Comments on: APEX Fellowship | Jenna Smith

By: Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 21:01:53 +0000

Jenna! What a wonderful presentation! We witnessed first hand the full impact of how your internship experience influenced you! What a positive impact it had, inspiring you to be proactive in so many ways. Up at the wee hours of the morning, spending all day working tirelessly at the farm, just to go back and help prepare and cook meals for others. Not only working on the farm, but establishing life long relationships with some wonderful people! Honestly, I have never seen anyone so excited about eating squash. Be very proud of all that you accomplished.

By: Megan Smeznik

Megan Smeznik — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 18:06:01 +0000

Great work, Jenna. I appreciated your reflections in the presentation. I’m glad I got to know you over the summer during the CODEX experience.

By: Judy Petrou

Judy Petrou — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:40:04 +0000

What great work you did over the summer in your food justice internship, Jenna! You did really meaningful
work in a program to increase access to fresh food. I especially enjoyed your reflections on the challenges you faced.

By: Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:38:27 +0000

Jenni – thank you for your tremendous support throughout this internship and my time at ��Vlog��ý. I will say I used facebook more over the summer than I have my entire life!

By: Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:33:55 +0000

Georgia – I appreciate you taking the time to watch my presentation! Upon reflection, I see that my 2020 Fellowship was most crucial in developing my sustainable farming skills and understanding the actual techniques of what it means to grow food. This past summer, I really put all of those skills to use and approached food injustice through a hands-on, intentional community model where we engaged in direct interactions with the city of Lorain. Serving meals, giving away produce, and having weekly neighborhood cookouts transformed the impact of regenerative agriculture in this setting. Thank you for your question – I hope all is well with you!

By: Jenni Griffin

Jenni Griffin — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:28:32 +0000

Jenna,
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I enjoyed following along on your internship with your beautiful posts this summer. I love the positive way you frame the challenges you had, and your resilience!

By: Georgia Hopps-Weber

Georgia Hopps-Weber — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:18:04 +0000

What a great presentation, solidarity Farms was lucky to have you Jenna! It seems like both you and the Lorain community gained so much from this experience. I’m wondering how this experience differed from your previous sustainable farm internship, were the takeaways similar or totally different?

By: Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:09:08 +0000

Cathy – Thank you for all of your guidance throughout this process in both my 2020 and 2021 Fellowships! They’ve been such valuable experiences. I do imagine many more vegetables in my future…

By: Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:06:59 +0000

Sarah – I appreciate you watching my presentation! I’ve learned so much both in practice as well as in the classroom, and combining those experiences into one community-focused internship was incredibly meaningful. Thank you!

By: Cathy McConnell

Cathy McConnell — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:06:52 +0000

Nice job advancing the work you did the previous summer. I’ll be eager to learn where next steps take you.