{"id":2144,"date":"2023-03-07T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:17:25","slug":"student-worker-small-farm-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/student-worker-small-farm-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Worker (Small Farm Program)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UMES Extension<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark>Overview: <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Maryland Eastern Shore 1890 Extension Administrator<br>is working with the Small Farm Program to develop internship<br>opportunities for undergraduates majoring in the field of agriculture<br>and\/or natural sciences. The purpose is to create awareness and<br>educational career opportunities for students by exposing them to the<br>broad spectrum of agricultural extension services involved with helping<br>farmers address the many challenges associated with operating a farm<br>operation successfully. Student Interns will work closely with the Small<br>Farm Program Coordinator and Extension Specialists to gain experiential<br>learning experiences that focus on but not limited to: farm production,<br>marketing, financial, alternative agriculture and other issues that pertain<br>to the overall management of a farm business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark>Reports to:<\/mark> 1890 Extension Administrator\/ Small Farm Program\u00a0Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark><br>Job Description:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Work with UMES Small Farm Farm Extension Staff actives associated with<br>planting, cultivating, harvesting, and marketing of select crops. Assist in<br>organizing\/setting up equipment and indoor\/outdoor facilities in<br>preparation for annual events sponsored by the Small Farms Program<br>(Twilight Field Demonstrations, Workshops, Agriculture Field Day, Small<br>Farm Conference, Farm Tours, etc\u2026). Perform general administrative<br>services support to include (but not limited to): organizing and<br>maintaining hard copy and electronic reader files for easy access,<br>workspace management, collecting and analyzing farmer evaluation<br>forms, updating client database list, and other related duties as assigned.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark>Qualifications:<\/mark> Undergraduate level student majoring in Agriculture or Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark>Pay Rate:<\/mark> $13.25 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark>Flexible hours<\/mark>: Days and Hours<br>Available: Flexible. Monday through Friday<br>Maximum Hours per Week = 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMES Extension University of Maryland Eastern Shore Overview: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore 1890 Extension Administratoris working with the Small Farm Program to develop internshipopportunities for undergraduates majoring in the field of agricultureand\/or natural sciences. The purpose is to create awareness andeducational career opportunities for students by exposing them to thebroad spectrum of agricultural&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/student-worker-small-farm-program\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Student Worker (Small Farm Program)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[14],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-job-board"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}