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Interning- Now Taking Applications For The 2012 Season..

This will be the fifth year that Rosasharn Farm has offered internships. As an intern you become part of our community, participating not only in the garden work, but also in the daily chores of running an integrated farm and being part of a community. Plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Milk goats and make soap and cheese. Prepare meals with us - always a very important part of the day. Relax around a bonfire after good hard work is done in the field. This is a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of a diversified sustainably managed small farm. We also encourage our interns to share their skills and interests with the farm and work as independently as they feel comfortable- even working on their own small projects. Interns are expected to be enthusiastic and hardworking and able to complete basic farm tasks (once trained) alone, though people usually work together. As an intern you can expect to walk away with a new set of skills, experiences, and friends.

We are flexible with start and end dates, but expect a minimum of a 2 month commitment, though we prefer a commitment for the full growing season. As an intern your main responsibility will be to the CSA garden, although this is flexible and we have had interns in the past who geared their time more towards their interests in the animals, food preparation, construction, etc. The first week of your stay will be a trial period to ensure that your internship is a great fit for you and the farm.

You will be expected to work in the garden (or on other projects around the farm) 8 hours a day.

Duties/Skills you will learn include:

• Field Preparation
  
• Direct seeding and transplanting
  
• Hand cultivating/weeding
  
• Harvesting and preparation for CSA pickup
  
• Managing compost
• Maintaining crop records and notes
  
• Mowing and general farm maintenance
  
• Animal chores such as watering, feeding, and fence maintenance
• Cleaning up after yourself in communal space
• Food preperation and preservation
• Construction projects- there is always a shed to be built or repared
• Brush and woodlot management
• Greenhouse care and cultivation
• Fruit tree and berry maintenance and pruning

Benefits include:

• Participation in educational events, including bi-weekly farm 'classes' June to Sept.
• Beautiful space to pitch your tent
  
• Time off as agreed upon
  
• Food: fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs, goat milk, cheese, and yogurt, and meat from the farm
  
• Use of house amenities, including phone, wireless internet, laundry, etc.
• Experience living and working at the front lines of the local food movement
• Access to farm and animal reading materials and educational resources
• Opportunity to take cheese and soap making classes with Anne free of charge
  
• Opportunity to learn animal butchering, beer making, sourdough baking, and wild foraging
• Great physical exercise and healthy doses of vitamin D!
• Fun farming friends!
  
  

Become an intern

We welcome all applicants. No previous farm experience is necessary, but we do ask that applicants be able to perform manual labor and have their own health insurance.

Please email rosasharnfarmcsa@gmail.com if you are intersted in interning in 2012.. Include your name, desired start and end dates, and a little bit about yourself such as farming experience or particular interests, a resume, and some times that we could chat briefly on the phone. Feel free to call (401)330-7153 or email with any questions.