Green Flamingo Organics

Last Updated On: agosto 19th, 2022 at 06:55AM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
398 N Putnam Grove Rd
Oak Hill, Florida, 32759

Primary Contact: Elizabeth Merachnik
Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 3865764298
    Email: liz@greenflamingoorganics.com

Website: https://www.greenflamingoorganics.com

Internship information

General Farm Description: Green Flamingo is a 5 acre diversified market garden, with 2 1/2 acres in production and 2 1/2 acres in cover crop each season. We are always striving to be innovative and using methods that help create long term soil sustainability. We use no till methods, dry land farming techniques (we do not irrigate), full year cover crop rotations, and greenhouse propagation. We are focused on having a high biodiversity and use many permaculture methods at the farm (especially to help with season extension). Green Flamingo is production and education oriented and sells to Farmers Market, Restaurants and Health Food Stores. We focus on teaching, and spend lots of time to make sure that interns leave the farm with much more farming knowledge then when they arrived. Once an internship has been completed you are eligible to work with Incubator Farm Program. This is a program to offer land stewardship without the need for land ownership. We hope to bridge the gap for those who would like to take the next steps in farming/growing, but are not ready to fly solo (we offer lots of support to keep new farmers from becoming overwhelmed). Follow the link below to find out more about this program. https://greenflamingoorganics.com/programs

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: October 2022
Internship Ends: April 2023
Number of Internship Available: 2
Application Deadline: December 2022
Minimum Length of Stay: 3 months

Internship Details:

please contact us for our full internship overview.
3 month internships and 6 month internships are available

Educational Opportunities: no till practices,cover crop management, permaculture practices, BCS/walk behind tractor introduction, dry land farming practices, mulching, crop rotation, greenhouse soil mixing, greenhouse propagation, Farm Library with lots of reference books, farmers market experience

Skills Desired: for 3 month internship: experience is a plus, but not required. You must first wwoof at our farm for 2 weeks to make sure it is a good fit for 6 month internship: you must have experience, and you must wwoof here at the farm for 1 month to make sure it is a good fit

Meals: Yes, we have a fully stocked and well organized kitchen.

Stipend: 3 month internship: $50/week stipend plus room and board6 month internship: $100/week stipend plus room and board

Housing: Yes

Preferred method of Contact: Email is Best