The number of students at Michigan State University (MSU) that are taking up agricultural educational pursuits such as organic farming, is increasing.
According to excerpts from the article:
Growing up in metro Detroit, Adam Montri, outreach coordinator for the MSU Student Organic Farm, didn’t consider farming to be a career choice. “I definitely grew up in the suburbs and thought of agriculture as something you did on the weekend or after school or that kind of thing,” he said.
While a student at MSU, Montri spent time working at the Student Organic Farm, which eventually led him to earn a master’s degree in horticulture from Penn State University. Now, Montri, who graduated from MSU in 2001, owns his own organic farm in Bath, Mich.
Ethan Schaffer, one of the creators of Organic Volunteers and the corresponding Web site Growfood.org, which has more than 20,000 members, said there has been an increased interest in internships and volunteer opportunities on organic farms. Web site membership has increased from 300 to 600 new members per month in 2009, he said.
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