Cloudview EcoFarms

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Accepting Applications for Interns 2012
start date - spring 2012 

Intern Job Description
 
These folks  must like working outside with soil, seeds, weeds, veggies, sun, and wind. Ideal applicants are high energy, good spirited, flexible, able to do physical work, able to work quickly, and able to take and follow direction.  Interns are stipended and receive room and board. 
 
Duties include

Assisting with planting, weeding, tending, harvesting, and selling crops
Loading and unloading trucks
Organizing farm spaces
Packing the CSA
Delivering orders and CSA shares
Keeping personal spaces clean and orderly
Animal care and chores
Selling at farmers markets

Compensation
monthly stipend for 3 months, then minimum wage,  free bulk foods 
Housing - trailer, outdoor shower, outdoor kitchen, composting toilet
 
 

FARM INFO 

Webiste: www.cloudviewecofarm.org

 

Cloudview EcoFarms main farm is near Royal City, WA, in sunny and hot Central Washington, about 45 miles east of Ellensburg. We irrigate with Columbia River water to grow a variety of crops. We are always working towards a more sustainable and ecological farming model. A large portion of the vegetable growing land is certified organic. A great deal of the apple orchard is certified organic and the orchards in general are Food Alliance Certified. 

 

We grow for farmers markets, an 85 person CSA, grocery stores, restaurants, institutions, and schools.

 

 - Farming Overview - 

15 acre vegetable farm connected to a separate 150 acre farm

Several acres of heirloom and specialty apples

Small herd of nubian goats for milk and meat

Flock of chickens for eggs and meat

Pigs for meat and eating all the gardening / food scraps

Flower beds, medicinal and culinary herbs

Seed saving

 

There are 8-16 people working on the main farm at any given time. We have group meals, meetings, special events, and of course much work around the gardens and farms.  We also dry, can, and freeze as much food as we can for the winter, grind our own grain, grow our own dried beans and corn, and save many of our own seeds. We welcome diversity, many different kinds of people work on the farm.  We have a communal ethic around recycling, composting, yard and landscape tending, and animal care. 


We also welcome people for short term unpaid stays where people can work in exchange for free housing and food.  
 
 
 

People who have visited this farm

Sara Philkill wrote on 08 2011 Mon

Hi there! well you job description sounds pretty much like me so id think we would make a good match. =) Id love to come help out the  first few weeks of Sept. I have experience weeding, mulching, weed wackers, rotatillers. Love working with the earth, love people, love life! 

Raw Puppy wrote on 09 2010 Sun

Let us know if we can be of assistance.