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APPRENTICESHIPS:
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Farm
Apprentice (2 positions) seasonal, full-time - May 1 to
August 31
This position is designed for a highly motivated individual that
is passionate about food and farming and are seriously interested
in pursuing a life in farming. The
exciting pace of farming in Alaska is contagious. Farm apprentices
arrive just as the last of the snow is melting off. Apprentices
are immediately integrated into the small farm crew and work alongside
experienced farmers. Apprentices are a part of every aspect of
producing food on the farm, including field preparation, planting,
irrigating, writing harvest notes, caring for the greenhouse and
interacting with the public. Subjects such as farm planning, starting
a CSA, business organization are common discussions which come
up based on apprentice interest. The primary focus of the program
is to develop the practical skills and conceptual mind set needed
to pursue a lifestyle and livelihood in small-scale organic farming.
However, each apprentice will be asked to set personal educational
goals and will work with a farmer mentor to review those goals
throughout the season. Apprentices will work throughout the busy
harvest season and leave just before the growing season has come
to an end. This position offers a monthly stipend and room and
board at the farm. Click here
for the 2010 position description.
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INTERNSHIPS:
Field
Trip Coordinator
(filled for 2010) seasonal, full-time - April 1 –
September 30
This internship is ideal for someone who loves working with children
and other adults in a vibrant outdoor setting and is passionate
about bridging the gap between farms and communities.
The Field Trip Coordinator will have the opportunity
to lead this unique educational program that reaches over 1,500
children of all ages, offering dynamic hands-on, farm and forest-based
education. As the Field Trip Coordinator, you will work closely
with dozens of community volunteers to offer daily field trips
to groups from schools, community organizations and others. You
will also have the opportunity to work part-time with the farm
crew in order to gain a deeper understanding of the context in
which you will be teaching.
This
program feeds off the positive energy of a highly involved and
supportive community and is a great opportunity for someone seeking
to gain experience in volunteer organizing, curriculum review
and development, hands-on/place-based education and organic farming.
As an intern, you will receive extensive support and encouragement
throughout the season. This position offers a monthly stipend
and room and board at the farm. Please
check back in November 2010 for the 2011 position description.
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School
Garden Supervisor (filled for 2010) seasonal, full-time,
April 1- September 30
This is an ideal position for someone who enjoys the dynamic energy
of teenagers, is eager to have the opportunity to be responsible
for a production garden and is dedicated to improving food access
in neighborhood communities. Each
School Garden Supervisor will become a part of a neighborhood
school community through working with teachers, students and parents
to maintain a school garden which serves as an educational resource
during the school year and food production garden during the summer
months. In the spring and fall, School Garden Supervisors work
with teachers and students in the gardens, both doing gardening
work and using the gardens as a context for learning in all subject
areas. During the summer months, the School Garden Supervisor
works with a crew of student gardeners (aged 12-18) to prepare,
plant, harvest and maintain the garden. By the end of the season,
each supervisor will have gained the experience of managing a
CSA/neighborhood farm stand garden from start to finish, supervising
a group of teenagers and teaching garden-based education at the
elementary school level. This is a demanding and highly rewarding
position which requires a strong and passionate individual to
embrace the community in which each of these gardens depend on.
School Garden Supervisors receive extensive support from the School
Gardens Manager. This position offers a monthly stipend, housing
in the neighborhood and vegetables from the garden. Also, see
the EATinG program and Schoolyard Garden Initiative to learn more
about the programs. Please check back in November 2010 for the
2011 position description.
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