{"id":1711,"date":"2025-07-24T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:05:08","slug":"osu-extension-intern-is-rooted-in-service-and-growing-in-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2025\/07\/24\/osu-extension-intern-is-rooted-in-service-and-growing-in-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Extension intern is rooted in service and growing in knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

My name is Rachel Fuller, and I am an intern for the Oregon State University Extension Service
\nin Hood River County. This is my first time working with Extension, and my three weeks here
\nhave already been very impactful. I am a senior at OSU, studying crop and soil science. Prior to
\ngoing to university, my background was primarily in small scale vegetable farms with a focus on
\nrural communities.<\/p>\n

\n \"\"\n
Rachel Fuller stands proudly in front of the FISH Food Bank Garden in Hood River County. Photo: Megan Wickersham<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

Through OSU Extension, I have been working at the FISH Food Bank Garden. The garden
\nproduces vegetables that go straight to the food bank, providing the community with hyper-
\nlocal produce. The garden also serves as a classroom for groups of kids to learn about the
\ngarden ecosystem.<\/p>\n

In the garden I oversee the irrigation systems, plant health, harvesting, seeding\/transplanting,
\npest management, nutrient management and weekly flow of volunteers. I primarily work with
\nMaster Gardener volunteers. They are a lovely bunch of people with a variety of passions,
\nknowledge and interests that I have learned a lot from already.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m not in the garden, I have been working on projects in the Extension Office. I have
\ntaken a grant writing class and am preparing to take the second course next week. After I have
\ncompleted this, my goal is to write a grant to create a funded Garden Manager position. In
\naddition, I have made a binder of garden lesson plans, created a record keeping system for the
\ngarden and worked on systems to streamline the productivity of the garden.<\/p>\n

The three weeks that I have been here have gone by so quickly and have been very enjoyable.
\nI\u2019m excited for what the rest of the summer has in store!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Rachel Fuller, and I am an intern for the Oregon State University Extension Service in Hood River County. This is my first time working with Extension, and my three weeks here have already been very impactful. I am a senior at OSU, studying crop and soil science. Prior to going to university,… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,103,38],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-and-natural-resources","category-hood-river-county","category-master-gardener","tag-rachel-fuller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14884"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1712,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}