Hello all! Happy Spring! My name is Cassandra and I finally graduated college and ready to hit the road! Me and my pup Sam are looking for a great fit for to continue our education. We are from upstate NY and are willing to travel just about anywhere in the country to find the right place. In short, I have a solid base of knowledge in small scale- organic vegetable farming operations, dairy, horses, and CSA. Where I have less experience is with animal husbandry and would really like to expand in this area. When it comes down to it, I am most interested in perfecting my knowledge so that I can own and operate or co-operate a homestead that is surrounded by a friendly community and dedicated to living close to the earth. This is a very broad statement and is meant to be. Basically, you have two hardworking, energetic, and dedicated hands at your disposal and in turn, I would like to learn MOST about - Homesteading, soil health, animal husbandry, bio dynamics, medicinal uses of surrounding environment, canning, preserving,  honeybees, permiculture, horticulture, and you name it! As you can see, I'm not too picky. What I am not interested in is a farm where I am simply a labor hand. I have done that before and it just doesn't pay off. I am hoping to build on some of the relationships created. I have two summer classes to finish up before it's official making my arrival a bit of a late one. I have no pressing time commitments and will be willing to stay as long as needed. I do have eventual plans of getting a TESL certification to teach English abroad and would like, ideally, to find a place that offers a fair stipend and housing. Most likely, if you get this message, it is because I am extremely interested in your operation. It is a pre-written message meant to contact a broad number of people but I hope that you understand that this process can be somewhat time consuming and that we can talk in depth in further messages. I hope all is well for all of you. Happy planting and smile wide! Cassandra and Sam