Young Agrarians Apprenticeship: Reflections
Over the course of the summer and into the fall months, Matt and I have been a part of the Young Agrarians (YA) apprenticeship program. Over the course of the past four months we have been working at Maplewood Acres Market Garden in Aremena and Newo Global Energy -- a Camrose basedsocial enterprise that focuses mainly on solar projects but is now branching out to begin a permaculture division. During the first few weeks of the apprenticeship we had the opportunity to take a two week permaculture design course with Adaptive Humans Permaculture. This course gave us the opportunity to enter into our apprenticeship with wide eyes to a different perspective on reality, a perspective that sees the connections, needs, and yields in our natural ecosystems. Beginning work at the market garden was a joy. We loved having our hands in the dirt and harvesting nutritious food for people to eat. One of our co-workers said that she feels satisfied every day when she goes home because she