Youth Internship Program 

The Urban Farm Stands include a Youth Leadership Development internship program. Through this program, community youth (ages 14-18) receive training in farm stand operation and community leadership. This program focuses on providing the interns with knowledge of the benefits of fresh produce to overall health and disease prevention, as well as the differences in conventional and organic produce.

The involvement of youth interns will provide them with essential job skills and increased positive interaction with adults.  Youth are involved in community outreach and educating public officials and staff.

If you are between the ages of 14-18 and would like to apply for an internship, please contact Davida Douglas at davida@alchemistcdc.org or 916-204-8260.

Internships Available for College and University Students

Alchemist CDC regularly works with college and university students (pre and post-graduate) to offer them an exciting opportunity to work directly with community members. Students gain hands-on work and service experience, and Alchemist’s projects benefit greatly from the knowledge and enthusiasm of its interns.

Alchemist currently has two unpaid intern positions available for Urban Farm Stand Assistant. Click here for a more detailed job description.

To apply for an internship, please submit your resume via email to: davida@alchemistcdc.org

Greenway Village Youth Interns: Breyon Wilkins and Houa Yang

River Garden Estates Youth Intern: Wendy Noriega

Alkali Flat Youth interns: Jared Borchers (pictured here) and Zachary Johnson

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Urban Farm Stand Youth attend an educational field trip to
Soil Born Farms’ American River Ranch www.soilborn.org

On September 6th, the Urban Farm Stand Youth Interns and Community Organizers visited Soil Born Farms to learn about organic and urban agriculture, farm stand operations and food security issues.
A walking tour of the farm was led by Marco Franciosa, Soil Born Farms Director.

Tomatoes drying in the sun	Marco explains organic agriculture techniques	Interns observe how Soil Born Farms operates their on-site farm stand
Marco points out where on the vine that pumpkin fruits grow	We learned about the proper temperatures for storing produce and the interns finally got to see where our produce is stored before being shipped to our farm stands	Interns and organizers had an opportunity to taste cherry tomatoes picked from the vine.
Youth interns venture out into the fields to learn first hand about organic growing	Bell pepper growing at Soil Born Farm	Marco instructs the group about growing plants from seed