JANUARY 8, 2025|
Photo – Wyoming’s GrowinG logo – Courtesy UW website
The University of Wyoming’s GrowinG Internship Program is now accepting applications for 2025.
The program connects beginning farmers and ranchers with host farms and ranches, providing interns with hands-on agricultural experience. For hosts, the program offers an opportunity to mentor the next generation of Wyoming farmers and ranchers.
To be eligible, intern applicants must be 18 years or older and have less than 10 years’ experience managing their own farm or ranch.
“I’ve loved every minute of [my internship],” says Ronni Owens, a 2024 GrowinG intern. “It’s a lot of long days and early mornings, but it shows what you can do.”
The program provides a $5,000 stipend for a 10-week work experience, which is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Beginning Farmers and Ranchers grant. Host farms and ranches must be located in Wyoming.
Selected interns spend 10 weeks on a host farm or ranch, assisting with daily activities and learning from the site host. Accepted candidates work with hosts to establish specific start and end dates.
Hosts provide room and board as well as safe educational experiences.
The GrowinG program aims to place interns with hosts whose daily work encompasses activities interns are interested in, from herding cattle on horseback to arranging cut flowers.
During their internship, interns write a weekly work summary and take part in at least one agricultural educational event, such as a Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station field day or the Wyoming Sheep and Wool Festival.
GrowinG Internships are funded through the USDA.
A link to apply for the program can be found here:
