of agriculture research, there may be job opportunities for interns both before and after the internship (mid-May to mid-August). If you would be interested in a full summer position, please contact faculty mentors directly and inquire about these opportunities!

Interns will have the opportunity to become part of a promising new approach to growing organic tomatoes in the U.S.! Interns will play a key role in the management of organic tomato research plots at CEFS (i.e. staking, irrigation, pruning, harvesting). Learn first-hand about the use of grafting to improve heirloom tomato disease resistance and season extension. Be trained to perform disease identification and monitoring as well as assessments of plant growth via physiological measurements. Students will have the opportunity to assist with plant sampling and data collection in order to evaluate differences in the nutrient uptake between grafted and non-grafted plants. Opportunities exist to visit three other NC organic farms with collaborating research trials underway. If you are interested in improving your knowledge of experimental design and being a part of an interdisciplinary team of faculty, graduate students, farmers and other professionals please join us this summer!

An intern will have the opportunity to work in a long-term, large-scale, farming systems experiment that includes three agroecosystems (organic, conventional, integrated crop-animal) a , successional ecosystem and a plantation forestry/woodlot system. The intern will assist in scientific data collection and daily management of the Farming Systems Research Unit at CEFS. The intern will also have the opportunity to research and evaluate several methods for determining earthworm populations and to compare populations among the aforementioned systems as well as assist with the annual successional ecosystem species diversity assessment.

Intern to work on an applied research program in organic field crops. Most work will focus on organic corn and soybeans, with some work in cotton and peanuts.  Some independent work is required and ability to work as part of a larger field team is needed.  Field sites include Goldsboro, Plymouth, Kinston and on-farm locations. 

Please visit Dr. Reberg-Horton’s organic grains webpage for more information: http://www.organicgrains.ncsu.edu/

Market growers of eastern North Carolina are constantly seeking methods to capture the benefits provided by cover crops. With careful planning, organic growers often depend on adapted species to provide specific services such as weed suppression or nitrogen fixation. We will establish, manage and evaluate cover crop species in several on-going research projects conducted at CEFS. Students will also have the opportunity to work in the only long-term, large-scale, farming systems experiment in the US that includes organic, no-tillage, conventional, integrated crop-animal, and forestry/woodlot systems. If you enjoy seeing the results of your efforts in an active field environment, consider an internship working with cover crops.

For more information, please visit the following website:
CEFS Farming System Unit:
http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/farmingsys.htm

Student intern organic will have the opportunity to work in strawberry production and summer cover crop focusing on mycorrhizal fungi management.

More information on this workshop will be posted soon.

Dr. Steve Washburn

There will be the opportunity for a dairy-related animal project with the intern housed in Goldsboro. The specific project/student will be selected based on e-mail or in-person discussion with interested candidates.

Please visit the CEFS Dairy Unit Website for more information!