Information for Interns
What could be better than spending your summer working on a sustainable family farm in the hills of western MA?
General Internship/Apprenticeship Information
Internship
starts: April
Internship ends: mid-October
Application deadline: Until filled
Minimum length of stay: 4 months
Number of interns: 2
Contact preference: email and phone
Work/experience desired: Apprentice must love children and animals
as well as having a passion for learning sustainable living.
Education opportunity: Intensive grazing; biodynamic preparations;
harvesting; crop rotations; greenhouse production; drying and processing
culinary herbs; growing and drying flowers; making garlic braids; selling
at Farmers' Markets; CSA; food preservation; homesteading; work with
farm equipment; planting cultivating; animal husbandry - shearing sheep,
milking, care for baby lambs and goats, oxen work; creating trails for
public access to forest currently in Land Trust; making herbal bath
and massage oils; fruit tree care and restoration.
Stipend/compensation: To be negotiated based on need and experience.
Housing: Private room in house with access to kitchen and bathroom.
During warmer months, private cabin tent provided if needed. A barn
is currently under construction, and there will be a bathroom for intern
use.
Meals: We provide three meals a day as well as other produce
and eggs from the farm.
Details about Internship/Apprenticeship
Intern
will learn the ins and outs of farm life. You must be willing to work
long days in all weather, deal with a variety of animals in all circumstances,
smile, laugh, and enjoy what we're doing. We tend to work 6 days in
the field, taking one day off each week, but animals need attention
every day…watering, love, moving fencing. Something new to the
farm for 2008 is a milk room and cheese processing facility. Interns
will have the opportunity of milking goats and learning the art of soft
cheese making.
