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Title:

Work Experience

Agreement Number:

YESP2021-1462-NW

Agreement Value:

$4,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 25, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

Description:

The objective of the project is for the intern to gain experience on a small scale craft cidery, through fruit processing, cider manufacturing and bottling is conducted on-site. The intern will be fencing, hanging the woven steel wire deer fencing around the 6 acre orchard. (Posts have already been dug in place), looking after the trees in the on site nursery waiting to be planted, preparing the soil for the next areas to be planted, sowing a summer cover crop, digging in irrigation lines, laying out irrigation lines for trees, preparing tree sites with amendments, compost, planting trees in the late fall months and mulching with bark mulch.

Organization:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Expected Results:

The intern will acquire career-related work experience.

Location:

Coaticook, Quebec, CA J1A1V6

Reference Number:

235-2020-2021-Q3-00284

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

786751099

Recipient Type:

For-profit organization

Additional Information:

Funded under COVID-19 initiative

Recipient's Legal Name:

Twin Island Cider Ltd.

Program:

Youth Employment and Skills Program

Program Purpose:

Youth Employment and Skills Program provides funding to organizations for the creation of agricultural internships that provide career-related work experiences to youth and youth facing barriers.

NAICS Code:

1113