Earthly Delights Farm is a small-scale, human-powered urban farm in Northwest Boise offering high-quality veggies, fruits, herbs, and flowers to local Treasure Valley folks. We also house chickens and bees on the farm, though we don't always have eggs or honey for sale. Our produce is available through an 18-week subscription.

We want more farming friends to learn and grow with, to share good food with, and to subvert the dominant paradigm with.  We love our work and the possibility of vibrant local economies, and want as much vacant land as possible in the city turned into productive gardens.

 General Information
starts: mid March, 2011
 ends: mid September, 2011
8 hours/week - Monday and Thursday mornings, times may vary in the spring due to weather

Stipend/Compensation:
Weekly CSA share and lunch if you want to stay to eat and converse  

 The Program

Our goal is to provide an alternative education experience that involves hands-on human-powered, beyond organic methods, thought provoking readings and an appreciation for local economies, the earth and good food.  

Apprentices learn about farming through daily participation in farm tasks and other hands-on activities. 

 Hands-on activities include:
direct seeding and transplanting                seed saving
harvesting                                                chicken care
weeding                                                   weed/native plant identification
bed preparation and double diggin               bee care
pest control                                               direct marketing
compost makin

Topics included  in readings and during on-farm discussions include:

Local food economies, self sufficiency and food security
Nutrition basics and philosophies on consumption
Permaculture
Irrigation methods and water use in a desert
Garden planning
Nutrient cycles
Plant and seed biology
Direct Marketing   

If you are interested in being one of our apprentices please contact us at digger@earthlydelightsfarm.com