Farm Internship Available – Hawk Moth Farms
Last Updated On: March 10th, 2025 at 02:14PM MST
Contact information
Farm Address:1586 State Highway 396
Anton Chico, New Mexico, 87711
Primary Contact: Jeanette Hart-Mann
Secondary Contact: Bill Mann
Primary Phone:
Type: Cell
Number: 575-512-5740
Email: hawkmothfarms@gmail.com
Secondary Phone
Type: Cell
Number: 575-512-5730
Email: bill.mann@gmail.com
Email: bill.mann@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/HawkMothFarms/
Internship information
General Farm Description: We are a small family owned and operated farm in Anton Chico, New Mexico founded in 2007. We use agroecological and traditional acequia practices to grow food, adapted seed, beneficial habitat, foster food justice and environmental resilience. We grow perennial and annual fruits and vegetables in field and in hoop houses for our local farmers market, grow experimental crops to learn from, conduct informal plant breeding, and do a lot of seed saving. We use cover crops and integrative livestock for soil health and pest management. We raise chickens, ducks, honeybees, and also sheep for dairy, meat and wool production. We are processing wool from our sheep and exploring fiber integration on the farm and for creative endeavors.CRAFT Member Farm? No
Internship Starts: April or May 2025 (some flexibility)
Internship Ends: October - November (some flexibility)
Number of Internship Available: 1-2
Application Deadline: Ongoing - rolling basis
Minimum Length of Stay: Priority given to season long interns and/or 1 - 2 month minimum stay
Internship Details:
We are seeking 1-2 season long interns who are interested in work/learn opportunities we offer on our farm. We provide full meals and housing and a stipend is available upon demonstration of work performance and willingness to work over 20 hours per week. We most value someone who is excited to farm, has a positive and caring attitude, is willing to work hard and open to learning and contributing. Interns will work alongside us most of the time and also do some work on their own. Work opportunities are as follows – spring includes: lambing, milking sheep, shearing, butchering sheep, overall livestock care, pruning, seed processing, starting seedlings, prepping hoop houses and fields, infrastructure projects, making cheese, and processing wool; summer includes: prepping fields, planting, weeding, harvesting, farmers market, livestock care, cheese making, and wool processing; fall includes: planting, harvesting, food and seed processing, weeding, farmers market, livestock care, shearing, cheese making and wool processing; winter includes: all around farm clean-up and infrastructure projects, food processing, butchering, livestock care, wool processing. All of this happens in a matter of prioritizing needs that serve the farm.
Educational Opportunities: We offer lots of work/learn opportunities in agroecology, market farming, seed saving, livestock care, food processing, dairy and cheese production, and wool processing. Learning opportunities are seasonal and based on when these activities are occurring on the farm. See description for details.
Skills Desired: Minimal experience requested; must be physically able to do manual labor/farm work, willing to work hard outside in varying environmental conditions, and excited to learn and contribute.
Meals: Yes, all meals are provided, offering vegetarian and meat. Interns are responsible for personal/special dietary needs.
Stipend: Stipend is available for season long interns who demonstrate successful knowledge and work ability and who work 30-40 hours per week.
Housing: Housing prioritized for season long interns.
Preferred method of Contact: Text or Email