We are now hiring for the 2024 growing season!
We are looking for people with a love for the outdoors, positive attitudes, and some work experience to be interns on our farm this year. Interns learn by participating in all aspects of producing and marketing plants & vegetables for farmer’s markets and CSA. The starting stipend is $2,200/month plus free housing with a private room and vegetables in season. The season runs from April 3rd to November 20th.
For more detailed information and an application contact us at [email protected].
If you have experience working outdoors, the ability to work hard, can follow directions and work well with others, and have a good sense of humor, consider spending a growing season with us. Interns learn the systems that have made our farm successful, working on all aspects of the farm. Through our farm education program we offer field trips to other farms, give talks, and provide regular farm updates to give interns a background in our area’s sustainable farming community. If you are interested in gaining the experience and skills to farm yourself, or if you’re interested in having a life-enriching work experience, the internship may be right for you. Interns live together in a house on the farm and receive a starting stipend of $2200/month with opportunity to earn a raise after 3 months, with free housing and utilities as well as vegetables in season.
Intern at Waterpenny
Waterpenny Farm is a 6-acre vegetable farm using all organic and sustainable farming methods. We hire 5 interns each growing season. We sell our harvest at farmers’ markets in the Washington, DC, area, and through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscription program. Our farm is located in Sperryville, Virginia, five miles east of Shenandoah National Park. We are excited about continuing to apply and share our knowledge and experience in sustainable agriculture here at Waterpenny Farm.
If you are interested in sustainable agriculture, want to learn about our farm’s systems, and have the ability to work long hours outside, please apply. We hope to find interns with some long-term interest in farming and with good senses of humor. We offer free housing with a private room for each person, and AC/heat and DSL internet included, and fresh vegetables in season. Starting pay is $2,200/month, with pay raises available for longer-term employment.
Internships are available April 1st through November 20.th We are looking for people available all or a large part of this time, but will also consider summer applicants. We begin the hiring process in late fall and make hiring decisions on a rolling basis.
For more information or to apply, contact us.
Interns Will:
Work Hard
- Work 5 days/week, averaging about 45 hours/week.
- Participate in all aspects of vegetable production: greenhouse work, seeding, transplanting, mulching, irrigating, weeding, harvesting, sorting, and packing for market.
- Learn our CSA share distribution model
- Sell produce at farmers’ markets in the Washington, DC, area.
Learn Lots!
- Learn about how we apply principles of sustainable agriculture on our farm.
- Visit and tour diverse area farms on bi-weekly field trips.
- Gain experience with direct marketing through selling at farmers markets and CSA.
Live Simply and Well
- Cook, eat, and work together with other interns.
- Live in a shared house with other interns.
- Eat and preserve fresh vegetables in season.
- Enjoy a rural farming community, nestled in the mountains.
