Assistant Livestock Caretaker – Grass Corp.

Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2025 at 01:45PM 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: April 1st
Internship Ends: October 31st
Number of Internship Available: 4
Application Deadline: March 1st
Minimum Length of Stay: 120 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 growing season of 2025. This internship will begin April 1st and continue through October 31st. 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 8 hours each day will be compensated for at $15/hr.

Food and housing will be provided at no cost to the intern. 3 meals per day will be provided six days a week and breakfast on the weekends. Most meals are home cooked and made from our own farm inventory of animal products and home grown vegetables. Housing will be in small 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: Prior farm experience is helpful.

Meals: We will provide 3 meals per day for 6 days of the week. Only breakfast will be provided on the weekends.

Stipend: There will be a stipend of $500/week. Any hours worked beyond 8 hours each day will be compensated at $15/hr.

Housing: Yes. Living quarters will be small and possibly shared with other interns. Intern housing will be near our family home but not connected.

Preferred method of Contact: preliminary response- email