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The Interns

Photo: Rob Davis.

Rob Davis
Served as Grounds Manager
Giants Stadium

Rob Davis wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty during his Snyder Farm internship. He cleaned chicken coops and barns, graded fields, planted crops, chased deer, and installed irrigation systems. "It was different every day," said Davis, "one day you're working with a shovel, another day on a tractor." He learned to adapt quickly to new challenges and to solve problems on the run, skills he used daily to keep the Giants Stadium sports arenas natural grass green for players and fans.
Photo: Tara Hausaman.

Tara Hausaman
Enforcement Officer
USDA

As a Snyder Farm intern Tara Hausaman worked closely with research scientists. Their goal was to find fruit and vegetable varieties that would thrive in New Jersey's climate. Tara's task was stopping insects from chewing up the experiments. This work earned her a pesticide applicator's license and set her on a career path with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "I developed an abiding appreciation of a farmer's hard work that guides me today," she said. As a USDA Enforcement Officer working at Newark Airport and Newark Seaport, Hausaman inspects cargo and ensures that damaging pests do not enter the country. "I'm safeguarding our borders for America's agriculture."
Photo: Tadghg Rainey.

Tadhgh Rainey
Director, Mosquito and Vector Control Hunterdon County

Tadhgh Rainey had a college degree but no career goal. At Snyder Farm he helped coordinate a black fly control "Gnat" project. He recruited and trained college students to use integrated pest management techniques to monitor the "Gnat" population. A few months later he knew what he wanted. It was back to Rutgers University for a Masters Degree in entomology and then to Hunterdon County where he studies and controls ticks, flies, mosquitoes, and other insects so they won't become pests. Tadhgh is using all his training in New Jersey's fight against West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease. "The Snyder Farm internship steered me directly into my career."

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