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Come join us for an internship on our permaculture based homestead farm. The farm encompasses two sites with diverse crops that span a wet and dry site. Included in our site is a community based Waldorf kindergarten and first grade, a farm training program for youth and a site for permaculture internships and study courses. Our interests vary widely and the farm includes the variety of things you might expect on a diverse permaculture farm. These include native and endemic plantings, heritage crops, superfoods, medicinal plants, homestead permaculture design, traditional pacific agroforestry and gardening, biodynamics, natural farming, tropical fruit, cactus, alternative energy systems , bamboo, alternative building, animals, crafts, and early education.
Join other like minded individuals that are passionate and enthusiastic. People that come here will quickly learn that there are many areas to tend to as we grow things and that equally there are many things to learn about and be rewarded by. New experiences, tastes and sensations abound here. Inclined individuals who want to be exposed to an extremely diverse farm, extensive library and other individuals who will deepen your understanding of farm ecology, and tropical gardening. Individuals are encouraged to continue their work in permaculture after their stay and bring benefit to the larger community.
We have some shelters, and tent sites with a greenhouse outdoor kitchen. Bulk organic food and farm food are provided. Laundry machine and hot water bathhouse are for program use.
Our fee is $150 per month which helps provide for food and money for further intern infrastructure improvements.
For further information see our website
uluwehifarm.com
Here is what Nicolas Rioux wrote in 2009 - Here is the result of converting tin fish and japanese nutritional cracker into encephalo-rachidien bubble, inside the westernised gut of a steel bird gulping down gaia biogeological bile we call fuel. Shalom! Uluwehi experience Daydreaming about plants, gardening, sun and surf while the first snow was slowly making it's way across Canada, I decided to pack my things and head for Hawai'i. Little I knew what I was getting into! From word to mouth, I ended up on the northern tip of the Big Island on a farm called Uluwehi, which means "Abundance and lushness" in Hawai'ian. Tha land was indeed a biodiversity heaven. A week passed and very interesting was this farm. They expected "interns", which is what farm worker/apprentice are called, to eat as much as possible from what is produced on the land. Bananas, coconuts, mangos, egg fruit (which does really taste like eggs) were all on the menu. The diversity in itself was mind-blowing. But what was the most entertaining was the fact that resources were limited. There wasn't enough for everyone! Cooperation and competition were being played out on a farm scale. Alliances were made, camps were chosen, traitors shunned. Here I was into "Applied psychology 691, in-vivo laboratory (aka community living). I'm over-emphasizing just to be funny. It is an healthy community in which you get as much as you put in, even more. This was only gonna be a tiny portion of what the Uluwehi experience is about. More weeks passed as I worked my way up the plant knowledge ladder. I was surprise to experience a change of perspective on life. The farm was coming alive on dimensions that I didn't knew existed! An ethnobotanical collection was unravelling itself to my newly trained eyes. Plants weren't just green anymore, they had histories, usages and interactive relationships with humans and animals. Cultures throughout human history, heck even all life forms survived on this mediator we call plant. And here I was, getting deep, down and personal with this happening we call life! This was the major "download" I experienced while at Uluwehi. P.s: For permaculture junkies, this farm is not just botanically rich. The owner and friends are integrated-systems designers. Everyday, you can interact with them and be part of the design process. Having toured multiple farms/permaculture sites, I can tell you this isn't a "hang out" place for travellers. It's an active learning farm and you will get down and dirty...soil-wise I mean !
Hello, I am wondering if children are welcome on your farm? I have one who will be four in June. ~ Emily Wynne
In fact our farm is host to a waldorf school for toddlers through kindergarten. As an intern we may be able to accomodate a child.
Uluwehi has an abundance of food and variety. The housing for interns is adequate and interesting. On this farm you will work very hard and long hours, and you will not get paid. There is not much time for outside work, so keep this in mind if you plan to earn money while farming. One of the farm owner is very welcoming and willing to help you learn what your are interested in.