General Farm Description: "We are a nationally recognized USDA certified organic market farm growing vegetables, small fruit and grains using modern mechanized scale appropriate equipment, high tunnels and farm production systems. We sell our products at a local farmers' market, local area grocery stores, caterers, bakers, DC & Baltimore restaurants and other farm's CSAs. Please visit our website and Instagram feed for more details and photos about our farm, our crops, as well as duties & responsibilities of the Crew Member position."
CRAFT Member Farm? No
Internship Starts: 3/1/2018 Internship Ends: 11/30/2018 Number of Internship Available: 2 Application Deadline: 4/1/2018 Minimum Length of Stay: Full Season
Internship Details:
See Work Experience/Skills Desired.
Educational Opportunities: "Benefits
- You will learn skills to manage a small-scale organic vegetable operation on a modern, mechanized, diverse and profitable market farm
- Free produce, fruit and grains for your own use
- 40 hrs of paid time-off per year and a year-end bonus
- Opportunities for increased responsibility, long-term employment and partnership.
Compensation
- $12 - $15.00/hour depending on experience (DOE)
- Housing is available
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Skills Desired: "Crew Members will work alongside the Farmer/Owner, The Farm Manager and other employees on a wide range of tasks including: Harvesting, washing, packaging; Transplanting; High tunnel production; Greenhouse seeding; Record-keeping; Farm Maintenance; Cultivating; Disease and pest scouting; irrigation management and Farmers' Market assistance (1-3 times per month)."
Meals: Meals are on own with access to farm produce.
Stipend: Compensation
- $12.00 - $15.00/hour depending on experience (DOE)