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Volunteer or
Work on a Farm!
If you are interested in volunteering or working on a
local farm, but not as a formal apprentice, you can contact the
farms below. To get your farm listed, contact us at
growers@ksu.edu.
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Some area or
regional farms
A Heaven Scent, Carolyne
Anderson-Attebery Clark,
MO 573-641-5602 A
farm specializing in Peony, Tuberose, and other fragrant flowers, is looking
for a worker/volunteer to learn all aspects of growing, and retailing
flowers.
Debbie Anderson
Belvue, KS
www.wackyworldsof.com,
risingmist@wamego.net
(785)-456-6725
We are located just off Hwy 24, midway between Topeka and Manhattan, In
Belvue, KS. Our farming operation is situated on a small plot of land with
an outbuilding for indoor worm populations and a hoop house, again for
worms. We also manage two windrows of worms and material outside. We are a
small organic red composting worm and produce farm. Our products are mostly
sold retail directly to the consumer via the internet. Worm castings as
soil amendment and fertilizer and red worms for composting are our biggest
selling products. Next in popularity, is a product we developed and build
for home worm bin owners, a small worm harvester. This separates the worms
from the finished castings saving time over the hand-sorting method. The
apprentice will learn all aspects of worm farming which includes: care and
feeding of the worms; the in's and out's of vermi-composting; quality
control for castings production; worm harvesting and shipment; castings and
compost tea making; construction of worm harvesters; and, managing a website
store for product.
Maxine Baker,
Central Kansas (785)-878-4481
Maxine Baker, who is looking for help with her farm which is in east central
Kansas. It is 160 acres, 68 tillable, 55 acres pasture, 23 acres hay ground,
5 acres around the house, and a few acres of trees. She is looking for
someone who is interested in developing it for/with her. It has a large
house on it, she wants to rent it to someone who will work the land. She is
especially interested in the farm becoming educational as well as
productive.
Berger
Bluff Farm, Lee or Ingrid Abraham,
Berger, MO
bbfarm@fidnet.com (573) 834-5509 Berger
Bluff Farm is a family-run organic vegetable farm located in a farming
community close to the Missouri River, midway between St. Louis and
Jefferson City. We are looking for one or two apprentices for the 2007
growing season, April through October. Work will include all facets of
vegetable farming: propagation, transplanting, cultivation, irrigation,
harvest, packout, and delivery. We market our produce in St. Louis at a
farmers' market and restaurants. Our prime consideration is that we find a
person or persons who have a passion for gardening/farming-and are willing
to work hard, listen to instruction, and apply the information. The intern
must enjoy working around others and be flexible to the needs of the farm.
Housing is provided in a one-bedroom, restored log house with kitchen and
bathroom facilities. We offer a monthly stipend and produce during the
season. Please contact us if you are interested.
Chestnut Charlie's, Charles
NovoGradac
nuts2sell@aol.com
785-841-8505 Chestnut Charlie's is a
certified organic orchard in North Lawrence specializing in chestnuts,
pecans, and Christmas trees. The volunteer would be
exposed to seasonal tasks, including grafting (April/May), Christmas tree
shearing (June), chestnut harvest (September/October), and pruning,
mulching, weed control and orchard maintenance (ongoing March through
Christmas).
Little Portion Hermitage, Richard
Ims,
Berryville, AR
richardims@yahoo.com Apprentices wanted. We are looking for
one, or even two people who are interested in learning sustainable
agriculture. Little Portion Hermitage is the site of the thirty member
Brothers and Sisters of Charity, located in the foothills of the Ozark
Mountains near Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We farm about 2 acres of our 450
acre property through a no-till and bio-intensive, organic raised bed
process. We also have three greenhouses, pasture-fed chicken, rabbits,
cattle and grow mushrooms and herbs along with the conventional vegetable
crops. Along with providing most of our own food, we sell to area health
food stores, restaurants and at local farmers markets. We integrate our
spirituality in everything we do. We have an excellent facility with two
chapels, a common building with large full kitchen, recreation room and
library. Housing and meals would be included. The start date is open as well
as the length of stay. More info regarding our community can be found at
www.brothersandsisters.org or
www.johnmichaeltalbot.com.
The Organic Garden, Steven Lee Quarles(816)
322-4530
STEVENLEEQ@AOL.COM
The Organic Garden is a small farm (5 acres)
that produce exotic fruits, vegetables, and flowers as well as wild harvest
and medicinal and culinary herbs. We are a mulch farm, so we don't till,
weed, or hoe. We are looking for help planting, harvesting, marketing, and
mulching. We would consider offering a contract labor position for the
growing season for candidates with previous organic or growing experience.
Extensive knowledge of exotic varieties, organic practices, and specialty
marketing is preferred, but will consider candidates at all levels of
development, or will gladly accept help from your area or level of ability
if you just want to help out a small family farm. We are exclusive suppliers
of many of our products and varieties and as a result command very high
demand and price. We do not offer CSA's, but will trade crops for labor.
Many of our products are highly perishable and we are very busy with the
farm. Consider delivering an order of gourmet delights right after they're
picked to a fine restaurant or country club that earn you the exact same
exclusive produce to serve to your family at lunch or the evening meal. We
would also consider partnering with other farmers that want to grow crops
for us or want to share-crop.
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