Blue Barrens Farm

Last Updated On: May 7th, 2026 at 07:36PM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
11 High Street
PO Box 242
CHERRYFIELD, Maine, 04622

Primary Contact: Millie
Secondary Contact: Lisa

Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 2078125703
    Email: bbfarmcommunity@gmail.com

Secondary Phone
    Type: '-----
    Number: 2078125703
    Email: bbfarm@me.com

    Email: bbfarm@me.com

Website: http://bluebarrens.farm

Internship information

General Farm Description: "Blue Barrens Farm is a family run organic blueberry farm with an annual harvest to get in. We do it while focusing on community dynamics in the work place and living spaces. We work, eat, play, live, and relax together, striving for a summer camp feeling while still managing to do all that hard harvest work. "

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: July 15th, 2026
Internship Ends: 5-Sep-26
Number of Internship Available: 10
Application Deadline: rolling
Minimum Length of Stay: at least half of the season

Internship Details:

“We’re looking for bright, positive, and hard working people to help out along side our family to get our annual blueberry harvest in. We offer three main positions that each person gets trained in, allowing the community of workers and family to shift among each job, keeping the work place as equal as we can. We harvest blueberries, either with ride-on mechanical rakers  or hand rakes. We process the berries in our barn, which is the most communal job on the farm, allowing interns to socialize while working with good conversations, fun podcasts, or sharing music.  Lastly, we deliver our crop to a farm stand we operate near Mount Desert Island and also to many natural food stores, co-ops and other venues all along the Maine coast.

Everyone can get at least one personal day off per week, and we often take a community day off for a group fun activity if weather permits.  There are many great trails and ponds just minutes away and we frequently end the day swimming or hiking.  We run a dairy free vegetarian kitchen.  There are usually opportunities for everyone to share in cooking and/or prep. Additionally, everyone shares a dorm style setting and a shared bathroom, with separate places for female-bodied and male-bodied persons.  The harvest goes from July 15th to September 5th, give or a take a few days, and we prefer everyone to stay for half or all of the season.

This job is definitely a lot of hard work, but we’ve found that working closely along side others can be a wonderful healing experience and a fun time for everyone.”

Educational Opportunities: "If you want to learn every aspect of managing an organic communal wild blueberry farm, this is your chance."

Skills Desired: "Most important is the ability to work well in a group, to find your place in the flow of activity and fill it out. We enjoy our work and enjoy sharing it. We like to make sure everyone working with us is having a meaningful experience and is contributing their best. It would be good, too, if you were physically fit, able to lift 35 pounds or so, and reveled in hard physical labor. Contributing to the group dynamic in a positive way is the most important thing; that, and the ability to find joy in working with a diverse group. The perfect intern for us is a single person in high school or college who's eager for a fresh adventure. You don't need to have experience. If you're a person who strives to do well, then you'll work out great. "The skill you need is the ability to work hard along side others and to make your presence a positive one.

Meals: All meals are communal, except your day off, unless you choose to eat with us on that day too!

Stipend: We pay $15.50 per hour but will deduct $10 per day for room and board.

Housing: Live here at our farm. We have lovely rustic dorm settings, and a tent you can borrow if you need a night alone! There may a chance to camp at some of our more remote fields.

Preferred method of Contact: email or text