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0233 Claire Fox graduated Dickinson in 0233 2011 with a double main 0233 in Environmental Research and Worldwide 0233 Research. She started her journey 0233 with DCF as a scholar 0233 farmer in her senior 12 0233 months and went on to 0233 develop into an apprentice upon 0233 commencement. Claire’s curiosity in DCF 0233 was sparked by a mixture 0233 of Michael Pollen’s 0233 An Omnivore’s Dilemma 0233 – breaking down the 0233 ethical, ecological, and social ramification 0233 of our industrialized consuming habits 0233 – and a deep dive 0233 into the various aspects of 0233 sustainability. She realized her drive 0233 to develop meals, make even 0233 a tiny distinction within the 0233 meals system, and provides again 0233 to the neighborhood and easily 0233 couldn’t move up a gap 0233 on the School Farm as 0233 a result of, “All people 0233 eats, ya know?”.
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0233 Since her time at DCF, 0233 she continues to heart her 0233 life round meals and farming. 0233 After the apprenticeship, she moved 0233 to Costa Rica to work 0233 for the College of Subject 0233 Research. There she managed their 0233 natural farm and fruit orchard 0233 and honed her abilities in 0233 of composting, vermiculture, and built-in 0233 pest administration. Afterwards, Claire went 0233 to check environmental administration and 0233 forestry on the Nicholas College 0233 of the Surroundings at Duke 0233 College and later centered her 0233 grasp’s thesis on the impacts 0233 of local weather change on 0233 espresso manufacturing in Latin America. 0233 This opened doorways to journey 0233 to Peru to attach with 0233 espresso farmers. On their mountain-side 0233 farms, she realized how local 0233 weather change altered the phenology 0233 of espresso vegetation, crop administration 0233 methods, and gained perception into 0233 the worldwide espresso market. Whereas 0233 at Duke, she additionally labored 0233 part-time for his or her 0233 faculty farm, the Duke Campus 0233 Farm. In the present day, 0233 Claire lives in Eugene, Oregon 0233 and works for an area 0233 nonprofit land belief to preserve 0233 particular lands and waters for 0233 habitats, trails, and watershed well 0233 being. She actually enjoys the 0233 work that she does and 0233 is worked up to be 0233 part of a corporation that’s 0233 “re-defining what conservation seems to 0233 be like and co-creating a 0233 future that’s extra equitable, simply, 0233 and accessible.”
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0233 Claire says her time at 0233 DCF was an “extension of 0233 my schooling.” The hands-on agricultural 0233 expertise mainly earned her an 0233 honorary diploma in soil science. 0233 Moreover, she developed her management, 0233 delegation, and teamwork abilities, deepened 0233 her respect for neighborhood engagement, 0233 and relished on this outside 0233 classroom the place she was 0233 free to show mental concepts 0233 into real-life functions. The farm 0233 additionally strengthened her values in 0233 holistic programs and considering, and 0233 the significance of endurance and 0233 positivity.
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0233 Her favourite reminiscence of DCF 0233 is of our exceptional carrots 0233 and all of the sizes 0233 and shapes they arrive in. 0233 She remembers main a bunch 0233 of Weed N Feeders out 0233 to prod a carrot mattress 0233 with digging forks – the 0233 cries of amazement that got 0233 here from the volunteers as 0233 they unearthed these attractive carrots 0233 from the soil is caught 0233 in her reminiscence. ”Harvesting carrots 0233 by no means loses its 0233 magic”.
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0233 Claire stays concerned in meals 0233 manufacturing via her neighborhood backyard 0233 plot. She loves rising greens 0233 and final season tried her 0233 fingers at big pumpkins! By 0233 the tip of the season, 0233 she’s earned the grand title 0233 of “pumpkin physician” after therapeutic 0233 a cut up on her 0233 prize pumpkin. She sterilized the 0233 cut up and dripped sizzling 0233 beeswax into it to guard 0233 it for the rest of 0233 the season. It labored!
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