CRAFT South Western Ontario ,Ecological Farming Internships Jobs in Canada

Position:
Ecological Farming Internships
Organization: CRAFT South Western Ontario http://craftsouthwestontario.ca
Locations: across Southwestern Ontario / near Guelph, Kitchener, London…

If you’re ready for a full, hands-on experience that will immerse you
in ecological farming then you’ve come to the ri

ght place. CRAFT
Ontario is your gateway to a farming internship experience that will
change your life. Whether your dream is to have your own organic farm
one day or you just want to learn some food-growing and hands-on
skills that can be applied in other parts of your life, a farming
internship is a powerful experience that will equip you with the tools
and insights to make a real difference in the world.

Each CRAFT farm operates independently and offers its own internship
with individualized agreements around such things as living and eating
arrangements, stipends, work hours, and training methods. For more
details see the farm descriptions below and contact individual farms
directly to apply or ask further questions.

Cedar Down Farm

Cedar Down Farm offers a positive and challenging internship position
for an individual who is keen to learn how to market garden through
hands-on experience. 185 summer and 100 winter CSA shares. We provide
an intensive work-to-learn experience that will get you familiar with
all aspects of running an organic vegetable farm, from planning to
field work to customer service.

Everdale (Two internship locations): Hillsburgh (rural) and Toronto (urban)

Everdale is CRAFT’s only tuition-based internship. We follow an
intensive training curriculum that includes project work, field trips,
and seminars as well as experiential learning on our diverse farm. The
Rural and Urban SFC programs both include seminars, field trips and
project work, as well as on-farm training days.

Fertile Ground CSA

5 acres certified organic vegetables near Waterloo. 100+ member CSA &
farmers’ market with a focus on community-building and participation.
Small flock of laying hens and beehives.

Fiddle Foot Farm

5 acre CSA & market garden, organic and biodynamic principles &
practices, mixed livestock, season extension. Scenic Niagara
Escarpment location, north of Orangeville.

Ignatius Farm CSA

250 member vegetable CSA, structured education program including
bi-weekly field trips, workshops and hands-on farm training.
Team-oriented farming. 1 km from Guelph. 12 years of internship
experience.

Kawthoolei Farm Organics

10 acre certified organic farm, 40 minutes from Stratford and London,
growing a variety of vegetables and fruits including cranberries and
sprouts. Some value added products. Direct sales via three markets in
Stratford and London, plus a few restaurants and retail stores.
Offering one intern position for a single person or a couple who are
willing to come for the same conditions as one.

ManoRun Farm

40 acre farm operating a 120 member CSA, going to 2 Farmers Markets
and offering an expanded education program that includes vegetable
production, animal husbandry, food preservation, tours of local farms
and one day per week to work on your chosen intern farm focus.

Marvellous Edibles Farm

We are looking for 3 interns who share our philosophy of accessible
and affordable food and who will be involved in every aspect of our
farming operation, from seed starting, planting out, irrigation,
weeding, harvesting, post harvest care, marketing and preserving the
excess harvest. For those interested we are happy to mentor the
business side of farming, and what it takes to own and run a small
farm without having to work out of the farm.

Meeting Place Organic Farm

100 acre farm near Lucknow; Horse powered mixed livestock operation,
small apple orchard, retails freezer meats by seasonal home delivery;
Certified organic.

Orchard Hill Farm

Horse-powered CSA for 200 members with on farm pick-ups only. We are
happy to share the

lessons of our 30 years of farming and to teach the many skills (from
crop planning on paper, through field and garden work, to harvest and
marketing) that young farmers require to get started on their own.

Persephone Market Garden

50+ member CSA. We practice intensive crop rotation, relay cropping
and intercropping and our fertility management is based on integration
with livestock (sheep, horses and laying hens), as well as cover
crops.

Plan B Organic Farms

50 acres of Certified Organic mixed veggies, 5 greenhouses for season
extension. We also harvest from a 4 acre organic vineyard, for our 500
+ member CSA and 3 weekly farmers’ markets. Located in rural part of
Hamilton.

Reroot Organic Farm

Certified organic 100 share vegetable CSA and farmers’ markets,
pastured pork and poultry, grass-fed beef, free-range laying hens and
small apiary.

Saugeen River CSA

Saugeen River CSA: 80 acre Biodynamic farm. Six acre garden powered
mostly by draft horses, for CSA and Market. Small herd of Highland
cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks and a good time for all!

Shared Harvest Community Farm and Education Centre

7 acres mixed veggies, 32 week 80 member CSA, Dufferin Grove Farmers
Market, certified kitchen, canning, fermenting food, chickens,
community education centre, stilt walkers, greenhouse and
not-for-profit org. Focusing on community building.

Whole Circle Farm

Biodynamic, 9 acres mixed veggies and year-round greens for a 46 week
CSA & year-round markets. Flour, maple syrup, cows, pigs, chickens and
a highly respected education program.

What is CRAFT Ontario?

CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) is a
collaboration of organic and biodynamic farms whose aim is to provide
opportunities for interns to learn more about sustainable small-scale
agricultural production. The CRAFT program offers on-farm training to
the interns of all regional CRAFT farms. Monthly CRAFT field days
include a potluck lunch, a group activity, a workshop, and a field
tour.

For more information, visit: http://www.craftsouthwestontario.ca

To apply, please contact individual farms directly.

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