Blood Sweat & Food Farms

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

Contact information

Farm Address:
PO Box 2311
Homer, Alaska, 99603

Primary Contact: Dakota Truitt
Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 907-435-0551
    Email: accounting@BloodSweatFood.com

Website: http://www.BloodSweatFood.com

Website: http://facebook.com/bloodsweatfood

Internship information

General Farm Description: Blood Sweat and Food Farms is a regenerative pasture-based livestock farm in Homer, AK. We utilize permaculture principles to develop our main 20 acre farm and our 360 acre farm expansion and provide pork and poultry to our community. We are an employee-owned cooperative who believes in building the skills and capabilities of our farm members.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: April
Internship Ends: October
Number of Internship Available: 3
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Minimum Length of Stay: 12 weeks

Internship Details:

Our interns play a key role in day to day farm maintenance of plants, animals and equipment. You will participate directly in weekly meetings in which we set goals and plan. In addition to learning about how our business is structured from the inside, you will have the chance to build skills in marketing, working with a team, and growing healthy plants, animals, and soils.

Activities for interns include: Starting plants from seed for outdoor fields and indoor aquaponics greenhouse; regular weeding and harvesting of vegetable crops; farm-related construction activities and land clearing; animal feeding, watering, pasture rotation, and processing; interacting with customers during regular deliveries, farmers markets and farm visits; and land, soil and new cropland preparation.

Educational Opportunities: Interns will get hands on experience in animal husbandry, pasture management, butchering pork and poultry, equipment operation and maintenance, working with a team in a small business setting, seed starting, permaculture and sustainability, small business management, and farm land development/expansion.

Skills Desired: We are looking for dedicated, hard-working individuals who are thorough and have an eye for detail. Past work experience in a farm setting is not required, but we prefer to work with people who have a long term interest in agriculture and sustainability. Experience with machinery, animals, butchering, and harvesting is a plus.

Meals: We provide three hearty meals each day and access to our main farm kitchen facilities. We are an omnivorous household.

Stipend: We pay an "end of season" stipend to applicants that fulfill the entire term of their internship agreement.

Housing: Housing is provided for our interns either in a semi-private room at our main farm house or in camping facilities out at the farm. Shared transportation is available for interns with a clean driving record.

Preferred method of Contact: Email