Hungry World Farm

Last Updated On: February 3rd, 2025 at 12:45PM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
19183 Plow Creek Road / PO Box 386
Tiskilwa, Illinois, 61368

Primary Contact: Hungry World Farm
Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 815-200-8688
    Email: hungryworldfarm@gmail.com

Website: https://www.hungryworldfarm.com/interns-volunteers

Internship information

General Farm Description: Hungry World Farm (HWF) is a 175 acre learning farm in north central Illinois committed to the vision of a “healthy, hopeful world through regenerative food and agriculture.” Building on the foundation of its first 7 years, HWF desires to expand its programming to sustain its diverse operations and embody its mission: Seeking the well-being of all, Hungry World Farm inspires and educates people about healthy fields, food, and bodies while caring for the earth. At the core of this mission is a commitment to caring well for the earth while learning about agriculture that nourishes the humans it supplies and sustains the life, land, water, and landscapes in which it is embedded. The land at Hungry World Farm has diverse topography with a creek, 50 acres in perennial forages, more than 100 forested acres, and a rare prairie nature preserve. Hungry World Farm's operations include a 1/2 acre market garden, pastured livestock (chickens, sheep, and cattle), shiitake mushroom cultivation, and plans for diverse agroforestry with lots of silvopasture to come. Hungry World Farm is positioned for significant expansion, growth, broadened outreach, and strengthened capacity to host guests and visitors for transformative experiential learning about healthy food and agriculture in 2025. So, too, HWF plans to share impactful learning opportunities with diverse audiences through a strengthened online presence and social media efforts. Hungry World Farm seeks five interns who are eager to learn and join us as key team members for the 2025 season in making this expansion, growth, and transformative learning possible for others, all while participating in the rich experiential learning offered by the diverse food and farming activities of Hungry World Farm.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: May 26 (summer interns) || March 24 (full season market garden intern)
Internship Ends: August 9 (summer interns)
Number of Internship Available: 5
Application Deadline: March 31
Minimum Length of Stay: 2 months

Internship Details:

The HWF internship program provides a rich learning experience for interns as they engage aspects of HWF’s work while building a learning community to explore food production opportunities focusing toward healthy land, healthy humans, and healthy communities. Interns will play an important role in strengthening the efforts of HWF’s program areas and supporting education and enhancing guest/visitor experience in many ways. Interns will be provided with a set of core learning resources with access to a library of books on regenerative food and agriculture and will be invited to journey with fellow interns toward a fuller understanding of the connections between healthy soil, water, plants, animals, humans, and communities. They will in turn share their learning with team members, guests, visitors, customers, and other audiences in a variety of ways as they participate in food events, lead tours, engage guests in conversations, contribute toward farm projects, promote the farm’s activities in person and online, and more.

This internship program is designed to be one of experiential learning, development of skills and professional capacities, and growth alongside others in the community of serving and learning at Hungry World Farm. Interns will enjoy delicious farm food while participating in the many wonders of the natural world and the beauty and complexities of the living systems into which humans are woven. Hands-on participation in farming activities will ground the market garden and livestock interns’ learning in the rigors, demands, challenges, and delights of farming.

Creative, highly motivated, team-oriented, hard-working, eager-to-learn individuals with good communication skills and a readiness to try new opportunities will thrive in the collaborative, education-focused environment of Hungry World Farm. Interns can expect their days may hold a range of responsibilities. Interns will be encouraged to participate in HWF’s diverse educational efforts and event opportunities. Interns can expect a dynamic experience alongside a motivated team with lots of learning, sharing, hard work, and fun to be appreciated throughout the season. Interns will be matched with a specific program area as the context for the majority of their work. Interns can expect some time working alongside others and some time working on their own.

5 internship opportunities exist for this 2025 season:

1) Market Garden full season intern (March 24 – Nov 25, 2025)
2) Food Service intern (May 26 – September 27, 2025)
3) Livestock summer intern (May 26 – August 9, 2025)
4) Farmstay summer intern (May 26 – August 9, 2025)
5) Market Garden summer intern (May 26 – August 9, 2025)

Please see our website for application instructions: https://www.hungryworldfarm.com/interns-volunteers

Educational Opportunities: This internship program is designed to offer abundant learning opportunities. It combines a variety of focused learning opportunities (including books, discussion groups, and more) with practical work experience. We desire to create an environment where learning opportunities abound. We hope interns then share their learning with guests and visitors who come to the farm.

Skills Desired: Though prior farm experience is not required, we seek individuals who are actively considering farming as a life vocation and/or those with significant interests in environmental education and ecology. We expect interns to work well individually and in a team environment. Interns should enjoy working hard and be ready to actively engage learning opportunities, whether experiential learning in the field or various learning opportunities out of the field. Our team focuses on learning lots while working hard to accomplish goals alongside one another. Please visit our website, https://www.hungryworldfarm.com, for more information.

Meals: Occasional meals, connected to on-farm food service events, are provided. Some farm produce will also be provided.

Stipend: $400/month

Housing: Interns share on-farm housing with other interns.

Preferred method of Contact: Email