Farm Education/Field Staff – Farber Farm

Last Updated On: enero 2nd, 2025 at 09:46AM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
4361 Perryville Road
ortonville, Michigan, 48462

Primary Contact: Alexandra Rosenberg
Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 2489777031
    Email: arosenberg@tamarackcamps.com

Website:

Internship information

General Farm Description: The Farber Farm is a one acre diversified produce farm on the 1000 acre grounds of a legacy summer camp and retreat center. We grow produce beyond organic standards to supply our on site dining facilities and for our food education programs.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: june 2025 or earlier
Internship Ends: august 2025 or later
Number of Internship Available: 2
Application Deadline: April 2025 or ASAP
Minimum Length of Stay: June-August

Internship Details:

The Farber Farm Summer Specialists are the education/program/farmhand team during the summer camp weeks (June-August 2025). The specialists are responsible for implementing field work and summer camp programs at the farm centered around written farm curriculum as well as their own experience of farm related activities. These specialists will work and report directly to the Farm Educator and Farm Manager to ensure that farm activities are done correctly and at appropriate times (example: when and how to harvest certain crops, what and where to weed, correct program management etc.). The specialists should have an interest in and/or experience with food, farming, homesteading skills, sustainability, and experiential education.  Start date flexibility, but no later than June 6^th.

 

Specialist Job Responsibilities Include

-Implementation of farm programming

-Collective care of farm/field program tools and supplies

– Farm and garden labor

-Assistance with Sensory Garden maintenance and programming (planting, weeding, keeping area clean, propagation/purchase of Sensory Garden plants, water management, trail upkeep, etc.)

-Maintaining clean and comfortable common spaces

-Maintaining clean and organized culinary and arts/crafts program supplies and materials

-Running of the farm Mud Oven (includes stocking firewood, keeping area clean, running the Mud Oven and training other staff members to assist in Mud Oven programming, management of all dough making)

– Collaboration with camp wide art/cooking programming

– Participating in and initiating camp sustainability initiatives

-Work with the Farm Manager to coordinate garden work specific activities such as harvesting, weeding, planting etc.

-Present for Family Camp programs

 

 

Desired Qualifications:

– Interest in participating on an organic farm of any scale in any capacity farming/educating

– Passion for outdoor education involving youth

-Enthusiastic about food – cooking, eating, preserving

-Excellent communication skills

-Ability to follow direction

-Ability to lift 30+lbs, squat, crawl, bend, and be on your feet all day in varied weather conditions

-Ability to start early-mid June 2025

Educational Opportunities: You will be trained in all things farm, garden, cooking, food preservation, group facilitation

Skills Desired: see posting

Meals: yes

Stipend: yes

Housing: yes

Preferred method of Contact: email