50 acres or more
About
Message- Opportunity available:
- Internship
- Available facilities and equipment:
- Housing
- Greenhouse
- Agricultural machinery
- Other
- Preferred arrangement model:
- Available acreage:
- 50 acres or more
- Soil type on farm:
- Clay
- Sand
- Current farming practices:
- Ecological production, but not certified
- Other_P
- Current land use:
- Livestock
- Woodlot
- Preferred farming experience for farmer:
- Grew up on a farm in Canada
- Grew up on a farm outside of Canada
- Practical farming experience (including work as a farm intern or employee)
- Studied agriculture at a post-secondary institution
- Desired farming practices by a new farmer:
- Ecological production but not certified
- No preference
- Agricultural products I am interested being cultivated on my property:
- Livestock
- Vegetables
- Years experience of new farmer:
- No preference
Farm description
We started with bare land and have in the past 8 years built a functioning though still under construction farm-stead. We built an “Earthship” (rammed earth tire wall/hempcrete/off-grid home.) Set up an outdoor kitchen with pizza oven and gardens. Planted an orchard/food forest with 30 fruit trees, hazelnuts and other edible plants. We put in (and are still working on) water systems, solar systems, campers for wwoofers, an Air BNB and are in the process of completing a tiny-home cabin. We raise pigs in the woods (15+/year), free range laying hens (50+) and ducks for pest control and food. Our newest farm enterprise and primary commercial focus is high CBD hemp grown in greenhouses. In 2020 we will be building a few row tunnels to expand production and focusing on Korean Natural Farming (KNF) techniques for fertilizers and pesticides based on fermentation and locally harvested microbes. 2020 Plans: While our list is always over ambitious, in 2020 we will complete at least some or most of these projects: - Focus on HEMP production, build row tunnels, KNF, seed to sale. - Dig a pond and establish gravity water systems to home-site and hemp-site. - Earthship: build “boot room” and greenhouse grow bed, burry root cellar, plaster exterior, decking, roof melt system. - Grow/sell, 15-20 pigs, 50-100 laying hens. - Solar system for hemp zone/cabin. - Tiny home cabin: May hempcrete workshop, plasters, build out interior - Bioremediation of steep slope; plant trees.
Farm opportunity
We are excited to offer a hands on learning opportunity for those interested in permaculture, natural building, off-grid living, HEMP and homesteading. We are looking for co-creators with skills with tools, horticulture or animals, knowledge of permaculture and willingness to get dirty, work hard, live minimally and have fun! Preference is given to full season applicants, we are looking for 2 full season interns (May-Oct). We understand that this is not possible for all so we require a two month minimum commitment