The Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture provides Cornell undergraduate students across disciplines with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and understanding of natural ecosystems and to learn about ecological and social approaches to agricultural systems. 

The Lund Fellows Program provides students opportunities to gain applied experience working on an agroecological farm and contribute to the farm in meaningful and helpful ways, while learning about the process and considerations involved in managing such an enterprise.

We work to spread awareness about the value and mission of agroecological biodynamic, organic, regenerative, and sustainable approaches to farming, strengthen relationships between the university and local farms and provide assistance to small farms that could not otherwise fund summer internships. 

Host farms participating in the Lund Fellows Program were prioritized based on the following values:  

• Explicitly uses agroecological, biodynamic and/or organic farming methods
• Diversified farm (not just certified organic with industrial farming approach)
• Small-scale farm (less than 200 hectares)
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) farmers when possible

Position Description:  Farm intern

• Support farm based activities led by Farm Manager and Co-farm manager
• Participate in public education programs including farm tours and workshops
• Support weekly food harvesting and food distribution

Basic Qualifications and Preferred Experience:

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Be comfortable engaging with the public.
• Must be able to multitask
• Be comfortable working outdoors
• Must be able to lift up to 20lbs

Internship Schedule:

Tuesday - Saturday (40 hours a week)

Oko Urban Farms Inc. (Oko Farms)

Oko Farms is New York City’s only publicly accessible aquaponics farm and education non-profit. We raise freshwater fish, vegetables, and herbs for sale and donation, serving as a hub for urban food production; farming and environmental stewardship education; and community nutrition and wellness.

For over a decade, we have used aquaponics to promote community-led food sovereignty and environmental stewardship in NYC. Aquaponics is an ancient sustainable farming technique that was developed in indigenous communities around the world to safeguard food security in times of extreme drought and flooding. Our fish and plants grow together in the same water—the fish fertilize the plants, and the plants clean the water for the fish, conserving water and allowing us to grow protein in the city.