Phase II: The Winter Waiting Game
After working for over a month and a half, I am finally able to blog about my job as a Phase II Fellow as the Food Access Coordinator for Allegheny Mountain Institute's Farm at Augusta Health. Since it takes me 16 words just to write my job description, let me try and unpack it for you. But first, watch this video from Channel 3 about what it is for some reference. I started on January 2 after our two month break. On my first day of work, I was tasked with coming up with our Food Safety Plan and that task kept me busy until around last week. While I was working on this, I learned a great deal about start-ups and the process of working with larger organizations like Augusta Health. Though Augusta Health is an amazingly supportive partner, I have had to learn so much patience in terms of dealing with the process of working on a farm that does not yet exist. Key Lessons Learned: 1. Trudging Through the Winter Blues: After exponentially increasing my connection to nature b