GROWMARK Summer Internship program well under way

2013 GROWMARK Summer Interns
at GROWMARK corporate headquaters.

In the fifty-fourth year of the program, a record breaking number of college and university students are exploring career opportunities as GROWMARK summer interns. They are working at either a GROWMARK facility or FS Co-operative throughout North America.



Chaperoned by Barry Hannah, Ontario Human Resources manager, four Ontario summer interns recently joined 57 others from the United States for orientation at GROWMARK’s corporate office in Bloomington IL. “It is always impressive to see the high calibre of interns each year as well as the broad reach and impact the program has with recruits from 16 universities and colleges System wide,” says Hannah.

The interns are exposed to accounting, marketing, communications, and product and service-related activities. Each intern will complete a special project and deliver a presentation on that project to other interns and GROWMARK executives later this summer.

“This year, we have our largest intern class ever,” said Ashley McClintock, GROWMARK university relations manager. “They will gain hands-on experience in their chosen field, and have the opportunity to clarify career goals.” The GROWMARK intern program began in 1959 with three interns. Since then, 892 students have been involved in the program.

From the University of Guelph, GROWMARK Ontario summer interns travel via

GROWMARK corporate jet to Bloomington IL to meet up with U.S. interns at orientation weekend on May 19.

From (L-R): Stephanie Campbell, of Chatham is majoring in food, agriculture and resource economics and working for AGRIS Co-operative, Ltd.- (GPS aerial crop scouting); Laura Price, of Minesing, is majoring in honours agriculture and working for FS PARTNERS- (Customer service analysis); Jason Pronk, of Arthur is majoring in agriculture business and working for FS PARTNERS- (crop scouting customer-needs analysis); and Robert Bos, of Goderich, is majoring in agriculture business working for Lucknow District Co-operative, Inc.- (energy).

To learn more about the GROWMARK Summer Internship Program, visit: http://www.growmark.com/OurCareers/Pages/Internships.aspx

Youth speakers at GROWMARK AGM contribute to Agriculture More Than Ever communications

Young leaders speak out on the future of agriculture, is the lead in a recent blog post by Agriculture More Than Ever.

GROWMARK is one of 170 partners of AMTE that all have the same objective of spreading positive and insightful messages about Canadian agriculture.

If you haven't visited this growing social media site lately, now is the time to start by clicking on the link below to read about GROWMARK’s Annual Meeting youth speakers from Ontario and view two past speeches from Nicole Atkins and Will Heeman on their views on the future of agriculture.

http://www.agriculturemorethanever.ca/young-leaders-speak-on-the-future-of-agriculture/

A youth's passionate perspective on feeding the world!

Feeding the world's growing population is top-of-mind for pretty much everyone who is associated with agriculture these days.

On this topic, a passionate Bruce Sargent speaks about how farmers, consumers and the education system can make a difference. Sargent is a University of Guelph student and a long-time member of the Durham West 4-H Association who has been chosen along with 120 other young people from around the world to gather at the Youth Ag Summit in Calgary this summer to discuss ideas on how to feed the world's growing population.   

Sargent, a young video production entrepreneur and owner of Farm Boy Productions submitted his application via video. Take a look.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2KacuXVUt8

The Youth Ag Summit is a new initiative by 4-H Canada in honour of its 100th anniversary and Bayer celebrating 150 Years of "Science for a better life".