Farm Crew Member – Squash Blossom Farm

Last Updated On: November 15th, 2024 at 08:45AM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
113 Chestnut Lane
Bellevue, Idaho, 83313

Primary Contact: Sara Berman
Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 2087203542
    Email: sara@squashblossom.farm

Website: https://www.squashblossom.farm

Internship information

General Farm Description: Squash Blossom Farm is in its 9th season of producing delicious, nutrient dense produce for the mountain resort community of Sun Valley, Idaho. We use intensive growing practices to produce high yields of fresh vegetables on approximately 3 acres, all of which is sold direct-to-consumer via local farmers markets, CSA, and local restaurants and health food stores. We implement holistic management practices, utilizing large scale cover crop rotations and grazing of our small flock of heritage sheep - keeping soil health and balance at the core of our operation.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: April/May 2025
Internship Ends: November 2025, potential to extend for the right person
Number of Internship Available: 2
Application Deadline: 3/15/25
Minimum Length of Stay: 4 months

Internship Details:

Are you interested in actively participation in a local food system? Contributing to the production of sustainable, delicious and nutritious veggies for your friends and neighbors? Doing meaningful work that has a direct positive impact on your community’s health and wellbeing?
As a full time crew member at Squash Blossom Farm, you will establish a well rounded understanding of food production and holistic management practices on a small scale farm. Farm Crew members will be working in several areas of the farm including but not limited to bed preparation, planting, weeding, irrigation, harvesting, washing/packing, rotational grazing and sheep management, and other general farm maintenance. Most of our work is human-powered, but there will also be some small-medium sized tractor work. You will be working as part of a crew of 2-5 crew members.
Full Time Position is seasonal (April-November) and full time (40-45hrs/week), but could evolve into a year round position with benefits for the right person.
Candidates must be positive, open-minded and willing to learn, adaptable, enjoy working outside, and able to do strenuous labor in all the conditions that Mother Nature throws at us. Experience not required, but at least one season’s experience on a small-medium sustainable farm or similar operation is a bonus.

Educational Opportunities: Learn about: High intensity vegetable production Cover Cropping and Grazing for soil health Innovative technologies and tools for small sustainable farmers Direct Marketing of locally produced vegetables Efficiency of movement - "work smarter not harder" More!

Skills Desired: Ability to do strenuous physical labor in a variety of conditions Being a proactive member of a multi-person crew Ability to learn and adapt on the go Any prior gardening/farming experience is a plus!

Meals: 1 crew lunch per week

Stipend: yes

Housing: no

Preferred method of Contact: email