Internship 2015
Type: full-time internship with accom, stipend, more (see below)
Organization: Chick-a-biddy Acres http://www.chickabiddyacres.com
Location: near Peterborough / Rice Lake / Hastings, Ontario
Chick-a-biddy Acres is a 100 member CSA, set on 72 acres of scenic
Trent Hills pastureland, 30 mins E of Peterborough. We are entering
the 16th season and looking forward to sharing what w
e have learned
over those years with the 2015 interns.
We are offering 3 hard working people the opportunity for a 6 month
intensive, full immersion, hands on experience learning all aspects of
the farm operation.
• Greenhouse operations – from early spring/summer seed propagation to
the season extension in the fall
• Soil building techniques/cover cropping/composting
• Field work – tractors/rototillers/raised bed
preparations/transplanting/seeding/weed management
• CSA share organization from harvest thru delivery
• Customer relations at drop offs and farmer’s market
• Livestock care and management – raising pigs, and minding pastured
poultry, laying hens, heritage turkeys
• Building projects – this year we hope to design and build a more
efficient vegetable washing and packing area and shop/storage/freezer
facility.
The 5 acres of mixed vegetable production and the 4 greenhouses –
along with the livestock and eggs offer a broad scope of education.
With the help of enthusiastic and dedicated interns Chick-a-biddy
Acres has been providing members with quality meat, veg and eggs since
2000. You will be part of a team working along side Sherry Patterson,
owner and Josh Blank, farm manager, 5.5 days per week from May – Oct.
Private rooms, kitchen facilities, library access and $300 monthly
stipend.
If you like meaningful challenging work and want to increase your
knowledge about sustainable agriculture and running a CSA please
contact us.
Sherry Patterson / Josh Blank
(705) 696-3506
farm@chickabiddyacres.com
http://www.chickabiddyacres.com
