Vegetable Crew 2024 – Open Field Farm
Last Updated On: January 30th, 2024 at 09:39AM MST
Contact information
Farm Address:2245 Spring Hill Rd
Petaluma, California, 94952
Primary Contact: AJ Senseman
Secondary Contact: Sarah James
Primary Phone:
Type: Cell
Number: 707-841-0254
Email: amandasensman@yahoo.com
Secondary Phone
Type: -----
Number: 707-775-4644
Email: openfieldfarm@gmail.com
Email: openfieldfarm@gmail.com
Website: http://www.openfieldfarm.com/
Internship information
General Farm Description: Open Field Farm is a diversified biodynamic farm, raising mixed vegetables and flowers, herbs, corn, grass fed beef, lamb, and laying hens for our 100-member CSA program in Petaluma, California. We cultivate 8 acres in annual vegetable production, plus 3 high tunnels, and grow more than 150 varieties of crops year round.CRAFT Member Farm? No
Internship Starts: 03/04/24
Internship Ends: 12/06/24
Number of Internship Available: 1
Application Deadline: 02/15/24
Minimum Length of Stay: 8 months
Internship Details:
We are seeking an enthusiastic, thoughtful and hard working person to join the crew on our family farm.
Work will be in the fields and hoop houses, assisting with the production of quality vegetables. It will include but not be limited to: seeding, transplanting, weeding, irrigating, and harvesting of a wide variety of vegetables and flowers.
Introduction to tractor safety and a possibility for some tractor work.
Maintenance of the grounds, including perennial gardens and the barnyard areas.
Educational Opportunities: Opportunities to learn about unique crops, tractor safety and skills, mechanical transplanters, crop rotations, irrigation systems, and how biodynamics play a role in how we make decisions on our farm.
Skills Desired: Ideally persons with prior farm and fieldwork experience. Some proficiency is Spanish is a plus.
Meals: No
Stipend: Compensation included
Housing: Yes
Preferred method of Contact: email