Company description Foggy Meadow Produce is located in Vermont's lower Champlain Valley surrounded by a pleasant mix of meadows, pastures, ponds, and forested land. The farm operates on five acres and has numerous buildings, greenhouses, and other infrastructure. Foggy Meadow grows a wide variety of vegetables and herbs, and sells produce at farmer's markets and area stores in three Vermont counties. Season extension and winter greens production have been a significant focus for the last several years. This is a successful, profitable 52-week per year small farming business that was established eleven years ago and is a good model for aspiring farmers to learn from and model. Internship description Interns will have the opportunity to work and become proficient at all aspects of a vegetable production system of this scale. This includes greenhouse seeding, seedling, and plug management, planting, transplanting, crop planning, the many aspects of weed management, soil nutrition, irrigation systems, harvesting and post harvest handling with an emphasis on food safety and a variety of other necessary skills. Interns will attend at least one Farmer's market each week. Fall tasks include root and greens harvesting, seeding and transplanting into winter high tunnels and all the planning involved. This farm is a 52 week production system with greens sales every week of the year. Compensation this position is : stipend / non-monetary compensation
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