Animal Husbandry and Regenerative Agriculture Pasture/Soil Improvement Internship

Last Updated On: May 7th, 2026 at 07:37PM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
16625 E Elgin St
Gilbert, Arizona, 85295

Primary Contact: Scott Heartquist
Secondary Contact: Christie Heartquist

Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 9072689400
    Email: scott@easyewe.farm

Secondary Phone
    Type: Cell
    Number: 9075382566
    Email: christie@easyewe.farm

    Email: christie@easyewe.farm

Website: www.heartquisthollowfarm.com

Internship information

General Farm Description: Our family farm began on a small piece of land in Arizona. Our goal was to teach our children where their food comes from by growing and raising as much of our own food supply. We started with chickens and then added sheep, followed by pigs. We maximized our property with gardens and animals and needed to find more pasture space sooner than we expected thanks to the support from the community. We looked to our surrounding neighbors and put our livestock on their unused pastures enabling us to grow our pig and sheep herd. We are thrilled to share that we found a family farm with similar philosophies to help grow our business and continue their tradition of ranching. As of June 14, 2021, we are the proud owners of Double Check Ranch. By bringing both family businesses together, we at Heartquist Hollow Farm will now be able to provide the community with a wider range of grass-fed, pasture raised meats. Double Check Ranch's primary focus has been grass-fed beef while our focus has been pasture raised lamb and heritage pork. It is an agricultural match made in hog heaven! We currently provide hormone-free, steroid-free, and antibiotic-free grass-fed and grass finished beef, pork and lamb to the community in addition to our pasture eggs and pickled veggies. We sell our goods at the farmer’s markets and locally owned businesses in the Phoenix and Tucson Valleys.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: 02/01/2024, 03/01/2024
Internship Ends: TBD
Number of Internship Available: 2
Application Deadline: 2/15/2024
Minimum Length of Stay: TBD

Internship Details:
Educational Opportunities: We are in year 3 of rehabbing the Ranch in Winkleman, AZ. This upcoming year we are starting to plant the cover crops to improve the soil health, plant a new fig tree orchard and building the rotational grazing program for our sheep and pigs. The interns will participate in all parts of the ranch with the option to participate in Farmers Markets, deliveries to wholesale customers and how we participate in our local food systems. The ranch also runs a small inspected slaughter and meat processing plant.

Skills Desired:

Meals: We provide the interns with a place to cook and all the ingredients necessary to prepare their own meals.

Stipend: Yes

Housing: Yes

Preferred method of Contact: Email