Farm, Build Community, and Earn Credit in MT

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Taylor in Education, Farming // 0 Comments

Farm, Build Community, and Earn Credit with PEAS in Montana – 2019

SPEND SUMMER 2019 IN MONTANA AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IN ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE AND SOCIETY (PEAS)<https://hs.umt.edu/evst/opportunities/peas/default.php>

Farm, Build Community, and Earn Credit: The University of Montana welcomes students for summer PEAS and earn credits while working on the 10-acre community farm. Past students report that their PEAS experiences were some of the most transformative ever. This great TEDx talk by PEAS founder, Josh Slotnick<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwxWDVKs8k>, tells the story of this place.

Undergraduate or graduate students enrolled will:

Learn about key production techniques to grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables for a CSA and for the Missoula Food Bank.
Manage water and irrigate crops in this semi-arid environment.
Build community and bond to this beautiful place.
Contribute to the needs of all community members, regardless of income.
Visit area farms and learn from seasoned growers.
Earn upper division or graduate credit.

Summer Weekly Schedule

Monday-Thursday the days run from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, then we eat lunch together, from the food we’ve been growing (we take turns cooking, in pairs).
On Fridays we have a sit-down class and then go on a field trip to farm in the area.

Registration information for UM students, sign up via Cyberbear for ONE of these:

* ENST 396-01S (CRN 50186) – 6 upper-division credits for undergraduates
* ENST 590-01S (CRN 50187) – 3 graduate-level credits

We Welcome Students from Other Universities to farm, build community, and earn credit with PEAS

We know students from other states or countries may not be able to come right away or stay until late August, so we can be flexible about arrival and departure dates.
We can provide a syllabus and a letter to your school if you wish to transfer the credits you earn here.
Registration information<https://hs.umt.edu/hs/summer-session/session/special.php> (select “Summer Semester Only Admission Status”)

For more information about housing, UM or transfer credits, curriculum, arrival/departure dates, or other questions, contact caroline.stephens@mso.umt.edu<mailto:caroline.stephens@mso.umt.edu> to learn more about the PEAS program, and how to farm, build community, and earn credit in the summer of 2019.

The PEAS farm is a long-term partnership between the Environmental Studies Program<https://hs.umt.edu/evst/> at UM and the local nonprofit, Garden City Harvest<https://gardencityharvest.org/>.