Assistant Livestock Caretaker
Last Updated On: June 17th, 2025 at 09:49AM MST
Contact information
Farm Address:15606 Oriole Rd
Leopold, Indiana, 47551
Primary Contact: Gavin Steckler
Primary Phone:
Type: Cell
Number: 812-719-2170
Email: gsteckler27@outlook.com
Website: https://grasscorp.net
Internship information
General Farm Description: All natural grassfed/finished livestock farm and direct marketing business. Our family raises dairy cows, broilers, laying hens, sheep, pigs, and turkeys on 500 acres. We have been selling directly to our customers for over 20 years. Our goal is to provide our customers with the best dairy, eggs, and meats that we can provide!CRAFT Member Farm? No
Internship Starts: August 1st
Internship Ends: Thanksgiving
Number of Internship Available: 3
Application Deadline: July 15
Minimum Length of Stay: 100 days
Internship Details:
This internship is for general farm labor. The majority of work will be with animals or maintaining fences and other infrastructure related to raising our animals. There are cows, pigs, sheep, laying hens, broilers, and turkeys on our farm. Animals are raised on pasture to the best of our abilities for the entire growing season. We are a hard-working family, and we expect our interns to give their best effort towards helping us and learning about great animal care and soil health!
If you have an interest in learning about the direct marketing side of the business, we can arrange for you to spend time packing orders, caring for customers, making deliveries, social media, and more!
Interns will also be expected to help with the large family garden as needed. The garden does provide a significant amount of food for our teams meals.
This internship is for the fall of 2025. This internship will begin August 1st and continue through Thanksgiving. Start and End days are up for discussion. Daily schedule will vary. A typical day will be 5-10 a.m. morning chores and 2:30-5:30 evening chores. The typical day will be 8 hours. Sundays will have less hours but follow nearly the same schedule.
The rest of your time is free to use as you will. There is always opportunity to work additional hours with us. Any hours you work with us beyond 50 hours each week will be compensated for at $15/hr.
Housing will be provided at no cost to the intern. 3 meals per day will be provided Monday-Friday and some meals on weekends. Meals are home cooked and made from our own farm inventory of animal products and home grown vegetables. Housing will be in living quarters that may be shared with another intern.
Time away can be taken if it is not excessive and is discussed beforehand.
Continued employment after internship may be available.
Educational Opportunities: Time will be spent with our family on a regular basis. We are open to teaching what we know, all you have to do is ask. Our mentality is that hands on is the best way to learn. We will schedule time each week to have group discussion and to cover any topics that deserve more in depth conversation.
Skills Desired: The ability to work long and hard days is a must. Farming is hard and there is no better way to learn about farming than to find appreciation for hard work.
Meals: We will provide 3 meals per day for 5 days of the week. some meals will be provided on the weekends. Housing arrangements have a full kitchen so you will be able to cook if desired.
Stipend: There will be a stipend of $500/week. Any hours worked beyond 50 hours each week will be compensated at $15/hr.
Housing: Yes. Living quarters will possibly be shared with other interns. Intern housing is 2 miles from the farm. having your own transportation is required.
Preferred method of Contact: preliminary response- email
