FSL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: COMPLETED INTERNSHIPS

For 2022-2023, Delaney SchroederEchavarria served as an undergraduate intern and assisted on multiple projects Their main project consisted of working in the Experimental Greenhouse space to propagate edible, medicinal, and culturally significant plants for community and the Indigenous Garden; this original project was unable to come to fruition due to insufficient facilities.

In lieu of this, Delaney hired two student artists from NAS 333: Food Sovereignty Lab course, Evelyn Bañuelos and Isabella 'Bug'

Carvajal to assist in creating the Food Sovereignty Lab Greenhouse Procedures Handbook. This handbook is a living document that will be used to train students and staff on proper greenhouse protocols, specifically related to Native and culturally significant plants. In April 2023, Delaney was invited with other lab staff members to attend the Intertribal Agriculture Council Pacific Nursery Training at Shingle Springs Rancheria. While there, Delaney and Marlene' Dusek met with many Native agriculture practitioners from across California Delaney and Marlene' gave a presentation on the lab and current Sudden Oak Death procedures and were able to establish connections with IAC and many other Tribes and Native organizations. Delaney is currently a Summer intern with IAC and plans to continue working with the lab throughout her Masters program.