Internships2022

The internship will support researchers and extension professionals utilizing drone technology to develop innovative management strategies that allow producers to optimize production, reduce costs, and protect the environment. The team will utilize the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drone) around two primary Research Foci in regard to challenging issues in Western Colorado, such as the need for […]

Research/outreach project goals and objectives: 1. Share the impacts of insect waste products (i.e. frass) on vegetable crop yields, germination, and quality. 2. Conduct additional germination experiments in the greenhouse. 3. Describe peat alternatives for controlled environment vegetable crop producers that meet their media and fertility needs. 4. Disseminate research results by writing two fact

The intern will be responsible for two primary projects: Harvest-Leader Program: Develop a program template enabling dedicated volunteers to support UpRoot Colorado’s food-recovery initiative and support UpRoot’s gleaning & food-systems coordinators. The student-intern will develop training guidelines for the program, as well as identify a group of core volunteers to field-test the program, including helping

The goal of this project is to support community-based research on misinformation around pandemic disease in Colorado. The intern will be responsible for working with extension agents to identify members in the community who can speak to recent experiences with pandemic disease misinformation. Potential stakeholders include community leaders from business, education, public health, and technology

The overall goal of this internship is to immerse the student in all aspects of Extension educational programming and coordination, and applied research related to the Native Bee Watch Community Science program. This internship will focus on the education and outreach components of Native Bee Watch including: 1) coordinating the community science volunteers, 2) delivering

The intern will help Grow & Give respond to community-identified needs concerning food security and social connectedness. The intern will work remotely and in-person with the statewide Grow & Give Steering Committee to improve the program’s evaluation tools and strengthen its community engagement. Specifically, the intern will: 1. Understand the current evaluation, marketing, and communication

Internship goals: Complete a needs assessment, using surveys and focus groups, to identify techincal needs, skills gaps, and training opportunties for meat processors and livestock producers in Routt and Moffatt Counties Convene listening sessions with livestock producers, meat processors, and associated community ag members to determine technical challenges that are impeding the livestock and meat

Colorado EFNEP is revising our nationally used Eating Smart • Being Active HEAL curriculum and educator training resources to incorporate the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Eating Smart • Being Active lessons feature hands-on recipe preparation to encourage participants to prepare more meals and snacks at home, avoid convenience foods and limit eating out. EFNEP

The primary goals will be to gain experience in a variety of ranch operations and to experiment and evaluate how livestock grazing can be used to reduce the abundance of cheatgrass (Bromus (Anisantha) tectorum). Cheatgrass is a winter annual which has invaded disturbed rangelands across much of the western U.S., including the Trinchera-Blanca Ranch in

Jackson County is a Frontier County that is desperately trying to maintain its way of life. The goal of the completed internship is to find a way to work with the community and share education, information, and ways to best listen clearly and accessibly to the community. The internship goals for this project include: •