Interning and apprenticing are critical to the success of La Boca’s mission and vision. I would like to recognize the long history of apprenticeships as a form of gaining knowledge and at the same time allowing craftsmen and tradesmen the ability to maintain a way of life - a way of life that results in very little cash flow but large amounts of satisfaction that comes with producing tangible products that have both beauty and function.

Apprenticeships are not based on a monetary exchange but rather on an exchange of information and labor based on shared values and interests.

Tradesmen and craftsmen age and with a younger set of muscles and enthusiasm in the form of an apprentice, the trade and the craft and the associated creative aspects can also flourish indefinitely.

I wish to see this exchange flourish at La Boca, for both the staff that are putting so much into the place and for those that would like to come and learn about sustainable agriculture. 

~ Chester Anderson - La Boca Executive Director