Type: full-time internship with room & board, stipend, more (see below)
Organization: Kind Organics
Location: Newmarket, GTA/York Region, Ontario
Kind Organics is a certified organic farm located near Toronto, Canada. We
produce about 60 varieties of greens, edible flowers, herbs, and other seasonal
crops. We have several greenhouses on our main property, which we operate
year-round, and a large acreage located a few minutes from the farm that we
cultivate during the outdoor growing
season – between May and October.
Kind Organics 2015 Fall and Wintern Internship
• October 5th 2015 – April 30th 2016
• Room and board + $100 stipend will be paid weekly.
• We work 8-10 hours/day on average, 6 days a week (less in the winter months).
Some days are longer during the busy season. We are passionate about farming
and expect the same of our interns.
• (There are 10-12 of us living and working together for the winter months.)
Internship Details
Interns will learn about all of the following and be holding focus for some of
these duties:
• Sprout growing – You will learn about all aspects of soil and hydroponic
sprout production and perform the following duties:
• Soaking, Planting, Rinsing, watering and harvesting sprouts
• Planting and Harvesting Petite greens
• Packaging Sprouts and Greens
• Composting
• Preparing orders and preparing vehicles for farmers markets. Packing coolers
with product, ice packs and packing vehicles
• Seeding – Planting lettuces, vegetables and greens such as Kale, Tomatoes,
Peppers, Eggplant, Lettuces. We grow about 60 varieties of greens, edible
flowers and herbs.
• Help to package and create value added products
• Processing Medicinal and Culinary Herbs, tea blends and tincture making,
creams, lotions and lip balms etc…
• Beekeeping (warm months only)
• Market Garden
• Specializing in Gourmet baby greens
• Chance to attend farmers markets
• Learn how to approach customers, distilled marketing wisdom and customer
service
• Learn about the importance of having good ethics and how that affects the
business
• Opportunity to develop your own projects.
• Explore the art of living together in community and creating shared space,
having meaningful dialogue about conflicts that arise along the way. It will be
your responsibility to create a meaningful experience at Kind Organics
• You will be empowered with individual responsibilities and will work as a
part of a team on a daily basis.
• While daily responsibilities need to be attended to, you are responsible for
the pace of your own learning, ask lots of questions and you will get
answers…
• There are many resources available at the farm and we can facilitate your
learning. You will choose the pace and it will be your responsibility to engage
us about things you want to learn (self directed learning).
About Kind Organics
Kind Organics was initially set up as a CSA share Demeter Certified Organic
Farm in the year 2000. Kind Organics grows and sells a variety of niche market
crops at farmers markets and through several dozen stores and restaurants in
the GTA. We are at 3 year round farmers markets and 5 seasonal farmer markets.
For more information about us please visit http://www.kindorganics.com
To apply send an email with resume to:
kindorganics@gmail.com
