Organization Description The Almond Board of California (“ABC”) promotes natural, wholesome and quality almonds through leadership in strategic market development, innovative research, and accelerated adoption of industry best practices on behalf of the more than 6,800 almond farmers and processors in California, most of whom are multi-generational family operations. Established in 1950 and based in Modesto, California, ABC is a non-profit organization that administers a grower-enacted Federal Marketing Order under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture. ABC’s company size is 50+ employees. ABC operates communication programs in 11 markets including the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, S. Korea, India and China. ABC’s vision is California Almonds make life better by what we grow and how we grow.
Program Information A large focus of this Almond Board of California (ABC) internship will be to create promotional materials related to industry programs and events, while maintaining focus on providing support for the various industry communications vehicles and special projects. This position will involve tasks such as developing editorial content and assisting with making presentations about the almond industry to local schools. Additionally, this intern will create a short testimonial video about the 2019 Almond Leadership Program, the goal is help encourage young leaders to apply for the program. This internship exposes an individual to multiple experiences including field events, time spent with outside communications agencies, Almond Board meetings and the ability to work directly with almond industry members. At the conclusion of this internship, the intern will have been exposed and contributed to the Almond Leadership Program, California Almond Sustainability Program, Ag in the Classroom program, The Almond Conference, and industry communications while working on a myriad of projects. We are eager to identify a young ag or communications student who is motivated, determined, and excited to get hands-on experience and make an impact on ABC’s Industry Relations and Communications department. In turn, we strongly believe this internship offers benefits to both the intern and the Almond Board, while also giving back to the greater agricultural community.