Job description

The Anthill Farm is a 35 acre farm in northeastern Pennsylvania in the Upper Delaware Highlands region. We grow 7 acres of vegetables and have about 8 acres of fruit and nut trees, some of which are beginning to mature, these include chestnuts, hazelnuts, asian pear, and european pear. We have a permaculture bent to our farm though our main focus is our vegetable operation. We also just started a grass-fed beef herd and have one bee hive.

We have 3 high tunnels that we grow winter greens and summer tomatoes and cucumbers. We have 4 CSAs: All of them are now regional, within a 45 minute drive. We do 1 Farmers Market in Honesdale. We sell wholesale to restaurants and stores through a multi-farm cooperative distribution model that we run from our farm and hope to develop into a farmer's cooperative by the end of 2013.

We live about 6 miles outside of a town of 5000 that is about 2 hours from NYC and 2 1/2 hours from Philly. There is a nice community of people and food producers in our area that meet and are active. We love to swim, hunt for mushrooms and plants, and work hard!!

Internship Details:
One position is available as a general intern. This job will include doing pretty much everything we do on the farm, but mostly seeding, field work, and harvesting and packing.

This position will not require much work experience, only diligence and responsibility, but if the person desires a more managerial role, then they can simply take on more responsibility, that's always welcomed!!!

We have some really good people that are currently working at the farm and have been for a few years, the situation will be a good one for whoever applies for this position, it should be a relatively easy situation to fit into.

Skills Desired:
We are not requiring people to have a lot of experience although it would certainly make everything much easier. The jobs can be as serious as the person wishes, it could be a more managerial role or more of an internship. It depends on the level of the persons' experience and ability and desire, there's always plenty of responsibility to go around!!

Educational Opportunities:
The Intern will learn how to do most things that we do on our farm from seeding trays, pruning trees, waterwheel transplanting, harvesting vegetables, post-harvest handling and packaging, using certain tools, and operating light machinery(depending on desire and experience). There will be plenty of other educational opportunities learning about many of the other jobs we do on the farm. There will also be field days and days when families come to visit the farm.

Stipend:
The stipend will be $150/week

Housing:
Housing is in an old farmhouse on the property, its all fixed up with running water, a full service kitchen, and a composting toilet. There are four good sized bedrooms that are definitely comfortable.

Meals:
All meals will be covered. We buy all good food too, none of that junk!!

Internship Starts: April_May 2013
Internship Ends: October_November 2013
Number of Interns: 1
App Deadline: March 15 2013
Minimum Length of Stay: 6 Months

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Deadline

March 15, 2013