Company description

Adamah is the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America. Our mission is to cultivate vibrant Jewish life in deep connection with the earth. We believe in the deep connection between people & planet, adam & adamah.

Job description

Adamah Apprentices support farm production at the Adamah Fellowship in Falls Village, CT. The fellowship is a three-month residential farming program for young adults building Jewish community on the land. Apprentices are paid staff with experience in agriculture who work with the Adamah Farm Director to lead fellows in farm production.

The apprenticeship runs from April-November at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT. Compensation includes full-time minimum hourly wage plus free onsite housing and utilities, food from the farm and access to educational opportunities.

Apprenticeship Responsibilities:

• leading Adamah fellows in daily farm tasks including but not limited to planting, harvesting, bed-prep, weeding, mulching, wash-and-pack, and delivery;
• holding the details and complexity of accomplishing projects from start to finish while maintaining the farm as a resonant learning space for fellows;
• participating in some of the Adamah programming when the fellowship is in session including our morning prayer service and Adamah sharing circles;
• supporting hospitality departments at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center when needed;
• supporting our homestead scale livestock, markets, onsite educational programming, and other Adamah farm endeavors when needed;
• engaging in the community with commitment, responsibility and leadership.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Farming experience
• Experiential education background
• Excellent problem solving and project management skills
• Teaching and leadership skills
• Ability to hold complex details
• Punctuality and reliability
• Adaptability and flexibility as plans shift depending on farm conditions and community needs
• Ability to connect with a wide range of personalities
• Desire and skills to be in community
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate needs while keeping the needs of others in mind. Farms are composites of many moving parts and they involve a lot of communication. As a residential community working in informal education, our farm requires even more communication than most.
• A positive attitude, a love of manual labor, a passion for regenerative farming and food systems, a sense of humor, and the capacity to feel moved by the sight of rotting food waste mixed with manure and straw.

Educational Opportunities:

Experiential education is at the core of what we do at Adamah. Apprentices can expect impromptu discussions about soil management while weeding, about lactobacilli while pounding sauerkraut, or about rotational grazing and parasite load while mucking the barn.

Apprentices will have access to Adamah programming which includes several classes a week, avodat lev, community gatherings, and some retreats at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center.

Apprentices will be allowed time off from farm work as desired to attend field walks with the Mid-Hudson Valley Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training or other technical assistance providers throughout the season.

Apprentices will meet with the Farm Director throughout the season to discuss their learning goals.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the criteria. Adamah encourages you to break that statistic and apply. Adamah is strongly committed to equal employment opportunities for all individuals. We especially encourage people of color, women and nonbinary folks, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, working class and low-income people, and those with other marginalized identities to apply.

The Adamah Farming Fellowship is a program of the national Jewish environmental organization, Adamah. The mission of the national organization is to create vibrant Jewish life in deep connection with the earth, catalyzing culture change and systemic change through immersive retreats, Jewish environmental education, leadership development, and climate action. The mission of the farm and fellowship is to cultivate the soil and the soul to produce food through regenerative farming and to build Jewish intentional community on the land.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $16.94 - $16.94

Application instructions

Deadline

February 02, 2026