  It is our people who give meaning to our 4 core values. We are very fortunate to have staff who share our passion for delivering the highest quality product and who are dedicated to serving our customers. We like to think it's a response to the way we treat our people at Intergrow. We encourage team building activities among our staff and strive to live by our philosophy of people, planet, profit.
To pass on our responsible, sustainable growing methods to the next generation of young growers, we started an intern program to provide a fundamental, working understanding of the greenhouse business. |
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We make an effort to take part in our local and international communities. We're a proud sponsor of SOS Children's Villages, a non-profit organization that helps children who are orphaned, abandoned or whose families are unable to care for them. For more information on how you can help, visit www.sos-usa.org. Locally, we sponsor the New York Wine and Culinary Center, an educational gateway to NY State's wine, agriculture, and culinary industries. We also proudly supported the Town of Gaines Bicentennial in 2009. |
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GASPAR YAMASAKI
GASPAR YAMASAKI
>>See Gaspar's VideoHi, I’m Gaspar. At this moment I’m an intern at Intergrow, through the Ohio State University program. I’m creating this blog to show folks how my life has been here.
First of all, I’m a Brazilian undergraduate student of Agronomy Engineering at the Sao Paulo University. I decided to apply to this program to get some experience in the agricultural area, and also for a personal experience, of course. (Note: My grandparents were from Japan, but I’m a 100% Brazilian anyway. Brazil is an incredibly mixed country!)
To imagine the differences between here and Brazil…
In Brazil, one week before departing to the US:
Then, my first week in the US:
It’s not always like this.
But inside the greenhouse, I could understand the problem of the Greenhouse Effect issue! It’s warm during the whole year!
During the evenings, going to the gym and swimming pool are good options. There’s a college in Brockport, the town where I’m living, and we can use the sports facilities if we get a membership. That’s a pretty nice opportunity to stay in contact with the American people.
I reserve some of my free time to stay at my desk reading, studying, typing, talking to my family on Skype. But what I really enjoy to do is to visit new places. I’ve been visiting many interesting ones, especially in the summer. Around here there are Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Letchworth Park, many County Fairs, but I also went to Washington DC and NYC.
To know more about the agriculture in the US, I’ve been visiting some organic farms, farms of apples, hay, milk, berries, corn, squashes. A retired farmer born around 1920 was showing me his entire farm! I also visited the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orleans County, where I could meet some other agronomists.
These visits were all really important to enrich my experience here, and were pretty pleasant too. I was lucky, all the farmers and workers were really friendly and helpful!
And on the weekend nights, I like parties and pubs. Sometimes at SUNY Brockport (The College) we can watch Orchestras and even Jazz Concerts! After here I’m going to take winter classes at the Ohio State University, and then go back to Brazil. I just have a few more days here in Brockport.
This is my Thanksgiving in Washington DC, where my cousin lives and studies with her husband.
Hope you enjoyed it! See ya!
Gaspar
