Company description

Cosmos Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown farm that grows a large variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, and shiitake mushrooms on 7 cultivated acres on a 30 acre property in Carrollton, GA. The owner and manager, John, started the farm 15 years ago in Atlanta and rhen expanded to more acreage in Carrollton where we've been since 2015. We have been serving farmers markets, CSA, and restaurants in and around the Atlanta area for the last 15 years. We now focus completely on being a market farm, selling at two farmers markets per week in Atlanta.

Internship description

WE are looking for people to start in the summer of 2026 and work through the season with the potential of staying on longer. Workers will receive an intense learning/training experience where they are immersed in all aspects of farm production and life. They will learn about, participate in, or be responsible for:

-Greenhouse growing & management

-Planting/Harvesting/Weed control

-Crop rotation

-Cover cropping

-Organic/Integrated pest management

-Soil fertility

-Post-Harvest handling & packaging

-Irrigation

-Farmers Markets

Workers are with the owner/manager on most occasions, can ask questions, enjoy fine conversation, and most importantly, learn by doing and experiencing the hard work of farming!

We are looking for people who are eager to work hard, open to learn, and positive in their attitude and communication. They should have the willingness to work in all kinds of uncomfortable (and sometimes comfortable) weather conditions (intense heat/cold/wet). The work is extremely physically demanding and quite hard over the long season, so good physical and mental fitness is necessary.

Workers should be able to listen, follow instructions quickly and successfully, and be interested in how their role and even smallest task fits into the entire picture of the working farm. We want people who are looking to continue to hone their farming skills, but also who are interested in seeing and participating in what it takes to run a small scale sustainable farm. Workers must be able to do this while persevering through tough and repetitive farm labor.

Ability to lift 50 lbs repeatedly is necessary. At least one year experience working on an organic farm is preferred but we are also open to people who are simply eager to learn about farming, are positive in the face of exhaustion, and who can work hard. ***WE ARE LOOKING FOR COMMITTED PEOPLE WHO CAN GET ALONG WELL WITH EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS AND WHO ENJOY WORKING OUTSIDE***

Compensation

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

Application instructions

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Deadline

no deadline