This job expired on January 20, 2020
Diversified Livestock Intern Deck Family Farm
- Date Posted November 21, 2019
- Location Junction City, OR
- Category Agriculture
- Job type Full-Time
Company description
Farm Description
Deck Family Farm is a 320-acre Certified Organic farm located in Western Willamette Valley. Deck is a diversified operation with the current focus on pasture raised meats, raw dairy & eggs, fruit, nut, and vegetables. Deck Family farm stands on the principles of Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainability in all forms; energetic, environmental, and financial. Practices currently employed include riparian exclusion and restoration, management intensive grazing, humane animal handling, re-forestation, nutrient management, and ethical business practice & transparency.
Deck is a family & community-oriented farm with an open gate; policy, meaning the farm is open to visitors any day but Sunday. This policy helps us to be more transparent in our practice and furthers our committed to keep our agricultural heritage alive, vital and relevant for our community. Internship description Deck Family Farm currently consists of the following enterprises:
Raw milk dairy: Milking an average of 10-15 cows year round. The herd is a legal cooperative and owned by shareholders who pay for feed, care and milking of the herd. Butter, cheese, and yogurt along with fresh milk are produced for shareholders.
Heritage pasture raised hazelnut finished pork. Farrow to finish, piglets are fed raw milk from the dairy during weaning and finished on hazelnuts.
100% grass fed and finished Certified Organic Heritage Galloway beef. Our management intensive grazing system has brought greater fertility to farm pastures, and rotating crops of grains, legumes and grasses has extended our grazing season to 8-9 months of the year.
Chickens: Organic layers for eggs, and roasters for meat. Chickens out on pasture during the day and housed in chicken tractors at night. In addition to their great tasting eggs, the poultry is an integral part of breaking parasite life cycles.
Sheep: Mixed breed flock of Cheviot, Dorset and Suffolk ewes lamb in early Spring. Much of our grazing for the sheep is on leased Organic ground off site.
Vegetables: The vegetable program at Deck is young. We are one of the contributing producers to the Full Farm CSA (FFCSA) which is housed at the farm and supplies farm members with meat, milk, eggs, veg, fruit, nuts, grains, ferments, and more. If you are interested in homesteading this would be a good enterprise in which to participate.
Marketing: Direct market to our customers through farmer's markets, buying clubs, grocery stores and the FFCSA. Farm interns participate in all aspects of the business including marketing is where the money comes in, it is the engine that drives profitability.
Deck is a for-profit business that strives to maintain a reasonable economy of scale. If you are interested in homesteading practices, we can provide some training in food preservation and community living, but our program is substantially rooted in what it takes to run an successful business than a subsistence homestead.
Homesteading & Hearth holding Companion program
Deck Family Farm is strongly rooted in community living and in the spirit of building a sustainable and healthy farming lifestyle we are introducing a companion program to our farm intern program that will have its focus on homemaking and homesteading skills. This will include but not be limited to: meal preparation and clean up, household management, gardening, harvesting, canning and preserving, dairy and cheese making, basically all the skills needed in keeping the home hearth healthy and happy! So if you are someone who is interested in building community, are hardworking and flexible, enjoy hearth holding and want to develop and hone this skill, give us a call.
Work day begins at 7 AM with an all farm meeting, milking, and farm chores. We break for an hour at noon and finish the day at 4PM. The work week is 5 days on 2 days off, 8-10 hours/day. We appreciate flexibility depending on the season and work load.
Accommodations are modest, either shared housing in an intern room or cabin or COB house.
9-12 Month Apprenticeship with stipend: Apprentices will work in the following areas: Pastured Pork, Raw Jersey Dairy, Beef Herd and Management Intensive grazing, Lamb, Pastured Poultry, and Marketing. We rotate interns through all areas of the farm, but personal interest, aptitude and availability plays a key role in placement. There is a $400/month stipend including room and board for this position. $200/month will be paid at the end of months 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and final payment of $1,000 at the end for a total of $2,000 cash for the entire 6 months. For interns choosing to remain on the farm longer than 6 months, we offer $500/month for the following 6 months. If the fit is good, we are interested in retaining interns for future employment.
Home & Family Life: Deck Family Farm most often has a full house of visiting family, friends and employees. Being open to the challenges and joys of a busy house is a must. We share most meals and interns participate with family members in meal prep and clean up. Interns have full use of bathroom, shower and laundry. We ask that folks bathe regularly, change into clean clothes while in the house, and in general practice good hygiene in respect for all household members. Family members of all ages work alongside interns and employees, While this can be an asset in terms of gaining a broader vision of farming life it can also bring challenges in terms of space, patience, and learning to work with a diversity of ages and cultures.
We love vegetables and try to have them at every meal; however, we believe that animals are an intrinsic part of a balanced healthy food system and for this reason we prefer NOT to accommodate strict vegetarian or vegan diets. Compensation this position is : stipend / non-monetary compensation
Details: There is a $400/month stipend including room and board for this position. $200/month will be paid at the end of months 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and final payment of $1,000 at the end for a total of $2,000 cash for the entire 6 months. For interns choosing to remain on the farm longer than 6 months, we offer $500/month for the following 6 months. If the fit is good, we are interested in retaining interns for future employment. Application instructions
Deck Family Farm is a 320-acre Certified Organic farm located in Western Willamette Valley. Deck is a diversified operation with the current focus on pasture raised meats, raw dairy & eggs, fruit, nut, and vegetables. Deck Family farm stands on the principles of Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainability in all forms; energetic, environmental, and financial. Practices currently employed include riparian exclusion and restoration, management intensive grazing, humane animal handling, re-forestation, nutrient management, and ethical business practice & transparency.
Deck is a family & community-oriented farm with an open gate; policy, meaning the farm is open to visitors any day but Sunday. This policy helps us to be more transparent in our practice and furthers our committed to keep our agricultural heritage alive, vital and relevant for our community. Internship description Deck Family Farm currently consists of the following enterprises:
Raw milk dairy: Milking an average of 10-15 cows year round. The herd is a legal cooperative and owned by shareholders who pay for feed, care and milking of the herd. Butter, cheese, and yogurt along with fresh milk are produced for shareholders.
Heritage pasture raised hazelnut finished pork. Farrow to finish, piglets are fed raw milk from the dairy during weaning and finished on hazelnuts.
100% grass fed and finished Certified Organic Heritage Galloway beef. Our management intensive grazing system has brought greater fertility to farm pastures, and rotating crops of grains, legumes and grasses has extended our grazing season to 8-9 months of the year.
Chickens: Organic layers for eggs, and roasters for meat. Chickens out on pasture during the day and housed in chicken tractors at night. In addition to their great tasting eggs, the poultry is an integral part of breaking parasite life cycles.
Sheep: Mixed breed flock of Cheviot, Dorset and Suffolk ewes lamb in early Spring. Much of our grazing for the sheep is on leased Organic ground off site.
Vegetables: The vegetable program at Deck is young. We are one of the contributing producers to the Full Farm CSA (FFCSA) which is housed at the farm and supplies farm members with meat, milk, eggs, veg, fruit, nuts, grains, ferments, and more. If you are interested in homesteading this would be a good enterprise in which to participate.
Marketing: Direct market to our customers through farmer's markets, buying clubs, grocery stores and the FFCSA. Farm interns participate in all aspects of the business including marketing is where the money comes in, it is the engine that drives profitability.
Deck is a for-profit business that strives to maintain a reasonable economy of scale. If you are interested in homesteading practices, we can provide some training in food preservation and community living, but our program is substantially rooted in what it takes to run an successful business than a subsistence homestead.
Homesteading & Hearth holding Companion program
Deck Family Farm is strongly rooted in community living and in the spirit of building a sustainable and healthy farming lifestyle we are introducing a companion program to our farm intern program that will have its focus on homemaking and homesteading skills. This will include but not be limited to: meal preparation and clean up, household management, gardening, harvesting, canning and preserving, dairy and cheese making, basically all the skills needed in keeping the home hearth healthy and happy! So if you are someone who is interested in building community, are hardworking and flexible, enjoy hearth holding and want to develop and hone this skill, give us a call.
Work day begins at 7 AM with an all farm meeting, milking, and farm chores. We break for an hour at noon and finish the day at 4PM. The work week is 5 days on 2 days off, 8-10 hours/day. We appreciate flexibility depending on the season and work load.
Accommodations are modest, either shared housing in an intern room or cabin or COB house.
9-12 Month Apprenticeship with stipend: Apprentices will work in the following areas: Pastured Pork, Raw Jersey Dairy, Beef Herd and Management Intensive grazing, Lamb, Pastured Poultry, and Marketing. We rotate interns through all areas of the farm, but personal interest, aptitude and availability plays a key role in placement. There is a $400/month stipend including room and board for this position. $200/month will be paid at the end of months 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and final payment of $1,000 at the end for a total of $2,000 cash for the entire 6 months. For interns choosing to remain on the farm longer than 6 months, we offer $500/month for the following 6 months. If the fit is good, we are interested in retaining interns for future employment.
Home & Family Life: Deck Family Farm most often has a full house of visiting family, friends and employees. Being open to the challenges and joys of a busy house is a must. We share most meals and interns participate with family members in meal prep and clean up. Interns have full use of bathroom, shower and laundry. We ask that folks bathe regularly, change into clean clothes while in the house, and in general practice good hygiene in respect for all household members. Family members of all ages work alongside interns and employees, While this can be an asset in terms of gaining a broader vision of farming life it can also bring challenges in terms of space, patience, and learning to work with a diversity of ages and cultures.
We love vegetables and try to have them at every meal; however, we believe that animals are an intrinsic part of a balanced healthy food system and for this reason we prefer NOT to accommodate strict vegetarian or vegan diets. Compensation this position is : stipend / non-monetary compensation
Details: There is a $400/month stipend including room and board for this position. $200/month will be paid at the end of months 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and final payment of $1,000 at the end for a total of $2,000 cash for the entire 6 months. For interns choosing to remain on the farm longer than 6 months, we offer $500/month for the following 6 months. If the fit is good, we are interested in retaining interns for future employment. Application instructions
This job expired on January 20, 2020
DeadlineJanuary 01, 2020