{"id":301,"date":"2021-07-08T16:04:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T23:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=301"},"modified":"2021-07-08T16:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T23:04:50","slug":"every-day-is-different-in-linn-county-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/07\/08\/every-day-is-different-in-linn-county-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Every day is different in Linn County Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone! My name is Henry\u00a0Golb,\u00a0and I\u00a0am a\u00a0senior at OSU in the College of Agricultural Sciences, studying soil\u00a0sciences and\u00a0agricultural\u00a0communications.\u00a0Growing up in Camas, Washington,\u00a0I\u00a0took a\u00a0nontraditional path to the\u00a0agricultural\u00a0world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>My family\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0farm, and I\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0participate\u00a0in 4-H or FFA\u00a0in high school. But agricultural\u00a0influences\u00a0were always around me. I heard\u00a0my grandfather\u2019s stories\u00a0from\u00a0when he was a\u00a0nurseryman outside of Clackamas, Oregon.\u00a0And my father is a natural resources water consultant. I grew up listening to him on the phone working with his clients.\u00a0What\u00a0I heard growing up, my desire to work\u00a0outside, and a\u00a0local\u00a0farmer taking a chance on a high school senior led me to where I am today.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Where\u00a0am I today?\u00a0I\u2019m the intern for Christy Tanner, the\u00a0south Willamette Valley\u00a0field\u00a0crops\u00a0specialist\u00a0for OSU Extension. I am based\u00a0in the\u00a0Linn County Extension\u00a0office, and my job is to assist her in\u00a0both\u00a0the field and the office.\u00a0Each\u00a0day is different\u00a0for me;\u00a0one day I might be changing\u00a0pheromone traps\u00a0and sweeping mint fields for pests, and the next I might be walking and sampling a vole-damaged\u00a0perennial\u00a0ryegrass field. I love the\u00a0unique\u00a0challenges\u00a0that each day brings.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before this internship I knew very little about Extension. All I knew was that Extension helps people, and that was something I wanted to be a part of. Even then, I wanted to improve the quality of life for farmers, ranchers, and the people of Oregon. This summer I am so grateful to be doing just that. It is a privilege to go to work each day knowing my sweat is making a difference.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to working for Extension, I worked for Shady Grove Farm, a small vegetable farm in Camas\u00a0for the past two summers. At Shady Grove Farm, I had a hand in every step,\u00a0all the way from seeding to selling our products at the weekly Camas Farmers Market. I am hopeful that I will be able to use my experiences and knowledge gained at Shady Grove Farm, OSU Extension, and my classes over the past three years to go into the private sector and land a job working in agricultural sales.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside of work\u00a0you can find me\u00a0spending time with friends and family,\u00a0or out on the water fishing. As the\u00a0president of the Oregon State Bass Fishing Team, I spend lots of time both on the water and helping\u00a0other\u00a0people\u00a0get\u00a0on the water. My top three favorite fish to target would be\u00a0Smallmouth\u00a0Bass, Chinook\u00a0salmon, and\u00a0Coho\u00a0salmon. Aside from the fishing itself I love driving and boating around Oregon and seeing the natural beauty our state has to offer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0want to take this opportunity to thank\u00a0Christy and\u00a0Michele Webster, who manages the\u00a0Linn County\u00a0office, for believing in me. I would also like to thank\u00a0KJ Joseph, who coordinates the OSU Intern Program,\u00a0and\u00a0my family for all their support.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi everyone! My name is Henry\u00a0Golb,\u00a0and I\u00a0am a\u00a0senior at OSU in the College of Agricultural Sciences, studying soil\u00a0sciences and\u00a0agricultural\u00a0communications.\u00a0Growing up in Camas, Washington,\u00a0I\u00a0took a\u00a0nontraditional path to the\u00a0agricultural\u00a0world.\u00a0 My family\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0farm, and I\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0participate\u00a0in 4-H or FFA\u00a0in high school. But agricultural\u00a0influences\u00a0were always around me. I heard\u00a0my grandfather\u2019s stories\u00a0from\u00a0when he was a\u00a0nurseryman outside of Clackamas, Oregon.\u00a0And my father is… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,59,37,78],"tags":[80,74,61],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-and-natural-resources","category-linn-county","category-small-farms","category-western-oregon","tag-ag-and-natural-resources","tag-henry-golb","tag-linn-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","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\/11435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}