Farmwork
Become a member of Our Team
Farmstrong Friendly Farms promotes reciprocity and resilience, from the ground up. For our communities to be resilient, we need a decentralized food system. To develop a decentralized food system, we need more people working in agriculture, learning farm skills and bringing new ways of thinking to the industry. No matter your background, you have skills and talents that the agricultural industry needs!
Farmstrong Friendly Farms offers several volunteer opportunities for youth and adults. Activities focus on learning, skill building, giving back to the land and the community, and bringing home to your family something that you helped produce. From day-to-day chores to seasonal all-hands-on-deck projects, we encourage volunteers to find their passion and use it to serve our land and their community.
As we grow, Farmstrong Friendly Farms may be able to offer paid employment, but for the time being, as beginning farmers, we need to support our family financially before we can guarantee steady employment for the passionate people who might apply to join our team. If someone has volunteered in all the listed positions, they are eligible to apply for the paid position of farmsitter.
Open Positions
Gardening Assistant
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work alongside Emma in the fruit and vegetable gardens
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plant, tend, harvest, and wash produce for sale in the farm store.
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garden produce and/or saved seed are perks of this volunteer opportunity.
Grazing Assistant
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work alongside Emma to move temporary fencing and livestock.
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Learn how to read forage and handle various types of livestock.
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Livestock, used fencing supplies, and/or frozen meat are perks of this volunteer opportunity.
Small Animal Assistant
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work alongside Emma to tend rabbits and chickens.
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Work could include morning or evening chores and/or periodic routine tasks like wellness checks, nail trimming, and barn cleaning depending on the farm need and a volunteer's interest.
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Live chickens or rabbits, fertilized eggs, rabbit pelts, small animal supplies, compost, and/or eggs & frozen rabbit are perks of this volunteer opportunity.
Store Assistant
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work alongside Emma in the farmstore.
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organize inventory, prepare and deliver online orders, and clean the store.
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Store credit is a perk of this volunteer opportunity.
Farmsitter
Excelling in the aforementioned roles is a pre-requisite for applying for this paid opportunity.