Company description

Heartsong Farm and Lost Nation Orchard has been a working organic farm and holistic education center for 40 years. We tend medicinal herb gardens, veggie gardens, an organic apple orchard, and beautiful forest. We manage the farm and offer education programs on medicinal herbs, organic farming, and holistic orcharding.

We want to share this peaceful place on the planet and teach what we consider life skills to others to enhance their quality of life and the health of the Earth. We focus on co-creating with nature to build healthy soil, holistically managing orchards and fruit trees, cooking and preserving nutrient dense food, ethically wildcrafting medicinal herbs, growing and using healing herbs for health and vitality.

Internship description

This position is primarily focused on learning to manage and maintain an organic apple orchard. Support and guidance will be offered every week during work days. The Farm Intern is also invited to participate in our Holistic Orchard Apprentice program tuition free. The HOA program includes Michael Phillips’ books, The Apple Grower and the Holistic Orchard as well as videos of Michael teaching in our orchard. Expert Guest Orchardists come one Friday a month for eight months for a day of hands-on teaching in the orchard with a group of apprentices.

Work and learning on the farm is diverse and seasonal. Horticulture care for our apple orchard, spreading wood chips, pruning, scything, planting trees, picking apples, monitoring insect traps, making cider, and spraying organic orchard sprays with a tractor. Work also can include time in the medicinal herb and vegetable gardens, learning about herbs and growing food.

Learn more on our website:
https://heartsongfarmwellness.com/internship-workstudy/

Desired qualifications:

• Have one season of experience working on a farm or equivalent outdoor work experience
• Good stamina and an ability to complete physically demanding work
• Have a positive attitude and a sense of humor; we like to keep a lighthearted and fun team atmosphere
• Able to be patient and flexible as tasks and priorities change. The nature of farming is that things can shift with little notice due to weather, etc.
• Previous tractor experience is not required but preferred. The applicant must be willing to learn and operate the tractor on a regular basis
• Have a strong work ethic, be able to work side by side with us and on your own at times

The Farm Internship is a paid position requiring 2-3 days of work weekly at $15- $18 an hour depending on experience. The position commitment is for 6-8 months, which is negotiable. The Holistic Orchard Apprenticeship group starts on March 14. Accommodations on the farm are open to discussion.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $15-20/hr

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline