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This week was my last week of the internship, and it was my second visit to Oko Farms. On Wednesday I went to set the traps, and noticed the farm had a lot more ...
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This week I visited John Bowne High School to set the third round of traps. Along with the crops, I got to see some of the animals, including a peacock: Like previous times at ...
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This week I visited Pink Houses to set and collect the August round of traps. On Wednesday, Kendra and Sammi from the other NYC CCE internship came with me to help set the traps ...
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This week I did not have any farm visits, so I continued to work on my blog, poster, and insect field guide, and I also contacted the farmers to set up the August sampling ...
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This week I went to Oko farms to set the insect traps for the first time, since in June the farm was still getting built, (which I helped with as a volunteer) and thus ...
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This week I returned to John Bowne High School to set the second round of insect traps. Here is an updated picture of the farm site: Like last time, one of the pitfall traps ...
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This week I visited Pink Houses again to set and collect the second round of insect traps. The crops looked a lot larger than the last time, and some of them are even starting ...
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I began the week by working on my poster and NYC insect field guide, and thinking about ways to design the guide so that it will be accessible for NYC growers. On Thursday I ...
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This week I didn’t have any farm visits, so first I finished counting, taking pictures, and writing up the results of Friday’s John Bowne insect sampling. Here is a picture of my at home ...
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This week I visited and set up insect traps at John Bowne High School in Queens, NY. Here is the farm site:         Like last week, my supervisor Yolanda and I ...
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