TLA 2011 Staff & Interns

These are the folks that make it happen!

L-R front row: Kelley, Franklin, Leah L-R back row: Taylor, Blake, Susan, Sarah, Becka Missing: Vanessa

 Interns at work

 

Taylor Hooper (Intern)

Though I grew up in central Florida, that fast-paced culture always seemed very foreign to me. My grandparents (and great grandparents?) were deeply rooted in the Florida farming community but times changed and farming ended in my family before I was born. Recently, through working and traveling outside of Florida, I have met incredible folks who have ignited in me, that latent family passion for farming. The idea of sustainable agriculture in particular really clicked in my head. I had finally found something I could pour myself into. Knowing very little about the area or the culture here in Western North Carolina, I nevertheless decided to apply for an internship at The Lord’s Acre where my passions for farming and community service could grow and be utilized. Beauty is everywhere in The Lord’s Acre – in the garden itself and also in the people that make this happen every day — and I am extremely blessed to be a part of this team.

Sarah Edwards (Intern)

There’s a lot that draws me to gardening, and hence, to The Lord’s Acre: the opportunity to watch life systems develop, being in touch with food, learning from the land…being barefoot for a whole summer. But ultimately, being here is an opportunity for me to bring what I’m learning at UNC-Chapel Hill, where I’m a Junior, outside the classroom. I’m an American Studies major and Creative Writing Minor and though my “career” choices change pretty much daily, I always come back to gardening as a source for constancy, inspiration and truth. I love being outside, and I can’t imagine a much more important job than helping people have access to good, local food.
I love to travel and I’ve always been of the persuasion that, you can plant me pretty much anywhere and I’ll grow. But I think working at the Lord’s Acre has begun to make me really grow, and even though I’ve only been here a month, I’m grateful for the opportunity to grow roots in such rich soil: the community, interns and volunteers at the Lord’s Acre are an inspiration and such fun to work with. I love the way that the garden serves as a center of gravity for the community, and I get a lot of real joy from being here. Outside (or, sometimes inside!) the garden I love: reading anything, writing anything, hiking, my trusty bike, listening to people’s stories and being with the under-age-10 demographic.

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