August 4, 2011
At times, my cohort and I intern at the wonderful Freeville Organic Research Farm in Ithaca. These days are far and too few, but truly wonderful! Admittedly, Freeville is great because it is much closer to campus than Geneva is, but it’s also great for several other reasons. Specifically, we’re running about three experiments in [...]
July 25, 2011
I’m learning just how hard it is to do agricultural work for ten hours on a regular basis. Recently it’s been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit where I work! It’s tough because by the time that I get there, it’s already 8:30, when the heat has already climbed to about 90 degrees. I’m learning to deal [...]
July 6, 2011
Hello all, Time is going by quickly in my internship at Geneva. We’re starting to gain speed on a lot of projects relating to mustard, pumpkins, cucumbers, broccoli, buckwheat, and cover crops. Isn’t buckwheat pretty? No wonder Thomas likes it so much! Recently, we’ve been taking a panoply of different measurements and getting exposed to [...]
June 21, 2011
Hello, all! My name is Marissa, and I’m interning in Geneva, NY as an intern for a researcher named Thomas Bjorkman. Thomas primarily studies cool things about broccoli, such as heat stress, but my loyal compatriot co-worker Liz and I primarily assist on several different projects, which I will explain! Thomas works on figuring out [...]