Permaculture Farm Help Wanted – Sweet Earth Orchard

Last Updated On: February 25th, 2025 at 12:46PM MST

Contact information
Farm Address:
7823 Hygiene Rd
Longmont, Colorado, 80503

Primary Contact: Stephen Morris
Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 7202954548
    Email: steve@stevemorriscoaching.com

Website:

Internship information
General Farm Description: 31 acre permaculture farm in Hygiene, CO

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: 3/1/25
Internship Ends: 11/15/25
Number of Internship Available: 1
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Minimum Length of Stay: 2 months

Internship Details:

At Sweet Earth Orchard, we cultivate more than just the land—we cultivate connection, grounding, and transformation. Nestled in the foothills of the Front Range, our 31-acre farm in Hygiene, Colorado, serves as a sacred space where individuals, teams, and communities reconnect with themselves, each other, the natural world and health-giving food.

Through immersive experiences grounded in nature, a permaculture approach to agriculture, and intentional gathering spaces, we provide an environment where clarity emerges, healing unfolds, and inspired action takes root. Our passive solar greenhouse, permaculture orchard, vegetable beds and farm fields create the foundation for a healthier future.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, hard-working, dedicated farm intern. Attitude is everything, we are seeking people who bring a positive attitude to our farm.

The internship will involve the following:

  • Growing healthy nursery starts and direct seeding
  • Garden bed preparation, broadforking and digging
  • Maintaining weeds, including use of string-trimmer
  • Garden and orchard pest control, including use of backpack sprayer (we do not use toxic chemicals)
  • Irrigation system operation and plant watering
  • Trellising and thinning
  • Vegetable, fruit and seed harvesting (All harvesting is done by hand)
  • Post-harvest wash area work (washing, bunching, quality control, packing)
  • General farm upkeep

Hours: 10 hours a week, as needed, potentially across two 5 hour days

Pay: $17 / hr

Outdoor growing season: March for seedling starts to November for end-of-season cleanup

Ideal candidates:

  • Are open to, and have enthusiasm for, hands on learning
  • Respect the land, plants, tools, equipment, and all the life on the farm
  • Are open and respectful of other perspectives (especially on food and diet)
  • Are willing to try new things
  • Respect that all tasks on the farm are sacred to the farm’s success
  • Work quickly and efficiently, but are also careful and able to follow directions
  • Ask questions, then take initiative
  • Communicate promptly, show up reliably
  • Fluent English speaker
  • Have a cellphone and reliable transportation
  • Are at least 18 years old
  • Must be able to lift 40 lbs
  • Do what they say they are going to do when they say they are going to do it

Educational Opportunities: Learning about: - Permaculture orcharding - Passive-solar greenhouse operation - Colorado water resources - Vegetable growing

Skills Desired: - No, but a positive attitude, openness to learning and reliability are essential

Meals: No

Stipend: Yes, $17/hr

Housing: No

Preferred method of Contact: Phone

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